Political Science at University of Louisville

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate POLS coursework.

• POLS 201Introduction to American Government and Politics - SB3 Unitsopens 6 courses (4.8 directly)
• POLS 202Introduction to Comparative Politics - P2, SB3 Unitsopens 2 courses (1.3 directly)
• POLS 299Honors Introduction to Political Science3 Unitsopens 2 courses (0.8 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate POLS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 10 POLS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 90 more POLS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on POLS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in POLS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at POLS 312

  1. POLS 201Introduction to American Government and Politics - SB3 Units
  2. POLS 312Constitutional Law

• 2 courses deep, ending at POLS 349

  1. POLS 202Introduction to Comparative Politics - P2, SB3 Units
  2. POLS 349Comparative Political Culture - WR3 Units

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for POLS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under POLS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

Political Science does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Louisville campus feed.