After MATH 115
Gateway: MATH 115
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PHYS coursework.
Generated from University of Maryland, College Park’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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 PHYS 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 77 PHYS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 17 more PHYS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PHYS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Required Introductory Physics and Geologychoose 1
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Geophysics Upper Level Requirementsall required
Depth Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Context Requirement2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Breadth Requirement2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Recommended Courseschoose 1
Lower-Level CHEM Coursesall required
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in PHYS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
12 courses deep, ending at PHYS 441
11 courses deep, ending at PHYS 399
11 courses deep, ending at PHYS 407
11 courses deep, ending at PHYS 413
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All PHYS courses in the UMD catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under PHYS yet.
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Physics does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UMD campus feed.