POL at University of Miami

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 POL coursework.

• POL 203Introduction to International Relationsopens 32 courses (13.8 directly)
• INS 101Global Perspectivesopens 32 courses (13.4 directly)
• POL 387Politics of the Middle Eastopens 1 course (1 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 POL 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 66 POL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 194 more POL 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 POL, 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 POL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at POL 301

  1. INS 101Global Perspectives
  2. POL 203Introduction to International Relations
  3. POL 301The Science and Practice of Political Research

• 2 courses deep, ending at POL 320

  1. POL 201Introduction to American National Government
  2. POL 320Politics of Growth Management

• 2 courses deep, ending at POL 344

  1. POL 202Introduction to Comparative Politics
  2. POL 344Gender and Politics

• 2 courses deep, ending at POL 673

  1. POL 672Program Planning, Research and Evaluation in Criminal Justice and Corrections, I.
  2. POL 673Program Planning, Research and Evaluation in Criminal Justice and Corrections, II.

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for POL yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under POL yet.

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Department events

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