After POL 306
Gateway: POL 306
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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Generated from Miami University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
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.
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 64 POL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 16 more POL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
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.
Public Administration Coreall required
Core Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select at least 9 hours of the following:; Select no more than six hours of the following professional related courses:
Senior Capstone Seminar1 required
Geography and Sustainable Development Foundationsall required
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Select from the following:; Select the following sequence:; Select four courses in history, 200-499, one of which must be non-western, including the following:; Undergraduate education course requirements:; Take the following three courses concurrently fall semester of cohort year (typically junior year).; Select all of the following concurrently, spring semester of cohort year (typically junior y
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: POL 306
The deepest prerequisite chains in POL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at POL 406
3 courses deep, ending at POL 603
2 courses deep, ending at POL 303
2 courses deep, ending at POL 330
Concentrations (one required)1 required
HEALTH POLICY & ADMINISTRATION (21 hours)choose 1
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Multidisciplinary Focus2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select at least 9 hours from any of the following:; Urban Social Issues; Selected GEO 460 courses with permission of chief advisor; Environment and Sustainable Design; Selected GEO 460 courses with permission of chief advisor; Administration and Economic Development; Selected GEO 460 courses with permission of chief advisor; Geospatial and Analytical Techniques; Selected GEO 460 courses with permi
Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Choose 6 credits from each of the three lists below, with at least 9 credits at the 300 level or above; Business Foundations (choose 6 hours):; Leading Organizations (choose 6 hours); Organizations and their Environments (choose 6 hours):
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Place and Regionchoose 1
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Applications and Areas of Focus12 required · verify with the official sheet
Select at least 12 hours from any of the following:; Sustainable Development and Policy; Environment and Natural Resource Management; Culture, Citizenship, and Social Justice; Geospatial Applications
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All POL courses in the Miami (OH) catalog
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