Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from University of Montana’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PHL 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 PHL 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 22 PHL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 55 more PHL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PHL, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Lower-Division Coreall required
Complete all of the following courses:
Upper-Division Core I: Historychoose 1
Upper-Division Core II: Valuechoose 1
Upper-Division Core III: Metaphysics and Epistemologychoose 1
Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Complete three of the following courses. At least two of the three courses must be at the 300-level or higher (6 credits; 3 of these 6 credits must be in courses other than 398 or 498).
Upper-Division Seminar Requirement1 required
Of the upper-division requirements (upper-division core and upper-division electives), 9 of the required 18 credits must be at the 400-level, excluding PHL 498 .
Lower-Division Coreall required
Complete all of the following courses:
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Classics Core Coursesall required
Complete all of the following courses:
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Classics Core Coursesall required
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Classics Core Coursesall required
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: PHL 210E
The deepest prerequisite chains in PHL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at PHL 403
2 courses deep, ending at PHL 407
2 courses deep, ending at PHL 429
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Upper-Division Core II: Valuechoose 1
Upper-Division Seminar Requirement1 required
Of the upper-division requirements (upper-division core and upper-division electives), 9 of the required 18 credits must be at the 400-level, excluding PHL 498 .
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Language Requirementchoose 1
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All PHL courses in the Montana catalog
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