After PSCI 210S
Gateway: PSCI 210S
Building the department map…
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 PSCI 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 PSCI 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 20 PSCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 59 more PSCI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PSCI, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Lower-Division Required Coursesall required
Complete all of the following courses:
Electives in Public Administration and Public Policy2 required · verify with the official sheet
Complete four of the following courses:
Public Administration and Public Policy2 required · verify with the official sheet
Political Theory2 required · verify with the official sheet
Comparative Government2 required · verify with the official sheet
International Relations2 required · verify with the official sheet
American Politics2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in PSCI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at PSCI 332
2 courses deep, ending at PSCI 334
2 courses deep, ending at PSCI 342
2 courses deep, ending at PSCI 352Y
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East Asian Studiesall required
Complete at least 1 East Asian Studies or history course on Japan or East Asia at any level that are not taught in the World Languages and Cultures Department.
All PSCI courses in the Montana catalog
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