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 PTRM 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 PTRM 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 11 PTRM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 46 more PTRM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PTRM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Lower-Division Major Required Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Complete all of the following courses:
Lower-Division Outside Major Required Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Complete all of the following courses:
Upper-Division Major Required Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Complete all of the following courses:
Biophysical Scienceschoose 1
Management Applicationchoose 1
Policy and Social Sciencechoose 1
Measurement and Analysischoose 1
Writing in the Disciplines Requirementall required
Complete three of the following courses:
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in PTRM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at PTRM 353
3 courses deep, ending at PTRM 485
2 courses deep, ending at PTRM 310
2 courses deep, ending at PTRM 451
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Electives1 required
Complete 12 credits of the following courses:; 300- and 400-level Environmental Science (ENSC) courses; 300- and 400-level Environmental Studies (ENST) courses; 300- and 400-level Earth Systems (ERTH) courses; 300- and 400-level Forestry (FORS) courses; 300- and 400-level Geoscience (GEO) courses; 300- and 400-level Geography (GPHY) courses; 300- and 400-level Natural Resource Management (NRSM) co
Major Required Courses - Aquatic Concentrationchoose 1
Complete all of the following courses:
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Writing in the Disciplines Requirement2 required · verify with the official sheet
Complete any three of the courses from the following lists:; The following courses are required in the Aquatic Concentration:; The following courses are additional options that can also be used to fulfill the Writing in the Disciplines requirement:
Writing in the Disciplines Requirement2 required · verify with the official sheet
Complete any three of the courses from the following lists:; The following courses are required in the Terrestrial Concentration:; And two of the following three:; The following courses are additional options that can also be used to fulfill the Writing in the Disciplines requirement:
All PTRM courses in the Montana catalog
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