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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 Montana State University’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 GEO 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 GEO 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 39 GEO and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 22 more GEO courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on GEO, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
Up to 12 credits required in a minor or in a second degree program may be applied toward the Natural Science and Public Policy electives.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: GEO 302
Gateway: GEO 309
Gateway: GEO 315
Gateway: BIOB 420
The deepest prerequisite chains in GEO. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at GEO 440
3 courses deep, ending at GEO 401R
3 courses deep, ending at GEO 413
3 courses deep, ending at GEO 417
All GEO courses in the Montana State catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for GEO yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under GEO yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
GEO does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Montana State campus feed.