Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate GPHY coursework.
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.
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 GPHY 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 25 GPHY and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 23 more GPHY courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on GPHY, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Take 39 credits of directed electives from the following2 required · verify with the official sheet
Directed Electives in Environmental Science and GIS2 required · verify with the official sheet
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.
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
CSCI 300 & 400 level courses (no more than 1 cr CSCI 494 ); EELE 300 & 400 level courses, excluding EELE 354; EGEN 200 , 300, & 400 level courses; EIND 300 & 400 level courses; EMEC 300 & 400 level courses; ESOF 300 & 400 level courses; M 300 & 400 level courses, excluding M 330; PHSX 300 & 400 level courses (no more than 1 cr PHSX 494 ), excluding PHSX 305 and 499
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in GPHY. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at GPHY 408
3 courses deep, ending at GPHY 402
2 courses deep, ending at GPHY 321
2 courses deep, ending at GPHY 326
Environmental Science2 required · verify with the official sheet
Fish & Wildlife Management1 required
Geography and Earth Scienceall required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Social Sciences1 required
All GPHY courses in the Montana State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under GPHY yet.
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GPHY does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Montana State campus feed.