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 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 HLD 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 HLD 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 3 HLD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 20 more HLD courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on HLD, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
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Leadership Track Electives: Choose 5 courses (15 credits) from the list below.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in HLD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
All HLD courses in the Montana State catalog
Grade medians are for verified students. Sign in with your school email to see them.
Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for HLD yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under HLD yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
HLD does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Montana State campus feed.