PSCI at Montana State University

Gateway courses

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.

• PSCI 230DIntroduction to International Relations: 3 Credits (3 Lec)opens 8 courses (8 directly)
• PSCI 240Introduction to Public Administration: 3 Credits (3 Lec)opens 5 courses (5 directly)
• PSCI 554Foundations of Public Administration: 3 Credits (3 Lec)opens 1 course (1 directly)
• PSCI 323Modern Political Thought: 3 Credits (3 Lec)opens 1 course (0.5 directly)
• PSCI 356Classical Political Thought: 3 Credits (3 Lec)opens 1 course (0.5 directly)
• PSCI 551Quantitative Research Methods: 3 Credits (3 Lec)opens 1 course (0.5 directly)

The map

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 23 PSCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 41 more PSCI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

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.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in PSCI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at PSCI 331

  1. PSCI 230DIntroduction to International Relations: 3 Credits (3 Lec)
  2. PSCI 331International Relations Theory: 3 Credits (3 Lec)

• 2 courses deep, ending at PSCI 362

  1. PSCI 240Introduction to Public Administration: 3 Credits (3 Lec)
  2. PSCI 362Natural Resource Policy: 3 Credits (3 Lec)

• 2 courses deep, ending at PSCI 455

  1. PSCI 323Modern Political Thought: 3 Credits (3 Lec)
  2. PSCI 455Politics & Virtue: 3 Credits (3 Lec)

• 2 courses deep, ending at PSCI 560

  1. PSCI 554Foundations of Public Administration: 3 Credits (3 Lec)
  2. PSCI 560Ethics and Public Service: 3 Credits (3 Lec)

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PSCI yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PSCI yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

PSCI does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Montana State campus feed.