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 POL-UA coursework.
Generated from New York 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 POL-UA 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 42 POL-UA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 65 more POL-UA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on POL-UA, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
General Education Requirements1 required
First-Year Seminar; Foreign Language; Quantitative Reasoning; Physical Science; Life Science; Texts and Ideas; Cultures and Contexts; Expressive Culture
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Two Subfield Courses, chosen from:; Politics Electives; Select seven major electives in POL-UA
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First-Year Seminar; Foreign Language; Quantitative Reasoning; Physical Science; Life Science; Texts and Ideas; Cultures and Contexts; Expressive Culture
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Core Courses; Methods of Inquiry; Governance
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2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in POL-UA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at POL-UA 9523
2 courses deep, ending at POL-UA 170
2 courses deep, ending at POL-UA 315
2 courses deep, ending at POL-UA 342
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Major Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select four elective courses chosen in consultation with a departmental adviser.; Other Elective Credits
All POL-UA courses in the NYU catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under POL-UA yet.
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