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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FOUN coursework.
Generated from Old Dominion 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 FOUN 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 FOUN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 17 more FOUN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on FOUN, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: FOUN 822
The deepest prerequisite chains in FOUN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at FOUN 302
3 courses deep, ending at FOUN 817
3 courses deep, ending at FOUN 818
3 courses deep, ending at FOUN 821
All FOUN courses in the Old Dominion 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 FOUN yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under FOUN yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
FOUN does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Old Dominion campus feed.