After ENGL 231C
Gateway: ENGL 231C
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 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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate POLS 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 POLS 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 53 POLS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 51 more POLS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on POLS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Interdisciplinary Writing Course1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in POLS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at POLS 421
3 courses deep, ending at POLS 321W
3 courses deep, ending at POLS 418
2 courses deep, ending at POLS 306
Principles Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select three courses from the following. The coursework allows students to study the selected cybersecurity principles of their choice aligned with their interests and career goals.
Application Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select three courses from the following. The coursework allows students to apply fundamental cybersecurity theories and techniques in their selected application domains.
Capstone Coursesall required
Capstone enrollment is restricted to declared Cybersecurity (CYSE) majors only. An active internship is required to enroll in CYSE 368 . Non-CYSE majors are not permitted to enroll.
All POLS courses in the Old Dominion catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under POLS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
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