POLITSC at Ohio 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 POLITSC coursework.

• POLITSC 2400Introduction to Political Theoryopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• POLITSC 3280Politics of Marketsopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• POLITSC 3780Data Literacy and Data Visualizationopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• POLITSC 7551Quantitative Political Analysis: Iopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• POLITSC 1100Introduction to American Politicsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• POLITSC 1200Introduction to Comparative Politicsopens 1 course (1 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 POLITSC 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 21 POLITSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 93 more POLITSC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 2 courses deep, ending at POLITSC 3001

  1. ECON 5001Game Theory in Economics
  2. POLITSC 3001Economy, Polity, and Community

• 2 courses deep, ending at POLITSC 3912

  1. POLITSC 1100Introduction to American Politics
  2. POLITSC 3912Political Leadership

• 2 courses deep, ending at POLITSC 4300

  1. POLITSC 1300Global Politics
  2. POLITSC 4300Theories of International Relations

• 2 courses deep, ending at POLITSC 4781

  1. MATH 1151Calculus I
  2. POLITSC 4781Data Analysis in Political Science I

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for POLITSC yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under POLITSC yet.

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Department events

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