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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate LEAD coursework.
Generated from Oregon State 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 LEAD 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 2 LEAD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 26 more LEAD courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on LEAD, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Agricultural Corechoose 1
Skills & Traits in Agriculture; Select 9-12 credits from the following:
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Business and Lawchoose 1
Communicationchoose 1
Any COMM or WR course (if WR, must be above WR 121Z )
Introductory Applied Economicschoose 1
Sciences - Physical and Biologicalchoose 1
Physical Science - Chemistry; Biological Sciences – One-Year Series; Preferred Series; Alternate Series; Online Series
Leadership and Engagementchoose 1
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Total Credits15 required
Foundational Sciencechoose 1
Biology; Chemistry; Mathematics; Statistics
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Measurement and Analysis1 required
Foundations of Natural Resource Educationall required
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Consensus and Communicationchoose 1
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in LEAD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at LEAD 433
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Transferable Skillschoose 1
Geospatial and Analytical; Leadership and Applied Ethics; Additional Course; Select an additional course from the Geospatial and Analytical or Leadership and Applied Ethics categories above.
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Vertebrate Biology and Systematicschoose 1
Vertebrate Biology; Systematics; Additional Course
Behavior and Physiologychoose 1
Botanychoose 1
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Electiveschoose 1
Education Electives; Natural Resource Electives
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Forestrychoose 1
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Resource Economicschoose 1
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Assessmentchoose 1
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Writing Intensive Coursechoose 1
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Resource Economicschoose 1
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Writing Intensive Coursechoose 1
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Environmental Policychoose 1
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Capstonechoose 1
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Government and Policychoose 1
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Philosophy and Ethics of the Environment2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Resource Economicschoose 1
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All LEAD courses in the Oregon State catalog
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