Semester 1fall
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 University of Pennsylvania’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
A suggested order for the 10 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.
Semester 1fall
Semester 2spring
Semester 3fall
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate GSWS 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 GSWS 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 10 GSWS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 456 more GSWS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on GSWS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Major Requirementsall required
Required Courses; GSWS Theory Course:; GSWS Course with Attribute: AGWT - Theory; Or courses chosen with permission of Program Associate Director; Feminist Studies Concentration Requirements; Select 5 courses with 4 courses in at least two different departments; Attribute: AGWF - Feminist Studies; Or courses chosen with permission of Program Associate Director; Elective Courses; Select 4 elective
Major Requirementsall required
Required Courses; GSWS Theory Course; Elective Courses; Select 9 course units of Electives; GSWS 0000-4999; Attribute: AGGR; Attribute: AGWF; Attribute: AGWG; Attribute: AGWH; Attribute: AGWL; Reseach/Capstone Requirement; Select 1 course unit; GSWS 4999 -999
1 course from1 required
Major Requirementsall required
Required Courses; GSWS Theory Course:; GSWS Course with Attribute: AGWT; Or courses by permission of Program Associate Director; Global Gender and Sexuality Studies Concentration Requirements; Select 5 courses with 4 courses in at least two different departments; Attribute: AGWG - Global Gender and Sexuality Studies; Or courses by permission of Program Associate Director; Elective Courses; Select
1 course from1 required
Major Requirementsall required
Required Courses; GSWS Theory Course:; GSWS Course with Attribute: AGWT - Theory; And courses by permission of Program Associate Director; Health and Disabilities Concentration Requirements; Select 5 courses with 4 courses in at least two different departments:; Attribute: AGWH - Health and Disabilities; And courses by permission of Program Associate Director; Elective Courses; Select 4 elective c
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Major Requirementsall required
Required Courses; GSWS Theory Course:; GSWS Course with Attribute: AGWT - Theory; Or courses by permission of Program Associate Director; LGBTQ Studies Concentration Requirements; Select 5 courses with 4 courses in at least two different departments; Attribute: AGWL - LGBTQ Studies; Or courses by permission of Program Associate Director; Elective Courses; Select 4 courses:; GSWS 0000-4999; Attribu
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Major Requirementsall required
Required Courses; GSWS Theory Course:; Attribute AGWT - Theory; And courses by permission of Program Associate Director; Concentration Requirements; Select 5 courses with 4 courses in at least two different departments; Attribute AGGR - Major Related; And courses by permission of Program Associate Director; Elective Courses; Select 4 elective courses; Attribute AGWF - Feminist Studies; Attribute A
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in GSWS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at GSWS 3500
2 courses deep, ending at GSWS 4333
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All GSWS courses in the Penn catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under GSWS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
GSWS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Penn campus feed.