Semester 1fall
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
A suggested order for the 4 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.
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.
Semester 3fall
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 HSOC 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 4 HSOC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 177 more HSOC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on HSOC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
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Foundation Requirement; Quantitative Methods; Core Discipline; HSOC or STSC Electives; Select 3 HSOC or STSC Electives (Any courses with HSOC or STSC or Attribute AHSM); Bioethics & Society Concentration; Select 1 Core Discipline course (attribute AHSB); Select 1 Core Course (Attribute AHSI); Select 1 Philosophical & Religious Foundations course (Attribute AHSP); Select 1 Social & Institutional
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Foundation Requirement; Quantitative Methods; Core Discipline; HSOC or STSC Electives; Select 3 HSOC or STSC Electives (Attribute AHSM); Disease & Culture Concentration; Select 6 Disease and Culture courses (Attribute AHSD); Capstone Research Requirement; Select 1 4000-level HSOC or STSC Research Seminar
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Foundation Requirement; Quantitative Methods; Core Discipline; HSOC or STSC Electives; Select 3 HSOC or STSC Electives (Any courses with HSOC or STSC or Attribute AHSM); Global Health Concentration; Select 1 Core Course on World Health (Attribute AHSW); Select 1 Regional Course (Attribute AHSR); Select 4 Global Health Concentration Electives (Attribute AHSG); Capstone Research Requirement; Select
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Foundation Requirement; Quantitative Methods; Core Discipline; HSOC or STSC Electives; Select 3 HSOC or STSC Electives (Attribute AHSM); Health Care Markets & Finance Concentration; Select 1 Core Course (Attribute AHFC); Select 5 Healthcare Finance Concentration courses (Attribute AHFI); Capstone Research Requirement; Select 1 4000-level HSOC or STSC Research Seminar
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Foundation Requirement; Quantitative Methods; Core Discipline; HSOC or STSC Electives; Select 3 HSOC or STSC Electives (Attribute AHSM); Health Policy & Law Concentration; Select 1 Political Economy course (Attribute AHSO); Select 1 Health Policy course (Attribute AHSC); Select 1 Law & Society course (Attribute AHSA); Select 1 Philosophical/Ethical course (Attribute AHSH); Select 2 Concentrati
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Foundation Requirement; Quantitative Methods; Core Discipline; HSOC or STSC Electives; Select 3 HSOC or STSC Electives (Attribute AHSM); Public Health Concentration; Select 1 Public Health core course (Attribute AHPH); Select 5 Public Health Elective courses (Attribute AHPE); Capstone Research Requirement; Select 1 4000-level HSOC or STSC Research Seminar
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Foundation Requirement; Quantitative Methods; Core Discipline; HSOC or STSC Electives; Select 3 HSOC or STSC Electives (Attribute AHSM); Race, Gender and Health Concentration; Select 6 Race, Gender and Health courses (Attribute AHSN); Capstone Research Requirement; Select 1 4000-level HSOC or STSC Research Seminar
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in HSOC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at HSOC 3889
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All HSOC courses in the Penn catalog
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