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 Pennsylvania 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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate AFR 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 AFR 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 23 AFR and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 35 more AFR courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on AFR, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Prescribed Coursesall required
Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better
Additional Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; Select 15 credits of the following (100-300 level courses):; Select 18 credits with at least 12 from AFR or AFR cross-listed courses of the following:
Prescribed Coursesall required
Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in AFR. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at AFR 435N
3 courses deep, ending at AFR 382
3 courses deep, ending at AFR 434
3 courses deep, ending at AFR 444
Additional Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; Select 21 credits with at least 3 credits in AAAS courses of the following:; Select 18 credits at the 400-level with at least 9 credits in AAAS courses of the following:
All AFR courses in the Penn State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under AFR yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
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