Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
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.
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 ASIA 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 ASIA 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 96 ASIA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 31 more ASIA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on ASIA, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Additional Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; Select 4 credits beyond the 12-credit level of proficiency in an Asian language from the following, or the equivalent:; Select 6 credits from the following:
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in ASIA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at ASIA 418
4 courses deep, ending at ASIA 424
4 courses deep, ending at ASIA 425
4 courses deep, ending at ASIA 457
All ASIA courses in the Penn State catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for ASIA yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under ASIA yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
ASIA does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Penn State campus feed.