Building the department map…
Department paths
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 DA 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 DA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 12 more DA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
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 concentrations and majors that build on DA, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Prescribed Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
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 3-4 credits from the following:
Supporting Courses and Related Areas1 required
Select 6 credits from any major field or course, except STAT 100 , MATH 200 , MATH 201 , any ENGL course below ENGL 15 , all KINES (GHW) courses, and any MATH course below MATH 83 . Petitions for exceptions are available through the applicable program chair.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in DA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at DA 101
All DA courses in the Penn State catalog
Grade medians are for verified students. Sign in with your school email to see them.
Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for DA yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under DA yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
DA does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Penn State campus feed.