Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate EMSC coursework.
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.
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 EMSC 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 18 EMSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 16 more EMSC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on EMSC, 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 Coursesall required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in EMSC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at EMSC 460
1 course from1 required
All EMSC 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 EMSC yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under EMSC yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
EMSC does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Penn State campus feed.