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 IT 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 IT 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 15 IT and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 33 more IT courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on IT, 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 from the following:; Other course in consultation with major adviser
Supporting Courses and Related Areas1 required · verify with the official sheet
Supporting Courses and Related Areas: Require a grade of C or better; Select a minimum of 6 credits in a Penn State or Penn State approved education abroad program in Italy or an equivalent experience approved after consultation with an adviser. ( IT 99 , IT 199 , IT 299 , IT 399 ); Select 21 credits (at least 6 credits at the 400-level) in consultation with the adviser in any related area of stud
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in IT. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at IT 210N
3 courses deep, ending at IT 415
3 courses deep, ending at IT 480
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Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; Select 9 credits from the following courses in Italian:; Select 9 credits at the 400-level:
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Supporting Courses and Related Areas: Require a grade of C or better; Select 3 credits from the following:; Select 6 credits in a Penn State or Penn State approved education abroad program in Italy or the equivalent experience approved by an Italian major adviser or 6 credits in related disciplines at the 400-level including Art History, History, Comparative Literature, Political Science, Philosop
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Additional Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; Select 24 credits (at least 12 credits at the 400-level) from the program list of courses dealing with the Middle Ages from no less than three of the following areas:; Art; History; Literature and Language; Medieval Studies; Philosophy and Religious Studies
All IT courses in the Penn State catalog
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