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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate LA 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 LA 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 5 LA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 24 more LA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on LA, 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; In consultation with your adviser, select 6-8 credits in quantification from MATH, CMPSC, IST, PHIL, ACCT, or STAT; Select 3-4 credits in statistics of the following:; Select 3 credits in ethics of the following:; Select 3-4 credits in research methods of the following:
Supporting Courses and Related Areasall required
Supporting Courses and Related Areas: Require a grade of C or better; In consultation with your adviser, select 30 credits from social science courses in the following areas:; ANTH, CAS, ECON, PLSC, PSYCH, or SOC
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in LA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at LA 404
2 courses deep, ending at LA 435
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Supporting Courses and Related Areas2 required · verify with the official sheet
Supporting Courses and Related Areas: Require a grade of C or better; Select 15 credits from the following, with at least 12 credits at the 400 level:; Courses from a department approved list
All LA courses in the Penn State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under LA yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
LA does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Penn State campus feed.