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 LHR 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 LHR 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 33 LHR and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 19 more LHR courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on LHR, 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
Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better
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Supporting Courses and Related Areas2 required · verify with the official sheet
Supporting Courses and Related Areas: Require a grade of C or better; Select 6 credits from 400-level LHR courses (only 3 credits of LHR 495 or LHR 496 may be used to satisfy this requirement); Select 6 credits from the following list in consultation with an adviser:; Any OLEAD course; Any 400-level AFAM, CAS, ECON, HIST, LTNST, MGMT, PHIL, PSYCH, SPAN, SOC, WMNST course
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in LHR. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at LHR 472
3 courses deep, ending at LHR 409
3 courses deep, ending at LHR 410
3 courses deep, ending at LHR 458Y
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Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; a) Critical Thinking; b) Diversity and Inclusion; c) Organizational Behavior; d) Conflict Management; e) Ethics
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Additional Courseschoose 1
Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; a) Critical Thinking; b) Organizational Behavior; c) Conflict Management; d) Ethics
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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 LHR courses in the Penn State catalog
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