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 PES 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 PES 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 4 PES and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 10 more PES courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PES, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
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Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better
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Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in PES. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at PES 448W
All PES 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 PES yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under PES yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
PES does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Penn State campus feed.