Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
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 PHIL 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 PHIL 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 60 PHIL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 51 more PHIL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PHIL, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Additional Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; Select 9 credits in Philosophical Foundations of Science:; Select 6 credits in Ethics and Science:; Select 6 credits in Advanced Topics:; Select 6 credits in Formal Reasoning:
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in PHIL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at PHIL 478
3 courses deep, ending at PHIL 438
3 courses deep, ending at PHIL 453
3 courses deep, ending at PHIL 460
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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
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Additional Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; Select 3-4 credits of the following:; Select 18 credits with at least 9 credits in the 400 level of the following:
Additional Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 4 credits from the following:; Select 3 credits from the following:; Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; Select 3 credits from the following:
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Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; Select two of the following:
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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
Additional Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 3 credits from the following:; Select 3 credits from the following:; Select 9 credits from the following:; Select 9 credits from the following:; Select 3 credits from the following:; Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; Select 3-4 credits from the following:; Select 12 credits from the following (at least 6 credits must be at the 400 level):
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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 Courses: Require a grade of C or better; a) Critical Thinking; b) Organizational Behavior; c) Conflict Management; d) Ethics
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All PHIL courses in the Penn State catalog
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