RTE at Pennsylvania State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate RTE coursework.

• RTE 305Railroad Communications and Signalsopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• RTE 402Railroad Operations Practicumopens 1 course (1 directly)
• RTE 403Railroad Track Practicumopens 1 course (1 directly)
• RTE 404Railroad Mechanical Practicumopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

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 RTE 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 12 RTE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 4 more RTE courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on RTE, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in RTE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at RTE 406

  1. CMPSC 201Programming for Engineers with C++
  2. RTE 305Railroad Communications and Signals
  3. RTE 402Railroad Operations Practicum
  4. RTE 406Railroad Capstone Project

• 2 courses deep, ending at RTE 301

  1. ECON 102Introductory Microeconomic Analysis and Policy
  2. RTE 301Railroad Industry Overview and Economic Regulation

• 2 courses deep, ending at RTE 403

  1. RTE 302Railroad Track Location, Construction and Maintenance
  2. RTE 403Railroad Track Practicum

• 2 courses deep, ending at RTE 404

  1. PHYS 211General Physics: Mechanics
  2. RTE 404Railroad Mechanical Practicum

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for RTE yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under RTE yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

RTE does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Penn State campus feed.