Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
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 SC 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 9 SC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 34 more SC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
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.
The concentrations and majors that build on SC, 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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CHEM 210 & CHEM 212 & ( CHEM 213 or CHEM 213W or CHEM 213M ); Groups; Select a minimum of 15 credits of 400-level biology courses, with at least 6 credits from the Ecology group, 3 credits from the Evolution group, and 3 credits from the Practicum group. A maximum of 3 credits of BIOL 400 , 494 , 495 , 496 , and SC 295 , 395 , 495 may be used to fulfill 15 credits minimum in the 400-level biology
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in SC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
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2 courses deep, ending at SC 476
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Groups; Select a minimum of 15 credits of 400-level biology courses, with at least 6 credits from Group A (Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience), 3 credits from Group B (Behavioral, Structural, and Cognitive Neuroscience) ), 3 credits from Group C (Additional Coursework on Topics Highly Relevant to Neuroscience), and 3 credits from Group D (Laboratory Requirement).; Select 6 credits from the follow
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Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; Select 4-5 credits of life science with lab:
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Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; Select 8-12 credits from the following:; Select 4-5 credits from the following:; Select 5-6 credits from the following:
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All SC courses in the Penn State catalog
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