After PSYC 339
Gateway: PSYC 339
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 Rice 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 PSYC 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 PSYC 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 100 PSYC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 76 more PSYC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PSYC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Cognitive Science Methods Core Course; Computer Science Core Course; Select 1 course from the following:; Advanced Computing Core Course; Select 1 course from the following:; Linguistics Core Course; Select 1 course from the following:; Neuroscience Core Course; Select 1 course from the following:; Philosophy Core Course; Select 1 course from the following:; Psychology Core Course; Advanced Psycho
Elective Requirementsall required
Select 2-3 elective courses from the other Areas of Specialization or from the following additional approved electives:
Core Requirementsall required
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1 course from1 required
Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Mathematics; Linear Algebra; Select 1 course from the following:; Statistics; Computer Science; Artificial Intelligence; COMP 345 Foundations of Machine Learning; COMP 456 AI Senior Design I; COMP 457 AI Senior Design II
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: PSYC 339
Gateway: PSYC 340
Gateway: PSYC 370
Gateway: PSYC 362
Gateway: PSYC 231
The deepest prerequisite chains in PSYC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at PSYC 420
5 courses deep, ending at PSYC 364
5 courses deep, ending at PSYC 466
4 courses deep, ending at PSYC 366
Core Requirementsall required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Total Credit Hours Required for the Major in Psychology15 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Credit Hours to Complete Degree Requirements; University Graduation Requirements
Total Credit Hours15 required
Total Credit Hours15 required
Elective Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 1 course (3 credit hours) from 3 of the following 5 Artificial Intelligence Elective areas; Artificial Intelligence Theory; Cognitive Psychology; Knowledge and Graphs; Perception and Language; Robotics and Autonomy
Total Credit Hours15 required
All PSYC courses in the Rice catalog
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