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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 DSS coursework.
Generated from Saint Joseph's 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 DSS 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 52 DSS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 18 more DSS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on DSS, 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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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: DSS 220
Gateway: DSS 660
Gateway: DSS 420
The deepest prerequisite chains in DSS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at DSS 455
5 courses deep, ending at DSS 425
5 courses deep, ending at DSS 665
3 courses deep, ending at DSS 740
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All DSS courses in the Saint Joseph's catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for DSS yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under DSS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
DSS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Saint Joseph's campus feed.