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 Sam Houston 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 DFSC 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 DFSC 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 8 DFSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 4 more DFSC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on DFSC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Degree Specific Requirementsall required
Major: Foundation2 required · verify with the official sheet
Major: Prescribed Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 6 SCH from the following:
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in DFSC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
All DFSC courses in the SHSU catalog
Grade medians are for verified students. Sign in with your school email to see them.
Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for DFSC yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under DFSC yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
DFSC does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the SHSU campus feed.