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 Texas A&M 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 POLS 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 POLS 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 66 POLS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 17 more POLS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on POLS, 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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Electives & general-education requirements31 required · verify with the official sheet
American history; Mathematics 2; Humanities directed elective; General elective 3; Creative arts; Language, philosophy and culture; Communication; Life and physical sciences; Social and behavioral sciences 5; Select two of the following: 1; Select one of the following: 1; Political Science elective 6
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in POLS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at POLS 302
3 courses deep, ending at POLS 340
3 courses deep, ending at POLS 367
3 courses deep, ending at POLS 423
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Electives & general-education requirements11 required · verify with the official sheet
Mathematics; Select one of the following:; Communication; Life and physical sciences; Creative arts; Language, philosophy and culture; Life and physical sciences 1
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American history 3; Life and physical sciences; Communication; Social and behavioral sciences; Communication 1; Creative arts 1; Language, philosophy and culture; International elective 1; General electives 4
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Electives & general-education requirements9 required · verify with the official sheet
American history 3; Mathematics elective 1,4; Language, philosophy and culture 3; Social and behavioral sciences 3; Biological and agricultural engineering elective 1,7; Engineering elective 1,8; Creative arts 3; Technical elective 1,9
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American history 3; Social and behavioral sciences 3; Language, philosophy and culture 3; Mathematics elective 1,4; Biological and agricultural engineering elective 1,7; Engineering elective 1,8; Creative arts 3; Technical elective 1,9
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Electives & general-education requirements8 required · verify with the official sheet
American history 3; Language, philosophy and culture 3; Mathematics elective 1,4; Social and behavioral sciences 3; Engineering elective 1,7; Creative arts 3; Technical elective 1,8
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Select one of the following: 2,3; Communication; Select one of the following: 2; American history 4,5; Select one of the following:; General elective 6; Select one of the following: 7; Select 7 hours from the following: 7; Social and behavioral sciences; Creative arts; Language, philosophy and culture
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Mathematics 1,2; Social and behavioral sciences; Select one of the following: 1; Community health/Environmental health 3; Creative arts; American history 4; Language, philosophy and culture; Anatomy and physiology 5; General electives 6; Select one of the following:; Communication; Directed electives 8
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Communication; Select one of the following:; Life and physical sciences; American history 4; Creative arts; Language, philosophy and culture; General elective 6; Science/Math elective 7
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American history 3; Life and physical sciences; Communication; Social and behavioral sciences; Communication 1; Creative arts 1; Language, philosophy and culture; Creative arts 2; International elective 3; Upper-division business elective 5; Internship 6; General elective 7
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Select one of the following:; American history; Select one of the following; Communication; Social and behavioral sciences; General elective 3; Advanced chemistry 5,6; Creative arts; General electives 3; Language, philosophy, and culture
All POLS courses in the Texas A&M catalog
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