Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate AMS coursework.
Generated from University of California, Davis’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 AMS 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 4 AMS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 46 more AMS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on AMS, 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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One additional lower division American Studies course.; Or an equivalent course in racial and ethnic diversity.; Or an equivalent course in social science approaches to culture.; Or an equivalent course introducing critical approaches to literary and visual texts in the humanities.; Preparatory Subject Matter Subtotal
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American Studies Elective; Three additional upper division American Studies courses.; Emphasis; In consultation with the American Studies Undergraduate Advisor, the student designs a program of 20 units (typically five courses) of upper division course work around a unifying theme, period, or subject matter in American cultures. The courses should come from two or more departments or programs and
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in AMS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at AMS 250
2 courses deep, ending at AMS 190B
All AMS courses in the UC Davis 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 AMS yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under AMS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
AMS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UC Davis campus feed.