After SPA 003
Gateway: SPA 003
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
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.
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 CHI 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 CHI 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 46 CHI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 52 more CHI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CHI, 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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Psychology; Statistics; Research Methods; Biology; choose an option:; OR, if prerequisites are met, choose:; Recommended, not required:; Preparatory Subject Matter Subtotal
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Choose two courses each from two of the following Core Groups and one course each from the remaining two Core Groups. Total upper division units should equal at least 40 units between core group courses and major elective courses.; Core Group A: Perception, Cognition, & Cognitive Neuroscience; Core Group B: Psychobiology; Core Group C: Social/Personality; Core Group D: Developmental; Depth Subject
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Additional units to achieve a total of 40 units of approved upper division major elective coursework. Each course may only be used to satisfy one Psychology major requirement; the same course cannot be used for multiple Psychology major requirements.; Approved Psychology Electives; Any upper division Psychology (PSC) course(s), except PSC 197T, including:; Any course listed in the Core Groups abov
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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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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CHI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
8 courses deep, ending at CHI 145S
5 courses deep, ending at CHI 021S
4 courses deep, ending at CHI 040
3 courses deep, ending at CHI 123
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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
All CHI courses in the UC Davis catalog
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