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 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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate GSW 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 GSW 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 14 GSW and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 29 more GSW courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on GSW, 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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Depth Subject Matterall required
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 GSW. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at GSW 185
2 courses deep, ending at GSW 103
2 courses deep, ending at GSW 145
2 courses deep, ending at GSW 160
All GSW courses in the UC Davis catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for GSW yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under GSW yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
GSW does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UC Davis campus feed.