After PHI 112
Gateway: PHI 112
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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PHI 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 PHI 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 12 PHI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 101 more PHI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PHI, 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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Cognitive Science; Linguistics; Philosophy; Psychology; Research Methods; Statistics; Preparatory Subject Matter Subtotal
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Important: Each course may only be used to satisfy one Cognitive Science major requirement; the same course cannot be used for multiple groups.; CGS Topical Course: choose 1 upper division course from this list.; Concentration Areas; Choose 16 units from your choice of two groups from Groups B-F; CGS Electives; Choose 12 additional units from Groups B-G; Depth Subject Matter Subtotal
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Cognitive Science:; Introduction to Mathematical Abstraction; Programming; Choose a series:; AND; AND; OR; Linguistics; Calculus; Choose a series:; OR; OR; Linear Algebra & MATLAB; OR; Philosophy; Psychology; Research Methods; Statistics; Preparatory Subject Matter Subtotal
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Choose 12 units:; MST 098 / MST 099 ; total any combination:; Language proficiency is a desideratum. Courses in Latin and other European languages are strongly recommended, particularly for students planning to pursue graduate studies in the medieval or early modern field.; Preparatory Subject Matter Subtotal
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Foreign language, one course beyond the 15-unit requirement of the College of Letters & Science in the same language used to fulfill the college requirement.; Preparatory Subject Matter Subtotal
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in PHI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at PHI 212
2 courses deep, ending at PHI 135
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Important: Each class may only be used to satisfy one Cognitive Science major requirement. The same course cannot be used for multiple groups.; Take each of the courses below:; Choose three from Group B:; Choose four from Group F:; Depth Subject Matter Subtotal
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In consultation with the undergraduate advisor, students choose a total of eleven courses; with at least three courses from the Medieval Period (denoted as M) and at least three courses the Early Modern Period (denoted as EM):; Depth Subject Matter Subtotal
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Choose three:; Choose at least 8 upper division units:; Any LIN upper division course not used to fulfill area above or one of the approved courses below.; Depth Subject Matter Subtotal
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Core Subject Matter; Choose five courses taught in German from the following:; Electives; Choose three courses from the list below:; Courses counted in the Core Subject Matter cannot fulfill this requirement.; Choose two additional courses from above (a) or from the list below:; Courses counted in the Core Subject Matter cannot fulfill this requirement.; The 40 upper division total units may inclu
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All PHI courses in the UC Davis catalog
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