POL SCI at University of California, Irvine

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate POL SCI coursework.

• POL SCI 71AIntroduction to Lawopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• POL SCI 21AIntroduction to American Governmentopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• POL SCI 11AIntroduction to Political Science: Political Analysisopens 1 course (1 directly)
• POL SCI 130AGame Theory and Politics Iopens 1 course (1 directly)
• POL SCI 31AIntroduction to Political Theoryopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

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 POL SCI 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 23 POL SCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 80 more POL SCI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in POL SCI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at POL SCI 111

  1. ANTHRO 10BProbability and Statistics
  2. POL SCI 111Public Policy and Evaluation

• 2 courses deep, ending at POL SCI 121F

  1. POL SCI 21AIntroduction to American Government
  2. POL SCI 121FPresidents Since World War II

• 2 courses deep, ending at POL SCI 130B

  1. POL SCI 130AGame Theory and Politics I
  2. POL SCI 130BGame Theory and Politics II

• 2 courses deep, ending at POL SCI 131F

  1. POL SCI 31AIntroduction to Political Theory
  2. POL SCI 131FModern Political Theory

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for POL SCI yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under POL SCI yet.

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Department events

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