After POLS 2050
Gateway: POLS 2050
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 Idaho’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 POLS 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 POLS 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 POLS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 76 more POLS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on POLS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Political Science Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select three introductory courses:
Senior Seminar1 required
Additional Political Science Upper Division Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 18 credits from the following areas:; American Political Institutions & Behavior; Public Administration and Public Policy; International and Comparative Politics; Public Law; Political Philosophy
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in POLS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at POLS 3360
2 courses deep, ending at POLS 4200
2 courses deep, ending at POLS 4410
2 courses deep, ending at POLS 5580
Additional Political Science Upper Division Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 18 credits from the following areas:; American Political Institutions and Behavior; Public Administration and Public Policy; International and Comparative Politics; Public Law; Political Philosophy
All POLS courses in the Idaho catalog
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