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 Illinois Springfield’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 CAP 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 CAP 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 8 CAP and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 12 more CAP courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CAP, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
CSHP Integrated Core Curriculumall required
CAP 141 and CAP 142 are waived for science majors who take and pass other science courses (such as BIO 141 and CHE 141 ).
The “Question” Courses (Interdisciplinary humanities and social sciences)12 required
Examples of CAP global issues course from which students should select to fulfill at least 3 to 4 credit hours of Honors Global Awareness Requirement include the following2 required · verify with the official sheet
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CAP. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at CAP 226
2 courses deep, ending at CAP 115
2 courses deep, ending at CAP 142
All CAP courses in the UIS catalog
Grade medians are for verified students. Sign in with your school email to see them.
Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for CAP yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under CAP yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
CAP does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UIS campus feed.