After COM 236
Gateway: COM 236
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 COM 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 COM 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 11 COM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 59 more COM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on COM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Approved Course List for the Tracks in Communication15 required
Interpersonal and Cultural Communication2 required · verify with the official sheet
Strategic Communication and Public Relations2 required · verify with the official sheet
Journalism and Media Studies2 required · verify with the official sheet
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in COM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at COM 339
2 courses deep, ending at COM 421
2 courses deep, ending at COM 462
2 courses deep, ending at COM 491
1 course from1 required
Communication Studies1 required
Methods1 required
Electives6 required · verify with the official sheet
Level 300 or above
Total Hours15 required
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All COM courses in the UIS catalog
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