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 EXR 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 EXR 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 15 EXR and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 12 more EXR courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on EXR, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Required Core Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Required Courses; Health and Fitness Track. (Any non-core -EXR course)all required
EXR Electives (Any non-core EXR course)12 required · verify with the official sheet
First-time, first-year Seminar (Humanities or Social Science); Comparative Societies (Humanities or Social Science); Humanities; Visual/Creative/Performing Arts (Humanities); ECCE (Speaker Series, Global Awareness, US Communities, Engagement Experience Electives); Electives
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in EXR. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at EXR 412
3 courses deep, ending at EXR 451
2 courses deep, ending at EXR 302
2 courses deep, ending at EXR 335
1 course from1 required
PA: Biochemistry; Microbiology w/Laball required
Some elective courses will also be used to satisfy Exercise Science program requirements. Students should work closely with advisor(s) to ensure all program requirements are met.
PT: Any ASP, BIO, CHE w/ Lab from the following2 required · verify with the official sheet
Some elective courses will also be used to satisfy Exercise Science program requirements. Students should work closely with advisor(s) to ensure all program requirements are met.
EXR Electives (6 hours; Any non-core EXR course)2 required · verify with the official sheet
First-time, first-year Seminar (Humanities or Social Science); Comparative Societies (Humanities or Social Science); Humanities; Visual/Creative/Performing Arts (Humanities); ECCE (Speaker Series, Global Awareness, US Communities, Engagement Experience Electives); Electives
All EXR 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 EXR yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under EXR yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
EXR does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UIS campus feed.