After HIS 503
Gateway: HIS 503
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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 HIS 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 HIS 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 9 HIS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 110 more HIS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on HIS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
HIS 510 must be taken a minimum of two times, course topics vary. Master's students are encouraged to take graduate seminars.choose 2
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Student may fill up to 3 credit hours with HIS 599 , pending faculty approval.
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3 hours of lower division course work in historical regions or themes outside the United States: (Choose One of the following)choose 1
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: HIS 503
The deepest prerequisite chains in HIS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at HIS 106
3 courses deep, ending at HIS 560
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Eight hours of non-U.S. History Courses from the followingchoose 8
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Upper Division Elective History Courses15 required
Total Hours15 required
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Twelve hours of History of at least 3 different world regions and themes at the upper division12 required
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Electives3 required
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Select one Culture course from these units of: SCM, ENG, ENS, or SOA at the 300-400 level. Other courses may be selected from these or other departments and with advisor's permission.all required
Capstone Seminar1 required
All HIS courses in the UIS catalog
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