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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate LES coursework.
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.
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 LES 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 LES and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 63 more LES courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on LES, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Core courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
LES Electives15 required
Approved Course List for the Tracks in Communication15 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in LES. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at LES 504
2 courses deep, ending at LES 378
2 courses deep, ending at LES 379
All LES 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 LES yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under LES yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
LES does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UIS campus feed.