Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PHI 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 PHI 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 22 PHI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 22 more PHI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PHI, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Area 1 (Core Analytical Philosophy)8 required · verify with the official sheet
Select eight hours from the following:
Area 2 (History of Philosophy)8 required · verify with the official sheet
Select two of the following:
Area 3 (Values)8 required · verify with the official sheet
All majors must take PHI 242 or PHI 341 or PHI 447; Select eight hours from the following:
Philosophy Elective4 required · verify with the official sheet
Any PHI Class
Advanced class in specializationchoose 1
Capstone4 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in PHI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at PHI 512
2 courses deep, ending at PHI 441
2 courses deep, ending at PHI 481
2 courses deep, ending at PHI 485
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
All PHI courses in the UIS catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under PHI yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
PHI does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UIS campus feed.