After PHIL 455
Gateway: PHIL 455
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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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill’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 PHIL 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 PHIL 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 17 PHIL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 176 more PHIL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PHIL, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
History of philosophy1 required
Courses above 100 with a second digit of one or two (e.g., PHIL 110 , PHIL 210 , PHIL 220 )
Metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language1 required
Courses above 100 with a second digit of three or four (e.g., PHIL 134 , PHIL 230 , PHIL 340 )
Logic and philosophy of science1 required
Courses above 100 with a second digit of five (e.g., PHIL 150 , PHIL 155 , PHIL 355 )
Value theory1 required
Courses above 100 with a second digit of six, seven, or eight (e.g., PHIL 160 , PHIL 275 , PHIL 381 )
Gateway Course1 required
Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
One course each from three of the following four pairs (total of three courses):; Five additional linguistics courses chosen from the following lists:; Up to five LING courses numbered 200 to 699, excluding LING 400; No more than two courses chosen from:
Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Five courses on the social and economic foundations of work.; One course on leadership and communication
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: PHIL 455
The deepest prerequisite chains in PHIL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at PHIL 456
2 courses deep, ending at PHIL 261
2 courses deep, ending at PHIL 354
2 courses deep, ending at PHIL 474
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
All PHIL courses in the UNC catalog
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