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 The University of Texas at Austin’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 GOV 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 GOV 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 4 GOV and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 228 more GOV courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on GOV, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
1st Semesterall required
Lower-division DES course (Major); Lower-division DES course (Major)
2nd Semesterall required
Mathematics (Core); Social and Behavioral Sciences (Core)
3rd Semesterall required
Foreign Language (General Education)
4th Semesterall required
Upper-division DES course (Major); Foreign Language (General Education)
6th Semester1 required
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (Core); Communication (Core); Free electives (Elective)
7th Semesterall required
U.S. History (Core); Natural Science and Technology, Part II (Core); Free elective (Elective)
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in GOV. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at GOV 355D
2 courses deep, ending at GOV 370N
All GOV courses in the UT Austin catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under GOV yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
GOV does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UT Austin campus feed.