Political Science at University of Texas at Arlington

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate POLS coursework.

• POLS 3310Research Methods and Political Analysisopens 2 courses (2 directly)

The map

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 POLS 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 52 POLS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 75 more POLS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on POLS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in POLS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at POLS 4310

  1. MATH 1302College Algebra
  2. POLS 3310Research Methods and Political Analysis
  3. POLS 4310Analyzing and Visualizing Political Data

• 2 courses deep, ending at POLS 3303

  1. POLS 2311Government of the United States
  2. POLS 3303Bureaucratic Politics

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for POLS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under POLS yet.

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Department events

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