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 Virginia Commonwealth University’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 HIST 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 HIST 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 33 HIST and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 125 more HIST courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on HIST, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Major requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
• Major core requirements; Secondary education
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
Economics:; Geography (select two courses from the list below):; International political science:; U.S. political science:; History/double major; Historical survey courses (100-level HIST); Junior seminar course (select from HIST 401 through HIST 422 ); Additional upper-level HIST courses ( HIST 301 through HIST 492 , excluding HIST 490 )
Major requirements1 required
• Major core requirements; • Additional major requirements; Historical survey courses (100-level HIST); • Major electives; Upper-level HIST (301-499, except 490 or 493)
All ofall required
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in HIST. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at HIST 460
2 courses deep, ending at HIST 390
2 courses deep, ending at HIST 610
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Ancillary requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
AI literacy course; History course (300 level or higher); Literature course (300 level or higher) except ENGL/ TEDU 386; POLI or URSP course (300 level or higher)
Ancillary requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
AI literacy course; History course (300 level or higher); Literature course (300 level or higher) except ENGL/ TEDU 386; POLI or URSP course (300 level or higher)
All HIST courses in the VCU 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 HIST yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under HIST yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
History does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the VCU campus feed.