After MASC 203
Gateway: MASC 203
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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate MASC coursework.
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.
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 MASC 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 83 MASC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 48 more MASC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on MASC, 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; • Major electives; MASC electives
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
Ancillary requirementsall required
AI literacy course; HIST courses (choose from HIST 103 , HIST 104 , HIST 205 or any 300-500 level courses); INNO course (choose from INNO 210 , INNO 221 , INNO 223 , INNO 225 or INNO 491 ; INNO 210 satisfies general education AOI for creativity, innovation and aesthetic inquiry); POLI or URSP course (300-500 level)
All ofall required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: MASC 203
Gateway: UNIV 200
The deepest prerequisite chains in MASC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at MASC 451
6 courses deep, ending at MASC 462
6 courses deep, ending at MASC 465
5 courses deep, ending at MASC 381
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)
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
All MASC courses in the VCU catalog
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