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 SBHD 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 SBHD 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 SBHD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 28 more SBHD courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on SBHD, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Junior year2 required · verify with the official sheet
Fall semester; General education course or HPEX elective; Term Hours:; Spring semester; Term Hours:
Senior year2 required · verify with the official sheet
Fall semester; Term Hours:; Spring semester; Experiential fine arts; Term Hours:
Fifth year2 required · verify with the official sheet
Fall semester; Electives; Term Hours:; Spring semester; Electives; Term Hours:; Summer semester; Term Hours:
Junior yearall required
Fall semester; General education course; INLT concentration course; Open elective; Term Hours:; Spring semester; General education course; INTL concentration courses; Open elective; Term Hours:
1 course from1 required
Junior yearall required
Fall semester; General education course; INLT concentration course; Open elective; Term Hours:; Spring semester; General education course; INTL concentration courses; Open elective; Term Hours:
1 course from1 required
Junior yearall required
Fall semester; General education course; INLT concentration course; Open elective; Term Hours:; Spring semester; General education course; INTL concentration courses; Open elective; Term Hours:
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in SBHD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
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All SBHD courses in the VCU catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for SBHD yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under SBHD yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
SBHD does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the VCU campus feed.