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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate STAT 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 STAT 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 63 STAT and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 17 more STAT courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on STAT, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: MATH 201
Gateway: STAT 212
The deepest prerequisite chains in STAT. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
8 courses deep, ending at STAT 626
7 courses deep, ending at STAT 310
7 courses deep, ending at STAT 421
7 courses deep, ending at STAT 422
Ancillary requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Humanities electives (from list below); MATH course (300- to 400-level); Natural science option: Select from BIOL, CHEM or PHYS course with a lab (3-5 credits satisfy general education BOK for natural science and AOI for scientific and logical reasoning)
Ancillary requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Humanities electives (from list below); MATH courses (300- to 400-level); Natural science option: Select from BIOL, CHEM or PHYS course with a lab (3-5 credits satisfy general education BOK for natural science and AOI for scientific and logical reasoning)
Ancillary requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Humanities electives (from list below); MATH courses (300- to 400-level); Natural science option: Select from BIOL, CHEM or PHYS course with a lab (3-5 credits satisfy general education BOK for natural science and AOI for scientific and logical reasoning)
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)
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 STAT courses in the VCU catalog
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