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 University of Vermont’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 GSWS 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 GSWS 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 17 GSWS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 17 more GSWS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on GSWS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
CORE COURSES. 15 credits.all required
Seminar. Choose 1 of the following:; An approved seminar at the 3000-level or above, examples of which include: CLAS 3540 , ECON 3670 , ECON 4670 , GSWS 3660 , GSWS 3990 , GSWS 4990 , HST 4120 , PSYS 3420 , PSYS 3425 , SOC 3300 , SOC 3332 , SOC 3335 , SOC 3350
ELECTIVES. 15 credits.all required
Course offerings for GSWS vary frequently and often include Special Topics and Honors College courses. Before registration each semester, a list of eligible courses is posted as a See Also list in the Schedule of Courses (Classic Version). Many of those courses will not show up immediately in students’ degree audits. The courses listed below are always eligible and should automatically be applied
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: GSWS 1500
The deepest prerequisite chains in GSWS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at GSWS 2050
2 courses deep, ending at GSWS 2715
2 courses deep, ending at GSWS 2811
2 courses deep, ending at GSWS 3993
All GSWS courses in the UVM catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under GSWS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
GSWS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UVM campus feed.