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 Tech’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 CINE 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 CINE 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 6 CINE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 12 more CINE courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CINE, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Degree Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Take only one credit for the degree core requirements:; Subtotal
Major Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Take three of the following (nine credit hours required); Subtotal
Pathways to General Education1 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Select six credits in Pathway 1f; Select three credits in Pathway 1a; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select three credits in Pathway 2; 3 credits of Pathway 2 satisfied by CINE 2054; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Select six credits in Pathway 3; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Select six cre
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CINE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at CINE 3184
2 courses deep, ending at CINE 3524
All CINE courses in the Virginia Tech catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under CINE yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
CINE does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Virginia Tech campus feed.