After GER 3106
Gateway: GER 3106
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 GER 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 GER 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 16 GER and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 21 more GER courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on GER, 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
First Year Experience; Language; Culture; Subtotal
Major Requirementsall required
Select five of the following courses:; A maximum of 6 credits (2 courses) can be taken from courses taught in English:; Subtotal
Degree Core Requirementschoose 1
Required International Studies Courses; Subtotal; Required Foreign Language; Select 12 credits from a single foreign language at the 3000-4000 level.; The following courses are only offered as Pass/Fail and can be used toward fulfillment of this requirement:; The following courses are excluded and cannot be used to fulfill this requirement:; Subtotal
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in GER. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
8 courses deep, ending at GER 4314
8 courses deep, ending at GER 4334
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NSFA Major Courses; Subtotal
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Elective Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 15 credit hours of NSFA major courses. Courses selected will not double count toward NSFA major electives.; International Studies (IS):; A maximum of 6 credits from the following can be used toward the 15 credits of required NSFA electives:; International Studies (IS):; Political Science (PSCI):; Subtotal
Pathways to General Educationall required
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Pathway 1a fulfilled with IS 2004; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select six credits in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Pathway 3 fulfilled with IS 2054 and IS 2064; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Select six credits in Pathway 4; Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational
All GER courses in the Virginia Tech catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under GER yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
GER does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Virginia Tech campus feed.