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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SPES coursework.
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.
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 SPES 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 3 SPES and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 23 more SPES courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on SPES, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Plant Science Degree Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Environmental Horticulture Major Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Professional Development Requirementsall required
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Business Requirementsall required
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Restricted Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 12 credits of the following:; Up to 3 credit hours can be selected from the following courses:; These courses can count as a Restrictive Elective if NOT taken for Major Requirement or Business Requirement.
Pathways to General Education2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Select three credits in Pathway 1a; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select six credits in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Select three credits in Pathway 3; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking; Select three credits in Pathway 5
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in SPES. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at SPES 4014
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Restricted Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Ecology; Select nine credit hours of the following:; Subtotal; Plant and Soil Sciences; Select six credit hours of the following:; Subtotal; Human Dimensions; Select three credit hours of the following:; Subtotal
Restricted Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 12 credit hours of the following:; Up to 3 credit hours can be selected from the following courses:; Subtotal
Pathways to General Education2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Select three credits in Pathway 1a; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select six credits in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Select three credits in Pathway 3; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking; Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and
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Technical Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 15 credit hours of the following. (Courses not listed require Program Director approval.); Up to 3 credit hours can be selected from the following courses:; Subtotal
Pathways to General Education2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select six credits in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking; Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts; Select three credits in Pathway 6d; S
All SPES courses in the Virginia Tech catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under SPES yet.
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SPES does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Virginia Tech campus feed.