After GERM 102
Gateway: GERM 102
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 GERM coursework.
Generated from Western Kentucky 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 GERM 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 21 GERM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 3 more GERM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on GERM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Core Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Coursesall required
Select 12 additional hours from the following:; Any IA prefix
Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 9 hours from the following, with no more than 6 hours from one academic discipline:
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: GERM 102
Gateway: GERM 202
Gateway: GERM 314
The deepest prerequisite chains in GERM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at GERM 430
6 courses deep, ending at GERM 435
All GERM courses in the WKU catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under GERM yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
GERM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the WKU campus feed.