After PHIL 1560
Gateway: PHIL 1560
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 PHIL coursework.
Generated from Youngstown State 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 PHIL 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 20 PHIL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 18 more PHIL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PHIL, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
FIRST YEAR REQUIREMENT -STUDENT SUCCESSchoose 1
General Education Requirementsall required
Mathematics Requirement ( PHIL 2619 ); Arts and Humanities (6 s.h. with 3 met with PHIL 1560 in major); Natural Sciences (2 courses, 1 with lab); Social Science (2 courses); General Education Electives (Any 3 Gen Ed courses)
Major Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Philosophy Electives (Three additional courses in Philosophy, 2 of which must be at the 3700-level or 4800-level.)
Minor12 required
Electives15 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in PHIL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at PHIL 2626
2 courses deep, ending at PHIL 2627
2 courses deep, ending at PHIL 3713
2 courses deep, ending at PHIL 3719
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GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS2 required · verify with the official sheet
Arts & Humanities (6 s.h.); Social & Behavioral Sciences (6 s.h.); Any 2 Social & Behavioral Sciences Courses; Natural Sciences (2 lecture + 1 lab 7 s.h.); General Education Electives (9 s.h).; General Education Electives - Select 2 Courses
CIVIL ENGINEERING MAJOR COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
CEEN Electives (9 s.h.)choose 1
CEEN Electives: Select two courses.
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All PHIL courses in the Youngstown State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under PHIL yet.
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Philosophy does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Youngstown State campus feed.