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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 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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate POL 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 POL 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 43 POL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 12 more POL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on POL, 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; Arts and Humanities (6 s.h.); HIST 2650 fulfills 3 s.h of Arts and Humanities; Natural Sciences (2 courses, 1 with lab) (6-7 s.h.); Social Science (6 s.h.); POL 1560 fulfills 3 s.h of Social Science; General Education Electives (9 s.h.)
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
Area of Concentration; Minor; Electives to meet 120
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATION2 required · verify with the official sheet
For this concentration please select 2 classes from the following disciplines; World Politics (take 2 classes from this list); American Institutions (Take 2 classes from this list); Political Ideas and Interests (Take 2 classes from this list)
Public Administration Concentrationchoose 1
For this concentration students complete the classes below; ***Students cannot double between required core courses and concentrations
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: POL 2640
Gateway: POL 3702
The deepest prerequisite chains in POL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at POL 3707
3 courses deep, ending at POL 3725
2 courses deep, ending at POL 3706
2 courses deep, ending at POL 3717
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General Education Requirementsall required
Mathematics Requirement; Arts and Humanities; Natural Science; Social Science (3 s.h. met in major with POL 1560 , select 1 more course); General Education Electives (3 s.h. met in major with HIST 1512 , select two more courses)
Geography1 required
History1 required
Upper-Division Courses15 required · verify with the official sheet
Select a total of 15 s.h. from the courses listed below. A minimum of 6 s.h. must be taken from International relations area and a minimum of 6 s.h. from the Comparative Politics area.
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Major Requirementschoose 1
Select 9 additional credits to define an area specialty. See the Coordinator of Politics and International Relations for details.; MINOR; Electives (Minimum 10 s.h.)
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All POL courses in the Youngstown State catalog
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