Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SPED 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 SPED 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 24 SPED and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 8 more SPED courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on SPED, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
First Year Experiencechoose 1
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FIRST YEAR REQUIREMENT -STUDENT SUCCESSchoose 1
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First Year Requirement-Student Success2 required · verify with the official sheet
General Education Requirements; Natural Science (NS) 7 s.h.; Select 2 lecture courses + 1 lab class; Arts & Humanities (6 s.h.); Social and Behavioral Sciences; General Education Electives (9 s.h.)
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in SPED. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at SPED 4849
3 courses deep, ending at SPED 4854
2 courses deep, ending at SPED 3715
2 courses deep, ending at SPED 6931
1 course from1 required
Gerneral Education Coursesall required
Arts and Humanities 2 Courses Met by HIST 1501 and 1511 in major; Natural Science (met with GEOG 1503 and 2630 & 2630L in major); Social Science (Met with ECON 2610 in major); Required GER Electives (9 s.h.); GER Electives met in the Major with HIST 1512 and POL 1560
Student Teaching Coursesall required
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General Education Requirementsall required
A & H or NS Elective (one course must include a lab)
Preclinical Experienceall required
1 course from1 required
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Student Teaching Curriculumall required
Without Licensure Option1 required
All SPED courses in the Youngstown State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under SPED yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
SPED does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Youngstown State campus feed.