After CS 180
Gateway: CS 180
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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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CS coursework.
Generated from Bentley 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 CS 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 22 CS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 8 more CS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
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Required Analytics Courses:; Electives: Select any three courses from the following electives. Other 600-level or higher electives require permission of the MSBA program director.
Total Credits15 required
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Additional requirements for the Master's Degree (see below)
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at CS 460
4 courses deep, ending at CS 480
3 courses deep, ending at CS 321
3 courses deep, ending at CS 342
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All CS courses in the Bentley catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under CS yet.
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