ADEC at Boston College

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ADEC coursework.

• ADAN 7320Regression Modelsopens 6 courses (6 directly)
• ADEC 7320Econometricsopens 6 courses (6 directly)
• ADAN 7430ML/AI Algorithms Iopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ADEC 7430Big Data Econometricsopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

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 ADEC 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 28 ADEC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 6 more ADEC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in ADEC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at ADEC 7420

  1. ADAN 7301Data Analysis
  2. ADAN 7320Regression Models
  3. ADEC 7420Development Economics

• 3 courses deep, ending at ADEC 7603

  1. ADAN 7301Data Analysis
  2. ADAN 7430ML/AI Algorithms I
  3. ADEC 7603AI Algorithms II

• 2 courses deep, ending at ADEC 3230

  1. ADEC 1101Principles of Economics
  2. ADEC 3230Managerial Economics

• 2 courses deep, ending at ADEC 7221

  1. ADAN 7220Mathematical Methods for Machine Learning I
  2. ADEC 7221Real Analysis: The Theory of Calculus

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on ADEC sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Britan, Misha
• Chale, Marc W
• Chandra, Piyush
• Cojoc, Doru C
• DeGeest, Lawrence R
• Dept, Dept
• Erbil, Can
• Fulton, Lawrence V
• Garvey, Paul R
• Gerraughty, Lorin E
• Gopalakrishnan, Badri N
• Kowalik, Michal K
• Marcus, Benjamin
• Mc Gowan, Richard, SJ
• Mosaliganti, Kishore R
• Mosaliganti, Kishore Rao
• Renna, Francesco
• Rotthoff, Kurt W
• Servi, Leslie David
• Sharma, Arvind
• Sile, Ayse E
• Sirohi, Ashuraj
• Sjuib, Fahlino F
• Tomic, Aleksandar S
• Vicentini, Gustavo J

Boston College professor board

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ADEC yet.

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Department events

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