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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 Boston College’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
A suggested order for the 22 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 1 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.
Semester 1fall
Semester 3fall
Semester 4spring
Semester 5fall
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate BZAN 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 BZAN 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 BZAN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 21 more BZAN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on BZAN, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Business Analytics Co-Concentration Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Business Analytics Co-Concentration Requirements Business Analytics Concentration: Class of 2026 The following courses are required for students concentrating in Business Analytics who belong to the class of 2026: Select two additional courses, excluding any courses taken from above list: Select two
Operations Management Concentration Requirements: Class of 20262 required · verify with the official sheet
Operations Management Concentration Requirements: Class of 2026 The following two courses are required for the concentration who belong to the class of 2026: Also, take two of the following:
Operations Management Concentration Requirements: Class of 2027 and 20282 required · verify with the official sheet
Operations Management Concentration Requirements: Class of 2027 and 2028 The following courses are required for students concentrating in Operations Management who belong to the class of 2027 and 2028: Also, take two of the following:
Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select two additional courses, excluding any courses taken from above list:
Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select two additional courses, excluding any courses taken from above list:
Objectives1 required · verify with the official sheet
Objectives The objectives of the Accounting Concentration are as follows: (1) Prepare the student to successfully pass the CPA exam. The exam includes three core parts - covering financial reporting, auditing, and tax – and a fourth part chosen by the candidate (business analysis, information system
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in BZAN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at BZAN 6000
3 courses deep, ending at BZAN 7708
3 courses deep, ending at BZAN 8031
2 courses deep, ending at BZAN 3307
Marketing1 required · verify with the official sheet
Marketing Required course: Choose one additional MKTG elective course.
Guidelines and Courses1 required · verify with the official sheet
Guidelines and Courses This concentration requires four courses (12 credit hours): one intermediate accounting course, one required elective in either managerial cost analysis or financial statement analysis, and two other electives from a set of approved electives in accounting, finance, business a
Required Courses1 required · verify with the official sheet
Required Courses The courses in the co-concentration include the following: Required: Additional requirement for the Class of 2025 and beyond; select one (1) of the following (1 credit): Required: one of the following four courses: Students must also take an additional two electives from the require
All BZAN courses in the Boston College catalog
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Use your school emailInstructors on BZAN sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.
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