CAS CS at Boston University

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 CAS CS coursework.

• CAS CS 112Introduction to Computer Science 2opens 16 courses (3 directly)
• CAS CS 210Computer Systemsopens 11 courses (5 directly)
• CAS CS 132Geometric Algorithmsopens 10 courses (2 directly)
• CAS CS 237Probability in Computingopens 9 courses (2 directly)
• CAS CS 330Introduction to Analysis of Algorithmsopens 8 courses (4 directly)
• CAS CS 332Elements of the Theory of Computationopens 4 courses (3 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 CAS 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 32 CAS CS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 10 more CAS CS 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 CAS CS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at CAS CS 511

  1. CAS CS 351Distributed Systems
  2. CAS CS 350Fundamentals of Computing Systems
  3. CAS CS 511Formal Methods 1

• 6 courses deep, ending at CAS CS 548

  1. CAS CS 111Introduction to Computer Science 1
  2. CAS CS 112Introduction to Computer Science 2
  3. CAS CS 330Introduction to Analysis of Algorithms

• 5 courses deep, ending at CAS CS 516

  1. CAS CS 111Introduction to Computer Science 1
  2. CAS CS 112Introduction to Computer Science 2
  3. CAS CS 210Computer Systems

• 3 courses deep, ending at CAS CS 523

  1. CAS CS 365Foundations of Data Science
  2. CAS CS 542Principles of Machine Learning
  3. CAS CS 523Deep Learning

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CAS CS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CAS CS yet.

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Department events

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