Semester 1fall
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
A suggested order for the 17 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 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
Generated from Brown University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Semester 2spring
Semester 3fall
Semester 4spring
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate DATA 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 DATA 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 17 DATA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 19 more DATA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on DATA, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
NEUR 00101 required
NEUR 10201 required
CSCI 02001 required
NEUR 06801 required
Two computational-neuroscience electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Two computational-neuroscience electives.
AI course1 required · verify with the official sheet
One course in artificial intelligence.
Two upper-level neuroscience electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Two electives that deepen neuroscience understanding.
Ethics elective1 required · verify with the official sheet
One ethics elective.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in DATA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at DATA 1500
2 courses deep, ending at DATA 1080
2 courses deep, ending at DATA 1250
2 courses deep, ending at DATA 2020
All DATA courses in the Brown catalog
Grade medians are for verified students. Sign in with your school email to see them.
Use your school emailInstructors on DATA sections in Spring 2027, from the registrar's schedule.
Groups the university lists under this department.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
Data Science does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Brown campus feed.