After ECE 3040
Gateway: ECE 3040
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ECE coursework.
Generated from California State University, Bakersfield’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 ECE 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 42 ECE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 6 more ECE courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on ECE, 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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Lower Division; Upper Division; Upper Division Elective courses OR Emphasis courses; Students with a declared emphasis must complete the upper division elective courses required for the emphasis (14 units see below).; Students must select 12 units of upper division elective courses.; Select 12 units of the following:; Special Topics and Independent Study:; Required Cognate Courses; Major S
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Additional Units Needed Towards Graduation6 required
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Lower Division; Upper Division; Upper Division Elective Courses; Select 12 units of electives from the following, at least one course must be at the 4000-level:; Special Topics and Independent Study:; Only a combined total of 4 units of ECE 377x, 477x, 48xx may be used for elective credit.; Required Cognate Courses; Major Subtotal
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Major Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Lower Division; Upper Division; Upper Division Elective Courses; Select 8 units from the following:; Algorithms, Complexity, Theory, and Programming Theory:; Architecture and Organization:; Software Engineering and Visual Computing:; Database Systems and Intelligent Systems:; Operating Systems, Networking, and Security:; Special Topics and Independent Study in Computer Science:
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in ECE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at ECE 4381
5 courses deep, ending at ECE 3220
5 courses deep, ending at ECE 3230
5 courses deep, ending at ECE 3250
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All ECE courses in the CSUB catalog
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