After CIS 240
Gateway: CIS 240
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CIS coursework.
Generated from Colorado State University’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 CIS 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 38 CIS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 19 more CIS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CIS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
LOWER DIVISION BUSINESS CORE COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Complete 3 credits from the following:
UPPER DIVISION BUSINESS CORE COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 3 credits from the following:
Core Total Credits15 required
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
CS 300-379; CS 400-479; CT 300-379 excluding CT 301; CT 400-479; DSCI 300-379 excluding DSCI 369; DSCI 400-479; IDEA 300-379; IDEA 400-479; MATH 300-379 excluding MATH 369; MATH 400-479; STAT 300-379 excluding STAT 301 , STAT 302A , STAT 307 , STAT 315; STAT 400 -479
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CIS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
7 courses deep, ending at CIS 487
4 courses deep, ending at CIS 410
4 courses deep, ending at CIS 413
4 courses deep, ending at CIS 578
All CIS courses in the Colorado State catalog
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