After MATH 120
Gateway: MATH 120
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 CS 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 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 140 CS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 15 more CS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
CS 4** - Any 400-level CS course except CS 495; CS 5** - Any 500-level CS course; ECE 4** - Any ECE course at the 400-level except ECE 495; ECE 5** - Any ECE course at the 500-level; MECH 4** - Any 400-level MECH Course except MECH 495; MECH 5** - Any 500-level course
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
CS 4** - any CS course at the 400-level except CS 457 , CS 495; CS 5** - any CS course at the 500-level; ECE 4** - any ECE course at the 400-level except ECE 495; ECE 5** - any ECE course at the 500-level; MECH 4** - any MECH course at the 400-level except MECH 495; MECH 5** - any MECH course at the 500-level
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
CS 4XX Any CS course numbered 400-479, excluding CS 408 , CS 457 and CS 470; CS 5XX Any CS course numbered 500-579; ECE 4XX Any ECE course at the 400-level; A maximum of 3 credits may be selected from the following:; ECE 5XX Any ECE course at the 500-level, excluding ECE 532 / SYSE 532
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
CS 4XX Any CS course numbered 400-479, excluding CS 408 , CS 457 and CS 470; CS 5XX Any CS course numbered 500-579; ECE 4XX Any ECE course at the 400-level; A maximum of 3 credits may be taken from the following:; ECE 5XX Any ECE course at the 500-level
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: MATH 120
Gateway: MATH 160
The deepest prerequisite chains in CS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
15 courses deep, ending at CS 641
14 courses deep, ending at CS 614A
14 courses deep, ending at CS 645
14 courses deep, ending at CS 653
All CS courses in the Colorado State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under CS yet.
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