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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 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 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 177 ECE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 11 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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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
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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 161
Gateway: PH 142
Gateway: ENGR 114
Gateway: MATH 261
The deepest prerequisite chains in ECE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
12 courses deep, ending at ECE 611
12 courses deep, ending at ECE 653
11 courses deep, ending at ECE 516
11 courses deep, ending at ECE 669
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All ECE courses in the Colorado State catalog
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ECE does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Colorado State campus feed.