After IDEA 310B
Gateway: IDEA 310B
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.
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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate IDEA 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 IDEA 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 IDEA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 5 more IDEA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on IDEA, 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
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 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
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in IDEA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at IDEA 320B
3 courses deep, ending at IDEA 320F
2 courses deep, ending at IDEA 310H
2 courses deep, ending at IDEA 455
All IDEA courses in the Colorado State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under IDEA yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
IDEA does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Colorado State campus feed.