After MATH 1920
Gateway: MATH 1920
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 MAE coursework.
Generated from Cornell 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 MAE 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 193 MAE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 88 more MAE courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on MAE, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in MAE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
8 courses deep, ending at MAE 4120
7 courses deep, ending at MAE 4272
7 courses deep, ending at MAE 6020
7 courses deep, ending at MAE 6060
All MAE courses in the Cornell catalog
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Use your school emailInstructors on MAE sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.
No clubs or organizations on record under MAE yet.
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MAE does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.