STSCI at Cornell University

A suggested order for the 106 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate STSCI coursework.

• BTRY 3080Probability Models and Inferenceopens 29 courses (14 directly)
• MATH 4710Basic Probabilityopens 25 courses (11.5 directly)
• MATH 2940Linear Algebra for Engineersopens 22 courses (6 directly)
• MATH 2210Linear Algebraopens 18 courses (4.8 directly)
• MATH 2220Multivariable Calculusopens 14 courses (6 directly)
• ENGRD 2700Basic Engineering Probability and Statisticsopens 12 courses (7 directly)

The map

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 STSCI 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 106 STSCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 41 more STSCI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on STSCI, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in STSCI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at STSCI 7951

  1. MATH 1110Calculus I
  2. MATH 2210Linear Algebra
  3. MATH 2220Multivariable Calculus
  4. MATH 3110Introduction to Analysis
  5. MATH 6730Mathematical Statistics I
  6. STSCI 6520Computationally Intensive Statistical Methods
  7. STSCI 7951Advanced Statistical Consulting

• 6 courses deep, ending at STSCI 5640

  1. MATH 1920Multivariable Calculus for Engineers
  2. MATH 2940Linear Algebra for Engineers
  3. ENGRD 2700Basic Engineering Probability and Statistics

• 6 courses deep, ending at STSCI 6070

  1. MATH 1110Calculus I
  2. MATH 2210Linear Algebra
  3. MATH 2220Multivariable Calculus

• 5 courses deep, ending at STSCI 4630

  1. MATH 1920Multivariable Calculus for Engineers
  2. MATH 2940Linear Algebra for Engineers
  3. ENGRD 2700Basic Engineering Probability and Statistics

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on STSCI sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Ahmed El Alaoui
• Dan Kowal
• David Kent
• Douglas McKee
• Florentina Bunea
• James Booth
• Jelena Bradic
• Jeremy Entner
• Kengo Kato
• Kevin Packard
• Marten Wegkamp
• Martin Wells
• Melissa Smith
• Sreyoshi Das
• Sumanta Basu
• Thomas Diciccio
• Xiaolong Yang
• Y. Samuel Wang
• Yang Ning

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under STSCI yet.

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Department events

STSCI does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.