Computer Science at California State University, Dominguez Hills

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 CIS coursework.

• CIS 370Info Sys Theory and Practiceopens 13 courses (8 directly)
• CIS 502Adv Topics in Info Systemsopens 9 courses (8 directly)
• CIS 375Data Communicationsopens 4 courses (1.5 directly)
• CIS 272Business Programming I.opens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• CIS 478Firewall and Computer Network Securityopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• CIS 372Systems Analysis and Designopens 1 course (1 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 CIS 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 36 CIS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 2 more CIS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 6 courses deep, ending at CIS 488

  1. CIS 270Info Sys/Tech Fundamentals
  2. CIS 370Info Sys Theory and Practice
  3. CIS 375Data Communications
  4. CIS 478Firewall and Computer Network Security
  5. CIS 482Databases & Web Security
  6. CIS 488Mgt of Information Security

• 4 courses deep, ending at CIS 480

  1. CIS 270Info Sys/Tech Fundamentals
  2. CIS 370Info Sys Theory and Practice
  3. CIS 373Database Systems

• 4 courses deep, ending at CIS 494

  1. CIS 270Info Sys/Tech Fundamentals
  2. CIS 370Info Sys Theory and Practice
  3. CIS 372Systems Analysis and Design

• 4 courses deep, ending at CIS 575

  1. CIS 270Info Sys/Tech Fundamentals
  2. CIS 502Adv Topics in Info Systems
  3. CIS 530Enterprise Resource Planning

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CIS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CIS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

Computer Science does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the CSU Dominguez Hills campus feed.