NET at DePaul University

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 NET coursework.

• NET 413Introduction to Lan Technologiesopens 16 courses (6 directly)
• NET 463Computer Networks and Data Systemsopens 8 courses (5 directly)
• NET 363Introduction to Local Area Networksopens 8 courses (2 directly)
• NET 365Network Interconnection Technologiesopens 5 courses (4 directly)
• NET 460Foundations of Network Technologiesopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• NET 477Network Securityopens 2 courses (2 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 NET 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 39 NET and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 6 more NET 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 NET, 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 NET. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at NET 376

  1. IT 263Applied Networks and Security
  2. NET 363Introduction to Local Area Networks
  3. NET 365Network Interconnection Technologies
  4. NET 377Fundamentals of Network Security
  5. NET 376Network Project

• 5 courses deep, ending at NET 532

  1. NET 405Network Fundamentals
  2. NET 413Introduction to Lan Technologies
  3. NET 464Converged Multimedia Networks

• 5 courses deep, ending at NET 577

  1. NET 405Network Fundamentals
  2. NET 413Introduction to Lan Technologies
  3. NET 463Computer Networks and Data Systems

• 4 courses deep, ending at NET 384

  1. IT 263Applied Networks and Security
  2. NET 363Introduction to Local Area Networks
  3. CSEC 378Host Based Security

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for NET yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under NET yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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