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 CI coursework.
Generated from Drexel 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 CI 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 9 CI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 4 more CI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CI, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Computer Science Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Upper Division Computer Science Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Take 2 courses from the following list:
Computer Science electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Students must take 6 additional courses (18 additional credits) composed of any 300-level or 400-level CS or SE course not already used to satisfy the requirement above (so students may take additional courses from the list above).; A maximum 3 courses may come from outside CS and SE.
Computing & Informatics Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Mathematics Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Science Requirementschoose 1
Science electives (see below)
Arts & Humanities Requirementsall required
Universtiy Requirementsall required
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Applications2 required · verify with the official sheet
Major Specifc Electives1 required · verify with the official sheet
Choose 6 additional graduate-level CS and/or SE courses except CS 501 , CS 502 , CS 503 , CS 504; May include 6 credits of thesis coursework
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at CI 493
2 courses deep, ending at CI 103
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Arts and Humanities Requirementsall required
Arts & Humanities, Business, or Social Studies electivesall required
Select courses in the 100-499 level from the list below:; Any ACCT (Accounting) course; Any ARBC (Arabic) course; Any ARCH (Architecture) course; Any ARTH (Art History) course; Any BLAW (Legal Studies) course; Any BUSN (General Business) course; Any CHIN (Chinese) course; Any CJS (Criminology and Justice Studies) course; Any CMGT (Construction Management) course; Any COM (Communication) course; An
All CI courses in the Drexel catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for CI yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under CI yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
CI does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Drexel campus feed.