Computer Science at Fairfield 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 CPSC coursework.

• CPSC 2231Object-Orientated Programmingopens 13 courses (3 directly)
• CPSC 2232Data Structuresopens 10 courses (7 directly)
• SWEG 3301Software Engineering Methodsopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• CPSC 2304Web Developmentopens 1 course (1 directly)
• SWEG 3302Software Design Methodsopens 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 CPSC 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 22 CPSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 11 more CPSC 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 CPSC, 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 CPSC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at CPSC 3352L

  1. CPSC 1131Fundamentals of Programming
  2. CPSC 2231Object-Orientated Programming
  3. CPSC 2232Data Structures
  4. SWEG 3301Software Engineering Methods
  5. SWEG 3302Software Design Methods
  6. CPSC 3352LComputer Science Junior Clinic II

• 3 courses deep, ending at CPSC 2250L

  1. CPSC 1131Fundamentals of Programming
  2. CPSC 2304Web Development
  3. CPSC 2250LComputer Science Sophomore Clinic

• 2 courses deep, ending at CPSC 4350

  1. CPSC 1101Introduction to Computing
  2. CPSC 4350Introduction to Data Science

• 2 courses deep, ending at CPSC 4366

  1. CPSC 4360Machine Learning
  2. CPSC 4366Deep Learning

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CPSC yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CPSC 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 Fairfield campus feed.