Computer Science at George Washington 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 CSCI coursework.

• MATH 1221Calculus with Precalculus II.opens 66 courses (2.3 directly)
• CSCI 1112Algorithms and Data Structuresopens 54 courses (5 directly)
• CSCI 2113Software Engineeringopens 50 courses (22.8 directly)
• CSCI 1311Discrete Structures I.opens 34 courses (10 directly)
• MATH 1232Single-Variable Calculus II.opens 26 courses (11.3 directly)
• MATH 2184Linear Algebra I.opens 12 courses (5.8 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 CSCI 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 149 CSCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 39 more CSCI 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 CSCI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at CSCI 4244

  1. CSCI 1111Introduction to Software Development
  2. CSCI 1112Algorithms and Data Structures
  3. CSCI 2113Software Engineering
  4. CSCI 3401Computer Architecture and Organization
  5. CSCI 3411Operating Systems
  6. CSCI 4243WCapstone Design Project I.
  7. CSCI 4244Capstone Design Project II.

• 7 courses deep, ending at CSCI 4331

  1. MATH 1220Calculus with Precalculus I.
  2. MATH 1221Calculus with Precalculus II.
  3. MATH 1232Single-Variable Calculus II.

• 7 courses deep, ending at CSCI 4513

  1. MATH 1220Calculus with Precalculus I.
  2. MATH 1221Calculus with Precalculus II.
  3. MATH 1232Single-Variable Calculus II.

• 7 courses deep, ending at CSCI 6412

  1. CSCI 1111Introduction to Software Development
  2. CSCI 1112Algorithms and Data Structures
  3. CSCI 2113Software Engineering

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CSCI yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CSCI 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 GWU campus feed.