Computer Science at College of the Holy Cross

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.

• CSCI 132Data Structuresopens 21 courses (14 directly)
• CSCI 226Computer Systems & Organizationopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• CSCI 235Analysis of Algorithmsopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• CSCI 324Programming Languages: Design and Implementationopens 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 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 24 CSCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 5 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.

• 5 courses deep, ending at CSCI 364

  1. CSCI 131Techniques of Programming
  2. CSCI 132Data Structures
  3. CSCI 226Computer Systems & Organization
  4. CSCI 324Programming Languages: Design and Implementation
  5. CSCI 364Compiler Construction

• 4 courses deep, ending at CSCI 335

  1. CSCI 131Techniques of Programming
  2. CSCI 132Data Structures
  3. CSCI 235Analysis of Algorithms

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 Holy Cross campus feed.