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 IS coursework.
Generated from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’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 IS 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 47 IS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 139 more IS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on IS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Hours Required in Core Curriculum15 required
IS 101 Introduction to Information Sciences; IS 203 Analytical Foundations for Information Problems; IS 204 Research Design in Information Sciences; IS 205; IS 206
School of Information Sciences Electives or approved courses in other departments15 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional electives outside of the school and General Education Requirements
Hours required for graduation15 required
Mathematical Foundationsall required
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in IS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at IS 304
3 courses deep, ending at IS 305
3 courses deep, ending at IS 327
3 courses deep, ending at IS 477
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Data Science Fundamentals12 required
Computational Fundamentals4 required
Data Science Corechoose 1
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Business Administration Specialization (choose one of the four specializations below)12 required · verify with the official sheet
Information Systems Specialization:; International Business Specialization:; Management Specialization:; Operations Management Specialization:
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Data Science Fundamentals12 required
Computational Fundamentals4 required
All IS courses in the UIUC catalog
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