After CS 13012
Gateway: CS 13012
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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 CS coursework.
Generated from Kent State 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 CS 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 89 CS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 93 more CS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Computer Science Elective, choose from the following:; Mathematics Electives, choose from the following:; Allied Area Elective, choose from the following:
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)all required
Foreign Language Requirement (see Foreign Language College Requirement); American Civic Literacy Requirement; Kent Core Composition; Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each); Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines); Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory); General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, including 3
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1 course from1 required
Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Applied Mathematics Elective, choose from the following:; Computer Science Elective, choose from the following:; Pure Mathematics Electives, choose from the following:; Allied Area Electives, choose from the following:
Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Engineering (ENGR) Upper-Division Elective (30000 or 40000 level); Computer Science Electives, choose from the following:; Technical Upper-Division Elective (40000 level), choose from the following:; Any Computer Information Systems (CIS) Upper-Division course (40000 level); Any Computer Science (CS) Upper-Division course (40000 level); Any Criminology and Justice Studies (CRIM) Upper-Division cou
Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Major Electives, choose from the following:; Any Aeronautics (AERN) course; Any Computer Science (CS) course; Any Design Innovation (DI) course; Any Engineering (ENGR) course; Any Information Technology (IT) course; Electrical Circuits Electives, choose from the following:; Networking Electives, choose from the following:; Programming Elective, choose from the following:
Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Electrical Circuits Electives, choose from the following:; Programming Elective, choose from the following:; Technical Electives, choose from the following:; Any Aeronautics (AERN) course; Any College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE) course; Any Design Innovation (DI) course; Any Engineering (ENGR) course
Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Economics (ECON) Upper-Division Electives (30000 or 40000 level); Major or Allied Area Elective, choose from the following:; Any Economics (ECON) Upper-Division course (30000 or 40000 level)
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: CS 13012
The deepest prerequisite chains in CS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
10 courses deep, ending at CS 43302
10 courses deep, ending at CS 43303
9 courses deep, ending at CS 43105
9 courses deep, ending at CS 44106
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)1 required
Foreign Language (see Foreign Language College Requirement below); American Civic Literacy Requirement; Kent Core Composition; Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each); Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines); Kent Core Basic Sciences; Kent Core Additional; General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, including 39 upper-divisi
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Foreign Language (see Foreign Language College Requirement below); Mathematics Elective, choose from the following:; American Civic Literacy Requirement; Kent Core Composition; Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each); Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines); Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory); Kent Core Additional; General Electives (t
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Science or Mathematics Elective, choose from the following:; American Civic Literacy Requirement; Kent Core Composition; Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each); Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
American Civic Literacy Requirement; Kent Core Composition; Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each); Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines); General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, including 39 upper-division credit hours)
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Mathematics Electives, choose from the following:; American Civic Literacy Requirement; Kent Core Composition; Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each); Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) (cannot be ECON); General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, including 39 upper-division credit hours)
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
American Civic Literacy Requirement; Kent Core Composition; Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each); Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines); Kent Core Additional; General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, including 39 upper-division credit hours)
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Mathematics Electives, choose from the following:; American Civic Literacy Requirement; Kent Core Composition; Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each); Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) (cannot be ECON course); General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, including 39 upper-division credit hours)
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)1 required
Foreign Language (see Foreign Language College Requirement below); American Civic Literacy Requirement; Kent Core Composition; Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each); Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) (must be from a discipline other than ECON); Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory); General Electives (total credit hours depends on
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