Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate COGS coursework.
Generated from Lehigh 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 COGS 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 17 COGS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 17 more COGS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on COGS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Collateral Requirementschoose 1
One course in research methods and tools from the following: PSYC 201 Research Methods and Data Analysis I; PSYC 202 Research Methods and Data Analysis II; ECO 045 Statistical Methods; SOC 211 Research Methods and Data Analysis; CSE 160 Introduction to Data Science; BIOS 130 Biostatistics
Introductory Course4 required
Disciplinary Core Courses15 required
Senior Project: Select One of the Following1 required · verify with the official sheet
Two 200-level or above Major Electives
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in COGS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at COGS 327
3 courses deep, ending at COGS 183
3 courses deep, ending at COGS 184
2 courses deep, ending at COGS 302
All COGS courses in the Lehigh catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under COGS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
COGS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Lehigh campus feed.