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 DSC coursework.
Generated from University of Miami’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 DSC 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 5 DSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 8 more DSC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on DSC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Core Courses - 29 credits2 required · verify with the official sheet
Electives6 required · verify with the official sheet
Techniques; Applications
General Education Requirementsall required
Written Communication Skills:; Quantitative Skills:; MTH161 (fulfilled through the major); Areas of Knowledge:; Arts and Humanities Cognate; People and Society Cognate; STEM Cognate (fulfilled through the major)
Additional Requirements for the B.A.choose 1
Language course 200-level or higher; Natural Sciences Course; Minor or second major (must be non-STEM); Electives
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in DSC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at DSC 615
2 courses deep, ending at DSC 711
All DSC courses in the Miami catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for DSC yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under DSC yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
DSC does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Miami campus feed.