EECS at University of Michigan

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 EECS coursework.

• EECS 280Programming and Introductory Data Structuresopens 79 courses (10.6 directly)
• ROB 201Calculus for the Modern Engineeropens 45 courses (0.1 directly)
• EECS 203Discrete Mathematicsopens 44 courses (2.2 directly)
• EECS 281Data Structures and Algorithmsopens 34 courses (28.3 directly)
• EECS 215Introduction to Electronic Circuitsopens 31 courses (8.5 directly)
• EECS 314Electrical Circuits, Systems, and Applicationsopens 20 courses (1.5 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 EECS 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 141 EECS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 118 more EECS 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 EECS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at EECS 438

  1. EECS 180Exam/Transfer Introductory Computer Programming Credit
  2. EECS 280Programming and Introductory Data Structures
  3. EECS 215Introduction to Electronic Circuits
  4. EECS 230Electromagnetics I
  5. EECS 330Introduction to Antennas and Wireless Systems
  6. EECS 434Principles of Photonics
  7. EECS 438Advanced Lasers and Optics Laboratory

• 6 courses deep, ending at EECS 408

  1. MATH 214MATH 214
  2. ROB 201Calculus for the Modern Engineer
  3. EECS 203Discrete Mathematics

• 6 courses deep, ending at EECS 411

  1. EECS 180Exam/Transfer Introductory Computer Programming Credit
  2. EECS 280Programming and Introductory Data Structures
  3. EECS 215Introduction to Electronic Circuits

• 6 courses deep, ending at EECS 452

  1. EECS 180Exam/Transfer Introductory Computer Programming Credit
  2. EECS 280Programming and Introductory Data Structures
  3. EECS 215Introduction to Electronic Circuits

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for EECS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under EECS yet.

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Department events

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