Computer Science at University of Minnesota Twin Cities

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 CSCI coursework.

• CSCI 1113Introduction to C/C++opens 59 courses (1.2 directly)
• CSCI 1913Intro to Algs. & Program Dev.opens 49 courses (2.2 directly)
• CSCI 1933Intro Algs & Data Str.opens 49 courses (1.7 directly)
• CSCI 1133HHonors Intro to Progr Conceptsopens 47 courses (1 directly)
• CSCI 2011Discrete Structuresopens 31 courses (2.8 directly)
• CSCI 1933HHonorsIntro Algorithm Data Stropens 28 courses (0.7 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 CSCI 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 117 CSCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 83 more CSCI 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 CSCI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 8 courses deep, ending at CSCI 5609

  1. MATH 1271Calculus I
  2. CSCI 1113Introduction to C/C++
  3. CSCI 1913Intro to Algs. & Program Dev.
  4. CSCI 2021Machine Architecture and Org
  5. CSCI 4061Intro to Operating Systems
  6. CSCI 4131Internet Programming
  7. CSCI 5117Developing the Interactive Web
  8. CSCI 5609Visualization

• 8 courses deep, ending at CSCI 8102

  1. MATH 1271Calculus I
  2. CSCI 1113Introduction to C/C++
  3. CSCI 1913Intro to Algs. & Program Dev.

• 7 courses deep, ending at CSCI 5161

  1. MATH 1271Calculus I
  2. CSCI 1113Introduction to C/C++
  3. CSCI 1913Intro to Algs. & Program Dev.

• 7 courses deep, ending at CSCI 5563

  1. MATH 1271Calculus I
  2. CSCI 1133HHonors Intro to Progr Concepts
  3. CSCI 2081Intro. Software Development

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CSCI yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CSCI yet.

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Department events

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