9 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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 9 coursework.

• 6.100BIntroduction to Computational Thinking and Data Scienceopens 13 courses (5 directly)
• 9.40Introduction to Neural Computationopens 8 courses (8 directly)
• 6.3000Signal Processingopens 5 courses (4 directly)
• 10.301Fluid Mechanicsopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• 2.005Thermal-Fluids Engineering Iopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• 2.151Advanced System Dynamics and Controlopens 2 courses (2 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 9 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 76 9 and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 59 more 9 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 9. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at 9.021

  1. 6.100AIntroduction to Computer Science Programming in Python
  2. 6.100BIntroduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science
  3. 2.005Thermal-Fluids Engineering I
  4. 9.021[J] Cellular Neurophysiology and Computing

• 4 courses deep, ending at 9.110

  1. 6.100AIntroduction to Computer Science Programming in Python
  2. 6.3000Signal Processing
  3. 6.7100[J] Dynamic Systems and Control

• 4 courses deep, ending at 9.19

  1. 6.100AIntroduction to Computer Science Programming in Python
  2. 6.100BIntroduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science
  3. 9.40Introduction to Neural Computation

• 3 courses deep, ending at 9.175

  1. 18.06Linear Algebra
  2. 2.151Advanced System Dynamics and Control
  3. 9.175[J] Robotics

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for 9 yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under 9 yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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