Computer Science at Montana State University

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 132Basic Data Structures and Algorithms: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)opens 27 courses (3 directly)
• CSCI 232Data Structures and Algorithms: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)opens 24 courses (20 directly)
• CSCI 246Discrete Structures: 3 Credits (3 Lec)opens 7 courses (6 directly)
• CSCI 112Programming with C I: 3 Credits (2 Lec, 1 Lab)opens 6 courses (3.5 directly)
• CSCI 366Computer Systems: 3 Credits (3 Lec)opens 2 courses (1 directly)
• EELE 371Microprocess HW and SW Systems: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)opens 2 courses (1 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 40 CSCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 33 more CSCI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on CSCI, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

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.

• 5 courses deep, ending at CSCI 431

  1. CSCI 127Joy and Beauty of Data: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  2. CSCI 132Basic Data Structures and Algorithms: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  3. CSCI 232Data Structures and Algorithms: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  4. CSCI 331Web Development: 3 Credits (3 Lec)
  5. CSCI 431Hypermedia Systems: 3 Credits (3 Lec)

• 5 courses deep, ending at CSCI 460

  1. CSCI 127Joy and Beauty of Data: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  2. CSCI 132Basic Data Structures and Algorithms: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  3. CSCI 232Data Structures and Algorithms: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)

• 5 courses deep, ending at CSCI 483R

  1. CSCI 127Joy and Beauty of Data: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  2. CSCI 132Basic Data Structures and Algorithms: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  3. CSCI 232Data Structures and Algorithms: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)

• 5 courses deep, ending at CSCI 546

  1. CSCI 127Joy and Beauty of Data: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  2. CSCI 132Basic Data Structures and Algorithms: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  3. CSCI 232Data Structures and Algorithms: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CSCI yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CSCI yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

Computer Science does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Montana State campus feed.