CSTN 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 CSTN coursework.

• CSTN 105Introduction to Woodworking: 3 Credits (1 Lec, 2 Lab)opens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CSTN 120Carpentry Basics and Rough-In Framing: 4 Credits (1 Lec, 3 Lab)opens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CSTN 122Beginning Carpentry Lab: 4 Credits (4 Lab)opens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CSTN 148Blueprints, Codes, and Estimating: 3 Credits (3 Lec)opens 1 course (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 CSTN 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 9 CSTN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 5 more CSTN 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 CSTN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at CSTN 101

  1. CSTN 105Introduction to Woodworking: 3 Credits (1 Lec, 2 Lab)
  2. CSTN 101Introduction to Concrete: 1 Credits (1 Lab)

• 2 courses deep, ending at CSTN 160

  1. CSTN 122Beginning Carpentry Lab: 4 Credits (4 Lab)
  2. CSTN 160Construction Concepts and Building Lab: 3 Credits (1 Lec, 2 Lab)

• 2 courses deep, ending at CSTN 248

  1. CSTN 148Blueprints, Codes, and Estimating: 3 Credits (3 Lec)
  2. CSTN 248Plans Examining II - IBC - Commercial Codes, Blueprint Reading, and Estimating: 3 Credits (3 Lec)

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CSTN yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CSTN yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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