CSC at North Carolina 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 CSC coursework.

• CSC 116Introduction to Computing - Javaopens 86 courses (2.5 directly)
• CSC 216Software Development Fundamentalsopens 79 courses (4.5 directly)
• CSC 217Software Development Fundamentals Labopens 79 courses (0.5 directly)
• CSC 316Data Structures and Algorithmsopens 65 courses (29 directly)
• ECE 209Computer Systems Programmingopens 56 courses (5.8 directly)
• CSC 230C and Software Toolsopens 36 courses (3.5 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 CSC 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 151 CSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 49 more CSC 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 CSC, 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 CSC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 9 courses deep, ending at CSC 595

  1. CSC 217Software Development Fundamentals Lab
  2. CSC 216Software Development Fundamentals
  3. CSC 230C and Software Tools
  4. CSC 246Concepts and Facilities of Operating Systems for Computer Scientists
  5. CSC 401Data and Computer Communications Networks
  6. ECE 574Computer and Network Security
  7. CSC 595Cybersecurity Practicum

• 9 courses deep, ending at CSC 766

  1. CSC 217Software Development Fundamentals Lab
  2. CSC 216Software Development Fundamentals
  3. CSC 230C and Software Tools

• 9 courses deep, ending at CSC 789

  1. CSC 217Software Development Fundamentals Lab
  2. CSC 216Software Development Fundamentals
  3. CSC 230C and Software Tools

• 8 courses deep, ending at CSC 472

  1. CSC 217Software Development Fundamentals Lab
  2. CSC 216Software Development Fundamentals
  3. CSC 230C and Software Tools

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CSC yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CSC yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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