Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CRIM coursework.
Generated from Northeastern University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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 CRIM 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 20 CRIM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 80 more CRIM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CRIM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Computer Science Overviewall required
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CRIM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at CRIM 9996
3 courses deep, ending at CRIM 4000
3 courses deep, ending at CRIM 7716
2 courses deep, ending at CRIM 2380
Computer Science Fundamentals Coursesall required
All students can take a self-assessment to attempt to place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001 . Students who place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001 will instead substitute 4-5 semester hours of CS, CY, or DS coursework at the 3000 level or higher not otherwise required in the degree.
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All CRIM courses in the Northeastern catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for CRIM yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under CRIM yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
CRIM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Northeastern campus feed.