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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CS coursework.
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 CS 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 118 CS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 91 more CS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CS, 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
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.
Computer Science Required Coursesall required
Cybersecurity Required Coursesall required
Cybersecurity Electivechoose 1
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: CS 2100
Gateway: CS 3100
Gateway: CS 3000
Gateway: CS 5004
The deepest prerequisite chains in CS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
5 courses deep, ending at CS 4410
5 courses deep, ending at CS 4700
4 courses deep, ending at CS 3386
4 courses deep, ending at CS 4350
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Computer Science Foundationsall 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.
Computer Science Fundamental 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 with 4-5 semester hours of CS, CY, or DS coursework at the 3000 level or higher not otherwise required in the degree.
Khoury College Elective1 required
Complete 8 semester hours of upper-division CS, CY, DS, or IS courses that are not already required above. Choose courses from the following ranges:; CS 2502 or higher, except CS 5010; CY 2000 of higher, except CY 4930
All CS courses in the Northeastern catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under CS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
Computer Science does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Northeastern campus feed.