HLS at Northeastern University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. HLS 6010Contemporary Threats to Homeland Security
• 1. HLS 6020Technology for Homeland Security
• 1. HLS 6030Intelligence for Homeland Security
• 1. HLS 6040Critical Infrastructure and Protection

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 HLS coursework.

• HLS 6010Contemporary Threats to Homeland Securityopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• HLS 6020Technology for Homeland Securityopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• HLS 6030Intelligence for Homeland Securityopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• HLS 6040Critical Infrastructure and Protectionopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• HLS 6000Introduction to Homeland Securityopens 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 HLS 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 8 HLS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 7 more HLS 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 HLS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at HLS 6983

  1. HLS 6000Introduction to Homeland Security
  2. HLS 6983Topics in Homeland Security

• 2 courses deep, ending at HLS 7990

  1. GST 6109Basic Field Research Methods
  2. HLS 7990Thesis

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HLS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HLS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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