Information Science at Northeastern 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 INFO coursework.

• INFO 6205Program Structure and Algorithmsopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• INFO 6105Data Science Engineering Methods and Toolsopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• CSYE 6220Enterprise Software Designopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• INFO 6250Web Development Tools and Methodsopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• INFO 7500Cryptocurrency and Smart Contract Engineeringopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CSYE 7280User Experience Design and Testingopens 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 INFO 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 28 INFO and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 26 more INFO 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 INFO. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at INFO 7250

  1. CSYE 6200Concepts of Object-Oriented Design
  2. INFO 6105Data Science Engineering Methods and Tools
  3. INFO 7390Advances in Data Sciences and Architecture
  4. INFO 7250Engineering of Big-Data Systems

• 3 courses deep, ending at INFO 7110

  1. CSYE 6200Concepts of Object-Oriented Design
  2. INFO 6205Program Structure and Algorithms
  3. INFO 7110High-Performance Coding for Fintech

• 3 courses deep, ending at INFO 7255

  1. CSYE 6200Concepts of Object-Oriented Design
  2. CSYE 6220Enterprise Software Design
  3. INFO 7255Advanced Big-Data Applications and Indexing Techniques

• 3 courses deep, ending at INFO 7380

  1. CSYE 6200Concepts of Object-Oriented Design
  2. CSYE 7280User Experience Design and Testing
  3. INFO 7380User Experience Design for Healthcare Applications

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for INFO yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under INFO yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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