Computer Science at University of Northern Iowa

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 CS coursework.

• CS 1520Data Structuresopens 22 courses (13.7 directly)
• CS 1800Discrete Structuresopens 17 courses (8.3 directly)
• CS 2530Intermediate Computingopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• CS 1410Computer Organizationopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• CS 2470Networkingopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CS 3530Design and Analysis of Algorithmsopens 2 courses (2 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 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 37 CS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 8 more CS 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 CS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at CS 3730

  1. CS 1510Introduction to Computing
  2. CS 1520Data Structures
  3. CS 2530Intermediate Computing
  4. CS 3730Project Management

• 4 courses deep, ending at CS 4400

  1. CS 1510Introduction to Computing
  2. CS 1520Data Structures
  3. CS 2470Networking

• 4 courses deep, ending at CS 6400

  1. CS 1510Introduction to Computing
  2. CS 1410Computer Organization
  3. CS 2420Computer Architecture and Parallel Programming

• 4 courses deep, ending at CS 6500

  1. CS 1510Introduction to Computing
  2. CS 1520Data Structures
  3. CS 3530Design and Analysis of Algorithms

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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