After MATH 163
Gateway: MATH 163
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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 CS coursework.
Generated from Old Dominion 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 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 124 CS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 97 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.
Prerequisites2 required · verify with the official sheet
Core Coursesall required
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Major Coursework2 required · verify with the official sheet
Approved Program Electivechoose 1
Capstone Courseschoose 1
Capstone enrollment is restricted to declared Cybersecurity (CYSE) majors only. An active internship is required to enroll in CYSE 368 . Non-CYSE majors are not permitted to enroll.
Interdisciplinary Writing Course1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
9 courses deep, ending at CS 492
8 courses deep, ending at CS 411W
8 courses deep, ending at CS 764
7 courses deep, ending at CS 728
Principles Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select three courses from the following. The coursework allows students to study the selected cybersecurity principles of their choice aligned with their interests and career goals.
Application Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select three courses from the following. The coursework allows students to apply fundamental cybersecurity theories and techniques in their selected application domains.
Capstone Coursesall required
Capstone enrollment is restricted to declared Cybersecurity (CYSE) majors only. An active internship is required to enroll in CYSE 368 . Non-CYSE majors are not permitted to enroll.
Required AI Coursesall required
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Capstone Coursesall required
Capstone enrollment is restricted to declared Cybersecurity (CYSE) majors only. An active internship is required to enroll in CYSE 368 . Non-CYSE majors are not permitted to enroll.
Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
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All CS courses in the Old Dominion catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for CS yet.
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 Old Dominion campus feed.