After DS 431
Gateway: DS 431
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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 DS coursework.
Generated from Oregon State 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 DS 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.
The concentrations and majors that build on DS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Required Core2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Select two data science courses from the following or complete an option:; Select three additional upper-division courses of a data science nature or complete an option
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Biology Professional Development; Writing and Communications Core; Mathematics and Statistics Core; Biological Sciences Core; These courses are arranged in the order they are generally taken:; Senior Biology Major Field Test; Students are required to take a comprehensive, two-hour Biology Major Field Test in their final OSU term (or spring term if they will graduate in summer):; Difference, Power,
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: DS 431
The deepest prerequisite chains in DS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at DS 451
2 courses deep, ending at DS 453
2 courses deep, ending at DS 553
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Physics or Quantitative and Computational Applications; Select two additional courses from the following:
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Organismal Biology and Physiologychoose 1
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Ecology and Evolution or Cellular, Molecular and Genomicschoose 1
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Select any combination of three credits from the following:; Study abroad experiences by approval; Select an additional course from the following (not used above) or see option
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All DS courses in the Oregon State catalog
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