After COMP 215
Gateway: COMP 215
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate COMP coursework.
Generated from Rice 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 COMP 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 210 COMP and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 66 more COMP courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on COMP, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Mathematics; Linear Algebra; Select 1 course from the following:; Statistics; Computer Science; Artificial Intelligence; COMP 345 Foundations of Machine Learning; COMP 456 AI Senior Design I; COMP 457 AI Senior Design II
Elective Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 1 course (3 credit hours) from 3 of the following 5 Artificial Intelligence Elective areas; Artificial Intelligence Theory; Cognitive Psychology; Knowledge and Graphs; Perception and Language; Robotics and Autonomy
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Cognitive Science Methods Core Course; Computer Science Core Course; Select 1 course from the following:; Advanced Computing Core Course; Select 1 course from the following:; Linguistics Core Course; Select 1 course from the following:; Neuroscience Core Course; Select 1 course from the following:; Philosophy Core Course; Select 1 course from the following:; Psychology Core Course; Advanced Psycho
Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Mathematics and Science Courses; Select 1 course from the following:; Select 1 from the following:; Select 1 from the following:; Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Core Courses; Computation Course; Design Laboratory
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: COMP 215
Gateway: MATH 222
Gateway: COMP 222
The deepest prerequisite chains in COMP. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
12 courses deep, ending at COMP 462
11 courses deep, ending at COMP 484
11 courses deep, ending at COMP 516
10 courses deep, ending at COMP 442
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Total Credit Hours Required for the Major in Electrical and Computer Engineering15 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Credit Hours to Complete Degree Requirements; University Graduation Requirements
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All COMP courses in the Rice catalog
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