After CSC 130
Gateway: CSC 130
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 CSC coursework.
Generated from Rider 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 CSC 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 34 CSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 3 more CSC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CSC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
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Select three of the following courseschoose 9
Basic Education Core Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Complete the following courses:; History Elective; Fine Arts elective (Appreciation or Studio); Literature elective; Foreign Language elective; Social Science Elective (may be used toward a minor, including PSY 230 , PSY 212 , PSY 237 , PSY 330 , MCS 110
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CSC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at CSC 470
5 courses deep, ending at CSC 380
4 courses deep, ending at CSC 240
4 courses deep, ending at CSC 340
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General Education Electives4 required
Science Requirementchoose 1
A minimum of 15 credits in any science and at any level are needed, with at least 3 courses that include a Lab section (12 credits) and one non-Lab science (3 credits). The following are options to select from to complete the credits required for both Basic Education core and Multidisciplinary Concentration in Sciences and Mathematics.; Lab-science courses. Select a total of three 4-credit and 3-c
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All CSC courses in the Rider catalog
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