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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Generated from Temple University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CIS coursework.
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 CIS 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 155 CIS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 50 more CIS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CIS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Music Theoryall required
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1 course from1 required
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: MATH 1021
Gateway: MATH 1022
Gateway: CIS 1051
Gateway: CIS 1068
Gateway: CIS 2168
Gateway: MATH 1041
The deepest prerequisite chains in CIS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
10 courses deep, ending at CIS 9665
10 courses deep, ending at CIS 9666
10 courses deep, ending at CIS 9668
9 courses deep, ending at CIS 3296
Orchestration1 required
Ensembles2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pending a successful audition for the respective department, students may select any combination of the following ensembles at 1 credit each for a total of 2 credits. In subsequent semesters, up to 3 additional credits of ensemble (counted as General Studies Electives) may be taken with re-audiiton and departmental permission for a grand total of up to 5 credits of ensemble at 1 credit each.
All CIS courses in the Temple catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under CIS 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 Temple campus feed.