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.
Generated from Tulane 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 CPST 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 CPST 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 63 CPST and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 53 more CPST courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CPST, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Information Technology Core Courses (Required for all concentrations)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Concentration Courses15 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: CPST 2200
Gateway: CPST 2600
Gateway: CPST 2300
Gateway: CPST 2700
Gateway: CPST 4610
Gateway: CPST 2400
The deepest prerequisite chains in CPST. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at CPST 3280
4 courses deep, ending at CPST 3400
4 courses deep, ending at CPST 4270
4 courses deep, ending at CPST 4770
All CPST courses in the Tulane catalog
Grade medians are for verified students. Sign in with your school email to see them.
Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for CPST yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under CPST yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
CPST does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Tulane campus feed.