Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CGS coursework.
Generated from University of California, Davis’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 CGS 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 23 CGS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 10 more CGS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CGS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Preparatory Subject Matter2 required · verify with the official sheet
Cognitive Science:; Introduction to Mathematical Abstraction; Programming; Choose a series:; AND; AND; OR; Linguistics; Calculus; Choose a series:; OR; OR; Linear Algebra & MATLAB; OR; Philosophy; Psychology; Research Methods; Statistics; Preparatory Subject Matter Subtotal
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Important: Each class may only be used to satisfy one Cognitive Science major requirement. The same course cannot be used for multiple groups.; Take each of the courses below:; Choose three from Group B:; Choose four from Group F:; Depth Subject Matter Subtotal
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CGS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
7 courses deep, ending at CGS 107
4 courses deep, ending at CGS 138
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All CGS courses in the UC Davis 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 CGS yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under CGS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
CGS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UC Davis campus feed.