COGS at University of California, San Diego

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. COGS 18Introduction to Python
  2. CSE 11Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem-Solving: Accelerated Pace
  3. CSE 8AIntroduction to Programming and Computational Problem-Solving I
  4. COGS 108Data Science in Practice
• 1. COGS 14AIntroduction to Research Methods
  2. COGS 14BIntroduction to Statistical Analysis
• 1. COGS 17Neurobiology of Cognition
  2. BILD 12Neurobiology and Behavior
  3. COGS 107ANeuroanatomy and Physiology

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate COGS coursework.

• COGS 108Data Science in Practiceopens 21 courses (10 directly)
• COGS 14BIntroduction to Statistical Analysisopens 17 courses (5 directly)
• CSE 12Basic Data Structures and Object-Oriented Designopens 17 courses (2 directly)
• COGS 109Modeling and Data Analysisopens 13 courses (10 directly)
• COGS 107ANeuroanatomy and Physiologyopens 12 courses (10 directly)
• ECE 174Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Optimization with Applicationsopens 10 courses (5 directly)

The map

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 COGS 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 105 COGS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 64 more COGS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in COGS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 8 courses deep, ending at COGS 138

  1. COGS 118BIntroduction to Machine Learning
  2. COGS 118ASupervised Machine Learning Algorithms
  3. COGS 189Brain Computer Interfaces
  4. COGS 138Neural Data Science

• 5 courses deep, ending at COGS 123

  1. COGS 1Introduction to Cognitive Science
  2. COGS 102ACognitive Perspectives
  3. COGS 102BCognitive Ethnography

• 5 courses deep, ending at COGS 124

  1. COGS 18Introduction to Python
  2. COGS 108Data Science in Practice
  3. COGS 120Interaction Design

• 5 courses deep, ending at COGS 165

  1. BILD 12Neurobiology and Behavior
  2. COGS 107ANeuroanatomy and Physiology
  3. COGS 107BSystems Neuroscience

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for COGS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under COGS yet.

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Department events

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