Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas

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 CS coursework.

• CS 2305Discrete Mathematics for Computing Iopens 59 courses (7.7 directly)
• CE 2305Discrete Mathematics for Computing Iopens 59 courses (7.5 directly)
• CS 5343Algorithm Analysis and Data Structuresopens 58 courses (43.5 directly)
• CE 1337Computer Science Iopens 55 courses (3.0 directly)
• CS 1337Computer Science Iopens 54 courses (2.5 directly)
• CS 2336Computer Science IIopens 44 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 CS 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 159 CS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 23 more CS 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 CS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at CS 4339

  1. CS 1436Programming Fundamentals
  2. CE 1337Computer Science I
  3. CE 2336Computer Science II
  4. CE 3345Data Structures and Foundations of Algorithmic Analysis
  5. CS 4347Database Systems
  6. CS 4339Web Programming Languages

• 6 courses deep, ending at CS 4372

  1. CS 1436Programming Fundamentals
  2. CE 1337Computer Science I
  3. CE 2336Computer Science II

• 6 courses deep, ending at CS 4393

  1. CS 1436Programming Fundamentals
  2. CE 1337Computer Science I
  3. CE 2336Computer Science II

• 6 courses deep, ending at CS 4396

  1. CS 1436Programming Fundamentals
  2. CE 1337Computer Science I
  3. CE 2336Computer Science II

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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