After MATH 201
Gateway: MATH 201
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CLSE coursework.
Generated from Virginia Commonwealth University’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 CLSE 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 40 CLSE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 23 more CLSE courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CLSE, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Major requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
• Major core requirements; • Additional major requirements; Approved internship or cooperative education experience; Review of internship or cooperative education experience; • Major electives; Select engineering electives as described below.
Ancillary requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Technical electives (select 300 level or above business, management, math or science course as as described below)
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: MATH 201
Gateway: CLSE 202
The deepest prerequisite chains in CLSE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
9 courses deep, ending at CLSE 403
9 courses deep, ending at CLSE 405
9 courses deep, ending at CLSE 656
8 courses deep, ending at CLSE 654
All CLSE courses in the VCU catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under CLSE yet.
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CLSE does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the VCU campus feed.