After MATH 151
Gateway: MATH 151
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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 CMSC 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 CMSC 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 68 CMSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 44 more CMSC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CMSC, 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; • Concentration requirements (choose three from the following)
Ancillary requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Humanities electives (from list below); MATH courses (300- to 400-level); Natural science option: Select from BIOL, CHEM or PHYS course with a lab (3-5 credits satisfy general education BOK for natural science and AOI for scientific and logical reasoning)
Junior yearall required
Fall semester; Minor courses; Open electives; Term Hours:; Spring semester; MInor courses; Open electives; Term Hours:
1 course from1 required
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Major requirementschoose 1
• Major core requirements; • Additional major requirements; Math/science elective (see list below); Technical and professional electives (see list and requirements below)
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CMSC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
11 courses deep, ending at CMSC 442
10 courses deep, ending at CMSC 605
9 courses deep, ending at CMSC 404
9 courses deep, ending at CMSC 408
Ancillary requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Humanities electives (from list below); MATH courses (300- to 400-level); Natural science option: Select from BIOL, CHEM or PHYS course with a lab (3-5 credits satisfy general education BOK for natural science and AOI for scientific and logical reasoning)
Ancillary requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Humanities electives (from list below); MATH course (300- to 400-level); Natural science option: Select from BIOL, CHEM or PHYS course with a lab (3-5 credits satisfy general education BOK for natural science and AOI for scientific and logical reasoning)
1 course from1 required
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All CMSC courses in the VCU catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under CMSC yet.
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