After BIT 2406
Gateway: BIT 2406
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from Virginia Tech’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate BIT coursework.
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 BIT 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 52 BIT and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 43 more BIT courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on BIT, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Degree Core Requirements (19 credits)2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Environmental Data Science Major Requirementschoose 1
Data Science Requirements; Subtotal; Programming Requirement; Advanced Data Science Skills Requirement; Applications Requirement; Select two of the following:; Natural Science Requirements; Complete all of the following:; Subtotal
Pathways to General Education2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Select three credits in Pathway 1a; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select six credits in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Select three additional credits in Pathway 3; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking; Pathways Concept 6 - C
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in BIT. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
7 courses deep, ending at BIT 4454
7 courses deep, ending at BIT 4544
6 courses deep, ending at BIT 4624
5 courses deep, ending at BIT 3454
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HTM Electives; Choose three - 9 credit hours:; Global Marketplace; Subtotal
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Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select six hours in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Select six hours in Pathway 4; Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking; Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts; Pathway
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All BIT courses in the Virginia Tech catalog
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