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 BSE coursework.
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.
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 BSE 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 51 BSE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 32 more BSE courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on BSE, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Study Abroad1 required
Programmingall required
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: BSE 3154
Gateway: BSE 3324
The deepest prerequisite chains in BSE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at BSE 4126
5 courses deep, ending at BSE 4544
5 courses deep, ending at BSE 4564
4 courses deep, ending at BSE 4304
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
All BSE courses in the Virginia Tech catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for BSE yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under BSE yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
BSE does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Virginia Tech campus feed.