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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 CSC coursework.
Generated from Wayne State 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 CSC 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 89 CSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 20 more CSC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CSC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Basic Science and Mathematicsall required
(NSI) Natural Science Inquiry Courses (minimum 2); (NSI) Natural Science Inquiry Lab
B.S.C.T. Technical Core2 required · verify with the official sheet
CSC/EET Upper Division Technical Electives
Lower Division Technical Transfer Creditall required
Lower Division Tech Electives
Communication Requirements1 required · verify with the official sheet
(BC) Basic Composition courses; (IC) Intermediate Composition course ( ENG 3050 required); (OC) Oral Communication course
Law Schoolall required
The Law School may approve additional elective LEX courses to be added from time to time to this list through its normal course approval processes.
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: CSC 1100
Gateway: MAT 2020
Gateway: CSC 2200
The deepest prerequisite chains in CSC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
11 courses deep, ending at CSC 6431
10 courses deep, ending at CSC 7270
10 courses deep, ending at CSC 7290
8 courses deep, ending at CSC 7710
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Mathematics and Statistics Courseschoose 1
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Core Statistical Computing Course3 required
Elective Courses (Select two of the following, one of which must be chosen from the first 7 options, ending with MAT 5870 .)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Any additional course listed in "Additional Statistical Courses".
All CSC courses in the Wayne State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under CSC yet.
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CSC does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Wayne State campus feed.