After CS 191
Gateway: CS 191
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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CS coursework.
Generated from Western Colorado 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 CS 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 37 CS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 15 more CS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
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Choose any 2 options from the following sequences (minimum 18 credits total). Only one option from Biology may be completed.
Anthropology Option (13 credits)all required
Anthropology elective (ANTH course numbered 300 or higher)
Biology Options (18-24 credits)choose 1
OR
Chemistry Option (19-20 credits)all required
Chemistry Elective (CHEM course numbered 406 or above)
Computer Science Option (9 credits)choose 1
Exercise & Sport Science Option (11-18 credits)choose 1
ESS Electives (ESS course numbered 300 or higher); OR; ESS Electives (ESS course numbered 300 or higher
Geography & Geospatial Analysis Option (9 credits)all required
Geography Elective (GEOG course numbered 300 or higher)
Physics Option (11 credits)all required
AND; OR; AND; Physics Elective (PHYS course numbered 200 or above); OR; Engineering Elective (ENGR course numbered 100 or above)
History Corechoose 1
Select two of the following:; Upper Division History Electives (six credits)
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at CS 440
5 courses deep, ending at CS 380
5 courses deep, ending at CS 415
4 courses deep, ending at CS 350
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All CS courses in the Western Colorado catalog
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