Computer Science at Western Kentucky University

The map

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 48 CS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 5 more CS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

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.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in CS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 9 courses deep, ending at CS 476

  1. MATH 116College Algebra
  2. MATH 117Trigonometry
  3. MATH 136Calculus I
  4. MATH 137Calculus II
  5. MATH 237Multivariable Calculus
  6. CS 239Problem Solving with Computational Techniques
  7. EE 380Microprocessors
  8. CS 360Software Engineering I
  9. CS 476Research Methods and Projects in Computer Science 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs)

• 8 courses deep, ending at CS 406

  1. MATH 116College Algebra
  2. MATH 117Trigonometry
  3. MATH 136Calculus I

• 8 courses deep, ending at CS 445

  1. MATH 116College Algebra
  2. MATH 117Trigonometry
  3. MATH 136Calculus I

• 7 courses deep, ending at CS 389

  1. MATH 116College Algebra
  2. MATH 117Trigonometry
  3. MATH 136Calculus I

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

Computer Science does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the WKU campus feed.