Computer Science at Wheaton College (Illinois)

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CSCI coursework.

• CSCI 245Programming II: Object-Oriented Designopens 13 courses (2.5 directly)
• CSCI 345Data Structures & Algorithmsopens 5 courses (5 directly)
• CSCI 335Software Developmentopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• CSCI 351Introduction to Computer Systemsopens 4 courses (4 directly)

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 CSCI 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 17 CSCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 9 more CSCI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 4 courses deep, ending at CSCI 357

  1. CSCI 235Programming I: Problem Solving
  2. CSCI 245Programming II: Object-Oriented Design
  3. CSCI 351Introduction to Computer Systems
  4. CSCI 357Networking

• 4 courses deep, ending at CSCI 361

  1. CSCI 235Programming I: Problem Solving
  2. CSCI 245Programming II: Object-Oriented Design
  3. CSCI 345Data Structures & Algorithms

• 4 courses deep, ending at CSCI 365

  1. CSCI 235Programming I: Problem Solving
  2. CSCI 245Programming II: Object-Oriented Design
  3. CSCI 335Software Development

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CSCI yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CSCI 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 Wheaton (IL) campus feed.