After CSCS 300
Gateway: CSCS 300
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 CSCS coursework.
Generated from University of Wisconsin-Madison’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 CSCS 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 7 CSCS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 32 more CSCS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CSCS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Statisticschoose 1
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Community and Organizational Development Core Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Community Transformation and Innovation; Organizational Development; Create Your Own Depth Pathway; Any CSCS courses not otherwise taken to satisfy the program requirements
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Career Readinessall required
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Core Courses (complete all)all required
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Global Health Capstone Requirement (complete one option)choose 3
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CSCS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
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2 courses deep, ending at CSCS 555
2 courses deep, ending at CSCS 743
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Design, Innovation, and Society Pathwayschoose 1
Design and Culture Depth; Design and Social Change Depth; Design and Technology Depth
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Career Readinessall required
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Internship Course (complete at least 3 credits)choose 3
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Policy Electiveschoose 12
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Chronic Illness, Disability, and Healthall required
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Health Equity, Mental Health, and Well-Being2 required · verify with the official sheet
Social Determinants of Health2 required · verify with the official sheet
Health Sciences2 required · verify with the official sheet
All CSCS courses in the UW–Madison catalog
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