S&DS at Yale University

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 S&DS coursework.

• MATH 2220Linear Algebra with Applicationsopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• MATH 2250Linear Algebraopens 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 S&DS 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 8 S&DS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 222 more S&DS 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 S&DS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at S&DS 2420

  1. MATH 2250Linear Algebra
  2. MATH 2220Linear Algebra with Applications
  3. S&DS 2420Theory of Statistics

• 2 courses deep, ending at S&DS 2400

  1. MATH 1150Calculus of Functions of One Variable II
  2. S&DS 2400An Introduction to Probability Theory

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on S&DS sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• A. Barron
• B. Macdonald
• E. Meyers
• H. Zhou
• I. Zadik
• J. Emerson
• J. Kalla
• J. Lafferty
• J. Reuning-Scherer
• J. Ugander
• L. Lu
• Lafferty
• Mukherjee
• O. Montasser
• R. Lederman
• R. Wooster
• S. Chewi
• S. Li
• S. Tatikonda
• T. Misiakiewicz
• X. Zhou
• Y. Chi
• Z. Fan
• Z. Yang

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under S&DS yet.

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Department events

S&DS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Yale campus feed.