Computer Science — Curriculum Flowchart

Department of Computer & Information Science · College of Engineering · UMass Dartmouth
Catalog Year 2026-27 to present · 120 credits · Revised 5/29/2026

Notes

Arrows show prerequisite relationships (arrow points to the course that requires the earlier one).

Grade requirement: Any CIS core course or technical elective must be passed with a grade of C or better. Exceptions: CIS 381 and CIS 362.

*USC 2A: One of your Laboratory Science or CIS Science Elective courses must also be an approved US 2A course.

Lab Science: Laboratory Science I/II must be two courses from the same subject (e.g. PHY 113 & PHY 114).

Game Design concentration: plan to take PHY 113 to meet the lab science or science elective requirement.

**Concentrations: students with a declared CIS Concentration should refer to the catalog or degree tracking sheet for the approved Technical Elective list.

USC = University Studies Cluster. Preapproved list: umassd.edu/universitystudies/approvedcourses