CAS BI at Boston 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 CAS BI coursework.

• CAS CH 102General Chemistry 2opens 7 courses (3 directly)
• CAS BI 206Geneticsopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• CAS BI 203Cell Biologyopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• CAS NE 203Principles of Neuroscience with Labopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CAS BI 116Biology 2 with Integrated Science Experience 1 Labopens 1 course (1 directly)
• CAS BI 210Human Anatomyopens 1 course (1 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 CAS BI 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 32 CAS BI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 16 more CAS BI 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 CAS BI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at CAS BI 216

  1. CAS CH 101General Chemistry 1
  2. CAS CH 102General Chemistry 2
  3. CAS CH 203Organic Chemistry 1
  4. CAS BI 216Intensive Genetics

• 4 courses deep, ending at CAS BI 503

  1. CAS CH 101General Chemistry 1
  2. CAS CH 102General Chemistry 2
  3. CAS BI 203Cell Biology

• 3 courses deep, ending at CAS BI 211

  1. CAS BI 105Introductory Biology for Health Sciences
  2. CAS BI 210Human Anatomy
  3. CAS BI 211Human Physiology

• 3 courses deep, ending at CAS BI 218

  1. CAS CH 101General Chemistry 1
  2. CAS BI 116Biology 2 with Integrated Science Experience 1 Lab
  3. CAS BI 218Cell Biology with Integrated Science Experience II Lab

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CAS BI yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CAS BI yet.

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Department events

CAS BI does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the BU campus feed.