CAS CH at Boston University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. CAS CH 101General Chemistry 1
  2. CAS CH 102General Chemistry 2
• 1. CAS CH 109Advanced General Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis Lab 1
  2. CAS CH 110Advanced General Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis Lab 2
• 1. CAS CH 112Intensive General Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis Lab 2
  2. CAS CH 101General Chemistry 1
  3. CAS CH 109Advanced General Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis Lab 1

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 CH coursework.

• CAS CH 102General Chemistry 2opens 9 courses (4 directly)
• CAS CH 110Advanced General Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis Lab 2opens 9 courses (4 directly)
• CAS CH 203Organic Chemistry 1opens 5 courses (1 directly)
• CAS CH 204Organic Chemistry 2opens 4 courses (2 directly)
• CAS BB 421Biochemistry 1opens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CAS CH 116General Chemistry 2 with Integrated Science Experience 1 Labopens 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 CH 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 21 CAS CH and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 20 more CAS CH 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 CH. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at CAS CH 524

  1. CAS CH 101General Chemistry 1
  2. CAS CH 102General Chemistry 2
  3. CAS CH 203Organic Chemistry 1
  4. CAS CH 204Organic Chemistry 2
  5. CAS BB 421Biochemistry 1
  6. CAS CH 524Chemical Biology Laboratory

• 3 courses deep, ending at CAS CH 550

  1. CAS CH 109Advanced General Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis Lab 1
  2. CAS CH 110Advanced General Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis Lab 2
  3. CAS CH 550Materials Chemistry: Hard Materials

• 2 courses deep, ending at CAS CH 642

  1. CAS CH 212Intensive Organic Chemistry 2
  2. CAS CH 642Organic Reaction Mechanisms

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CAS CH yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CAS CH yet.

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Department events

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