CAS NE 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 NE coursework.

• CAS PS 231Physiological Psychologyopens 6 courses (6 directly)
• CAS MA 122Calculus for the Life and Social Sciences 2opens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CAS PS 336Introduction to Cognitive Psychologyopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CAS CH 116General Chemistry 2 with Integrated Science Experience 1 Labopens 1 course (1 directly)
• CAS MA 124Calculus 2opens 1 course (1 directly)
• CAS NE 116Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology 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 NE 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 33 CAS NE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 3 more CAS NE 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 NE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at CAS NE 204

  1. CAS MA 121Calculus for the Life and Social Sciences 1
  2. CAS MA 122Calculus for the Life and Social Sciences 2
  3. CAS MA 124Calculus 2
  4. CAS NE 204Introduction to Computational Models of Brain and Behavior

• 4 courses deep, ending at CAS NE 328

  1. CAS PS 328Experimental Psychology: Memory & Cognition
  2. CAS NE 328Experimental Psychology: Memory & Cognition

• 4 courses deep, ending at CAS NE 333

  1. CAS NE 101Introduction to Neuroscience
  2. CAS PS 231Physiological Psychology
  3. CAS PS 333Drugs and Behavior

• 4 courses deep, ending at CAS NE 337

  1. CAS PS 337Memory Systems of the Brain
  2. CAS NE 337Memory Systems of the Brain

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

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