CAS PY 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 PY coursework.

• CAS MA 124Calculus 2opens 28 courses (6 directly)
• CAS PY 211General Physics 1opens 26 courses (4 directly)
• CAS PY 212General Physics 2opens 25 courses (5 directly)
• CAS PY 251Principles of Physics 1opens 25 courses (3 directly)
• CAS PY 252Principles of Physics 2opens 24 courses (4 directly)
• CAS MA 225Multivariate Calculusopens 20 courses (2 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 PY 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 38 CAS PY and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 8 more CAS PY 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 PY. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 9 courses deep, ending at CAS PY 713

  1. CAS MA 123Calculus I
  2. CAS MA 124Calculus 2
  3. CAS PY 212General Physics 2
  4. CAS PY 313Waves and Modern Physics
  5. CAS PY 451Quantum Physics 1
  6. CAS PY 452Quantum Physics 2
  7. CAS PY 511Quantum Mechanics I
  8. CAS PY 512Quantum Mechanics II
  9. CAS PY 713Quantum Field Theory 1

• 7 courses deep, ending at CAS PY 543

  1. CAS MA 123Calculus I
  2. CAS MA 124Calculus 2
  3. CAS MA 225Multivariate Calculus

• 7 courses deep, ending at CAS PY 731

  1. CAS MA 123Calculus I
  2. CAS MA 124Calculus 2
  3. CAS MA 225Multivariate Calculus

• 6 courses deep, ending at CAS PY 541

  1. CAS MA 123Calculus I
  2. CAS MA 124Calculus 2
  3. CAS PY 212General Physics 2

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CAS PY yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CAS PY yet.

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Department events

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