GEOL at Brown 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 GEOL coursework.

• CHEM 0330Equilibrium, Rate, and Structureopens 6 courses (2 directly)
• GEOL 0230Geochemistry: Earth and Planetary Materials and Processesopens 5 courses (2 directly)
• PHYS 0720Methods of Mathematical Physicsopens 4 courses (2.7 directly)
• APMA 0340Methods of Applied Mathematics I, IIopens 4 courses (2.6 directly)
• GEOL 1410Mineralogyopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• GEOL 0350Mathematical Methods of Fluid and Solid Geophysics and Geologyopens 2 courses (1.3 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 GEOL 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 40 GEOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 53 more GEOL 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 GEOL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at GEOL 2730

  1. CHEM 0100Introductory Chemistry
  2. CHEM 0330Equilibrium, Rate, and Structure
  3. GEOL 1410Mineralogy
  4. GEOL 1420Petrology
  5. GEOL 2730Isotope Geochemistry

• 3 courses deep, ending at GEOL 1150

  1. GEOL 0220Physical Processes in Geology
  2. GEOL 0240Earth: Evolution of a Habitable Planet
  3. GEOL 1150Limnology: The Study of Lakes

• 3 courses deep, ending at GEOL 1430

  1. MATH 0100Introductory Calculus, Part II
  2. APMA 0340Methods of Applied Mathematics I, II
  3. GEOL 1430Principles of Planetary Climate

• 3 courses deep, ending at GEOL 1510

  1. MATH 0100Introductory Calculus, Part II
  2. APMA 0330Methods of Applied Mathematics I, II
  3. GEOL 1510Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

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