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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CHEM coursework.
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 CHEM 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 74 CHEM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 16 more CHEM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CHEM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
MAJOR COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select from the following:; Marine Science Electives; Select a minimum of 4 courses from the following:
SUPPORT COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
APPROVED ELECTIVES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select from the following (a minimum of 6 units must be 3000-4000 level):
MAJOR COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Senior Project; Select from the following:; Enterprise Experience Electives; Select from the following:; Animal Management Electives; Select from the following:; Biochemistry/Chemistry; Select from the following: (Upper-Division 2/5); Nutrition; Select from the following:; Physiology; Select from the following:
MAJOR COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Technical Electives; Select from the following:; A minimum of 6 units of any 3000, 4000, or 5000 level ENVE class not taken to satisfy other curriculum requirements, with the following exceptions: ENVE 5500 , ENVE 5591 & ENVE 5592 , ENVE 5597 , ENVE 5599 , or classes that satisfy a General Education requirement.; A minimum of 6 units from the following:
MAJOR COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select from the following:; Select from the following:; Select from the following: (Upper-Division 4); Select from the following: (Upper-Division 2/5); Select from the following:; Select from the following:; Select from the following:; Select from the following:
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: CHEM 1122
Gateway: CHEM 2242
Gateway: CHEM 1103
Gateway: CHEM 3392
The deepest prerequisite chains in CHEM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
8 courses deep, ending at CHEM 5598
7 courses deep, ending at CHEM 4483
6 courses deep, ending at CHEM 3395
6 courses deep, ending at CHEM 4430
1 course from1 required
Approved Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select from any 3000-4000 level BIO or MCRO courses except those not open for major degree credit in Biological Sciences, or from the following (a minimum of 7 units must be upper-division):
Approved Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select from the following:; Select any ASCI or DSCI courses; Any courses used in the following minors:; Agribusiness; Agricultural Communication; Agricultural Education; Agricultural Leadership; Biotechnology; Crop Science; Environmental Soil Science; Food Science; Meat Science and Processing; Rangeland Ecology and Management; Spanish; Water Science
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
All CHEM courses in the Cal Poly SLO catalog
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