Chemistry at California State University, Bakersfield

Intro sequences

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

• 1. CHEM 1010Preparation for College Chemistry
  2. CHEM 1000Foundations of Chemistry

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 CHEM coursework.

• MATH 1050Precalculus Iopens 60 courses (1.2 directly)
• MATH 2200Introduction to Statistical Concepts and Methodsopens 60 courses (0.2 directly)
• CHEM 1003Foundations of Chemistry for Healthcare Professionalsopens 59 courses (0.4 directly)
• MATH 1060Precalculus IIopens 59 courses (0.1 directly)
• CHEM 1000Foundations of Chemistryopens 58 courses (10.3 directly)
• CHEM 1100Foundations of Analytical Chemistryopens 40 courses (11 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 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 89 CHEM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 7 more CHEM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

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.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in CHEM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 9 courses deep, ending at CHEM 4401

  1. MATH 1010Fundamental Concepts
  2. MATH 1050Precalculus I
  3. CHEM 1003Foundations of Chemistry for Healthcare Professionals
  4. CHEM 1000Foundations of Chemistry
  5. CHEM 1100Foundations of Analytical Chemistry
  6. CHEM 2400Foundations of Biochemistry
  7. CHEM 3400Biochemistry of Metabolic Pathways
  8. CHEM 4400Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids
  9. CHEM 4401Biochemistry Laboratory II

• 9 courses deep, ending at CHEM 4908

  1. MATH 1010Fundamental Concepts
  2. MATH 1050Precalculus I
  3. CHEM 1003Foundations of Chemistry for Healthcare Professionals

• 8 courses deep, ending at CHEM 3948

  1. MATH 1010Fundamental Concepts
  2. MATH 1050Precalculus I
  3. CHEM 1003Foundations of Chemistry for Healthcare Professionals

• 7 courses deep, ending at CHEM 3602

  1. MATH 1010Fundamental Concepts
  2. MATH 1050Precalculus I
  3. CHEM 1003Foundations of Chemistry for Healthcare Professionals

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

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