After BIOL 214
Gateway: BIOL 214
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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate BIOL coursework.
Generated from Case Western Reserve University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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 BIOL 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 102 BIOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 52 more BIOL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on BIOL, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Biology Core Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Choose one course from any two of the following three subject areas (breadth requirement)1 required · verify with the official sheet
Cell and Molecular Biology Electives; Organismal Biology Electives; Population Biology and Ecology Electives
Quantitative Biology Laboratory Coursechoose 1
Additional Laboratory Coursechoose 1
Mathematics Core Coursesall required
Chemistry Core Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Physics Core Coursesall required
Advanced Mathematics or Statistics Coursechoose 1
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: BIOL 214
Gateway: BIOL 216
Gateway: BIOL 326
Gateway: BIOL 214L
Gateway: MATH 224
The deepest prerequisite chains in BIOL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at BIOL 248
5 courses deep, ending at BIOL 316
5 courses deep, ending at BIOL 324
5 courses deep, ending at BIOL 347
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Neuroscience subspecialty courses:; Bioinformatics and Genetics subspecialty courses:; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology subspecialty courses:; Cellular and Molecular Biology subspecialty courses:; BIOL Electives
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All BIOL courses in the Case Western catalog
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