After JAPN 102
Gateway: JAPN 102
Building the department map…
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 COGS 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 COGS 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 17 COGS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 48 more COGS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on COGS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Biology Core Coursesall required
Neuroscience Core Coursesall required
Mathematics and Statistics Core Coursesall required
Chemistry Core Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Physics Core Coursesall required
Computer Programming Core Coursechoose 1
Neurobiology Core Courses6 required · verify with the official sheet
Choose two of the following:
Cellular/Molecular Biology Core Coursechoose 1
Ecology/Evolutionary Biology Core Coursechoose 1
Neuroscience Electives6 required · verify with the official sheet
Choose a minimum of two of the following:
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in COGS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at COGS 378
3 courses deep, ending at COGS 335
3 courses deep, ending at COGS 651
2 courses deep, ending at COGS 325
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
All COGS courses in the Case Western catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under COGS yet.
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