BIOEE at Cornell University

A suggested order for the 59 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.

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 BIOEE coursework.

• BIOEE 2740The Vertebrates: Structure, Function, and Evolutionopens 13 courses (9 directly)
• EAS 3010Evolution of the Earth Systemopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• MATH 1120Calculus IIopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• MATH 2210Linear Algebraopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• BIOEE 4460Plant Behavior - Induced Plant Responses to Biotic Stresses, Lecturesopens 1 course (1 directly)
• BIOEE 4500Mammalogy, Lecturesopens 1 course (1 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 BIOEE 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 59 BIOEE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 38 more BIOEE 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 BIOEE, 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 BIOEE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOEE 4501

  1. BIOEE 1780An Introduction to Evolutionary Biology and Diversity
  2. BIOEE 2740The Vertebrates: Structure, Function, and Evolution
  3. BIOEE 4500Mammalogy, Lectures
  4. BIOEE 4501Mammalogy, Laboratory

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOEE 4701

  1. BIOEE 1780An Introduction to Evolutionary Biology and Diversity
  2. BIOEE 2740The Vertebrates: Structure, Function, and Evolution
  3. BIOEE 4700Herpetology, Lectures

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOEE 4751

  1. BIOEE 1780An Introduction to Evolutionary Biology and Diversity
  2. BIOEE 2740The Vertebrates: Structure, Function, and Evolution
  3. BIOEE 4750Ornithology

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOEE 4795

  1. BIOEE 1780An Introduction to Evolutionary Biology and Diversity
  2. BIOEE 2740The Vertebrates: Structure, Function, and Evolution
  3. EAS 4790Paleobiology

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on BIOEE sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Abby Drake
• Alexander Flecker
• Andres Lopez Sepulcre
• Anurag Agrawal
• Bruce Monger
• Casey Dillman
• Courtney Murdock
• Jacqueline Gerson
• Justin St. Juliana
• Leonardo Campagna
• Leslie Babonis
• Mary Margaret Ferraro
• Meredith Holgerson
• Shawn Billerman
• Swanne Gordon

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BIOEE yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

BIOEE does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.