BIOG at Cornell University

A suggested order for the 10 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 BIOG coursework.

• BIOG 1440Introductory Biology: Comparative Physiologyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• BIOG 1445Introduction to Comparative Physiology, Individualized Instructionopens 1 course (1 directly)
• BIOG 1500Investigative Biology Laboratoryopens 1 course (1 directly)
• BIOG 2990Introduction to Research Methods in Biologyopens 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 BIOG 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 10 BIOG and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 22 more BIOG 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 BIOG, 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 BIOG. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at BIOG 1035

  1. BIOMG 1350Introductory Biology: Cell and Developmental Biology
  2. BIOG 1035Academic Support for BIOMG 1350: Cell and Developmental Biology

• 2 courses deep, ending at BIOG 1044

  1. BIOG 1440Introductory Biology: Comparative Physiology
  2. BIOG 1044Academic Support for BIOG 1440: Physiology

• 2 courses deep, ending at BIOG 1045

  1. BIOG 1445Introduction to Comparative Physiology, Individualized Instruction
  2. BIOG 1045Academic Support for BIOG 1445 Introduction to Comparative Physiology

• 2 courses deep, ending at BIOG 3500

  1. BIOG 1500Investigative Biology Laboratory
  2. BIOG 3500Introduction to Applied Science Communication: Digital Platforms and Public Engagement

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

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

• Amy Drumluk
• Darlene Campbell
• Elizabeth Ogata
• Gunnar Babcock
• Jeff McCaffrey
• Lora Gruber-Hine
• Mark Sarvary
• Megan Gallagher
• Nicolas Buchon

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BIOG yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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