BIOMI at Cornell University

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 BIOMI coursework.

• BIOMI 2900General Microbiology Lecturesopens 17 courses (15.8 directly)
• BIOMI 2911General Microbiology Laboratoryopens 17 courses (5.3 directly)
• BIOEE 2740The Vertebrates: Structure, Function, and Evolutionopens 2 courses (2 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 BIOMI 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 44 BIOMI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 28 more BIOMI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOMI 2920

  1. BIOMI 2911General Microbiology Laboratory
  2. BIOMI 2900General Microbiology Lectures
  3. BIOMI 2920General Microbiology Discussion

• 2 courses deep, ending at BIOMI 2100

  1. BIOG 1140Foundations of Biology
  2. BIOMI 2100Genesis

• 2 courses deep, ending at BIOMI 2790

  1. BIOEE 1610Introductory Biology: Ecology and the Environment
  2. BIOMI 2790Microbial Life and Processes that Rule Our Dynamic Planet

• 2 courses deep, ending at BIOMI 4850

  1. BIOMG 2800Lectures in Genetics and Genomics
  2. BIOMI 4850Bacterial Genetics

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

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

• Anthony Hay
• Diego Diel
• Esther Angert
• Heather Feaga
• Ian Hewson
• John Helmann
• Joshua Filter
• Kelley Gallagher
• Patrick Gibney
• Shami Chatterjee
• Steve Winans
• Tobias Doerr

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BIOMI yet.

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Department events

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