BIOMS 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 BIOMS coursework.

• BIOAP 3110Principles of Animal Physiologyopens 3 courses (2.5 directly)
• BIOEE 2740The Vertebrates: Structure, Function, and Evolutionopens 3 courses (0.3 directly)
• BIOMS 4040Pathogenic Bacteriologyopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• BIOMG 2801Laboratory in Genetics and Genomicsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• BIOMS 3310General Parasitologyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• BIOMS 4310Medical Parasitologyopens 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 BIOMS 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 49 BIOMS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 6 more BIOMS 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 BIOMS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOMS 4311

  1. BIOEE 1780An Introduction to Evolutionary Biology and Diversity
  2. BIOEE 2740The Vertebrates: Structure, Function, and Evolution
  3. BIOMS 3310General Parasitology
  4. BIOMS 4311Paleoparasitology - Very, Very Cold Cases

• 3 courses deep, ending at BIOMS 3190

  1. BIOG 1500Investigative Biology Laboratory
  2. BIOAP 3110Principles of Animal Physiology
  3. BIOMS 3190Animal Physiology Experimentation

• 3 courses deep, ending at BIOMS 4340

  1. BIOMI 2900General Microbiology Lectures
  2. BIOMS 4040Pathogenic Bacteriology
  3. BIOMS 4340Cellular and Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis: The Host/Pathogen Interplay

• 3 courses deep, ending at BIOMS 6110

  1. BIOMG 2800Lectures in Genetics and Genomics
  2. BIOMG 2801Laboratory in Genetics and Genomics
  3. BIOMS 6110Genome Maintenance Mechanisms

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

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

• Andrew Yen
• Ben Cosgrove
• Beth Rhoades
• Cynthia Leifer
• Dave Lin
• Diego Diel

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BIOMS yet.

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Department events

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