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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from California State University, San Bernardino’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PHYS coursework.
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 PHYS 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 37 PHYS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 22 more PHYS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PHYS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Lower-division requirements (38)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Upper-division requirements (37)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Can substitute ASTR 4000 for PHYS 4800 ; both count towards the GE WI requirement; Eight or more units chosen from upper-division physics courses selected with the approval of the department:; PHYS 4851-4853; PHYS 4851L-4852L; PHYS 5751-5753; PHYS 5851-5853; PHYS 5851L-5852L; PHYS 5951-5953
Lower-division requirements (38)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Lower-division requirements (41-50)choose 1
Organic chemistry; One of the sets of chemistry courses listed below (choose Group A, Group B, Group C, or Group D):; Note: The requirement in organic chemistry may be met by the completion of one year of transferable organic chemistry course work from another institution of higher education.; A series of math courses: Choose Group A or B below:; A series of physics courses: chose Group A or B bel
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Lower-division requirements (37)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Lower-division requirements (28)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Note: Physics requirement may be alternatively met by taking PHYS 2500 , 2500L , 2510 , and 2510L.
Lower-division requirements (35)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Completion of the lower-division requirements results in satisfaction of GE 2, 5A, 5B, and 5C (10 units).
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: PHYS 2510
Gateway: PHYS 3100
The deepest prerequisite chains in PHYS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
7 courses deep, ending at PHYS 5500
6 courses deep, ending at PHYS 4600
6 courses deep, ending at PHYS 4800
5 courses deep, ending at PHYS 5100
Upper-division requirements (28)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Can substitute ASTR 4000 for PHYS 4800 ; both count towards the GE WI requirement; Six units chosen from upper-division physics courses selected with the approval of the department:; PHYS 4851-4853; PHYS 4851L-4852L; PHYS 5751-5753; PHYS 5851-585; PHYS 5851L-5852; PHYS 5951-5953
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Upper-division requirements (30)1 required
A minimum of 29 units of upper-division course work in biology (excluding courses numbered BIOL 3000-3099), with at least one course from each of Groups A, B, and C below:; BIOL 3100 -3399; BIOL 3400 -3699; BIOL 3700 -3959
Upper-division requirements (19)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Note: The organic chemistry requirement may be met with the following five courses (13 units) instead of CHEM 3400 and CHEM 3500 :
Upper-division requirements (15)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Note: The organic chemistry requirement may be alternatively met with the following five courses (13 units):
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GE Area 5: Physical & Biological Sciences (6)choose 1
5A: Physical Science (3); 5B: Biological Science (3)
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All PHYS courses in the CSUSB catalog
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