Biology at Fairfield 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 BIOL coursework.

• BIOL 1171General Biology Iopens 35 courses (33 directly)
• BIOL 1172General Biology IIopens 32 courses (31 directly)
• BIOL 1173General Biology IIIopens 30 courses (28 directly)
• CHEM 1172General Chemistry IIopens 16 courses (3 directly)
• CHEM 2271Organic Chemistry Iopens 13 courses (4 directly)
• CHEM 2272Organic Chemistry IIopens 9 courses (8 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 BIOL 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 60 BIOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 48 more BIOL 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 BIOL, 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 BIOL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at BIOL 3323L

  1. CHEM 1171General Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 1172General Chemistry II
  3. CHEM 2271Organic Chemistry I
  4. CHEM 2272Organic Chemistry II
  5. BIOL 3324Biochemistry I
  6. BIOL 3323LBiochemistry Lab

• 5 courses deep, ending at BIOL 1108L

  1. BIOL 1107LHuman Anatomy and Physiology I Lab
  2. BIOL 1107Human Anatomy and Physiology I
  3. BIOL 1108Human Anatomy and Physiology II

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOL 3319L

  1. BIOL 1171LGeneral Biology I Lab
  2. BIOL 1171General Biology I
  3. BIOL 2218Vertebrate Zoology

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOL 3321L

  1. BIOL 1171LGeneral Biology I Lab
  2. BIOL 1171General Biology I
  3. BIOL 3321Animal Behavior

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for BIOL yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BIOL yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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