Biology at College of the Holy Cross

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 261Geneticsopens 6 courses (2.4 directly)
• BIOL 266Cell Biologyopens 5 courses (1.9 directly)
• BIOL 269Neurobiology Lectureopens 5 courses (0.9 directly)
• BIOL 301Biochemistry 1opens 3 courses (1 directly)
• CHEM 301Biochemistryopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• BIOL 241Virologyopens 3 courses (0.7 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 45 BIOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 11 more BIOL 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 BIOL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOL 304

  1. CHEM 222Organic Chemistry 2
  2. BIOL 301Biochemistry 1
  3. BIOL 302Biochemistry 2
  4. BIOL 304Biochemistry 2 Lab

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOL 393

  1. BIOL 161Introduction to Cell & Molecular Biology
  2. BIOL 223Microbiology
  3. BIOL 392Molecular Immunology

• 3 courses deep, ending at BIOL 212

  1. BIOL 161Introduction to Cell & Molecular Biology
  2. BIOL 211Anatomy & Physiology I
  3. BIOL 212Anatomy and Physiology 2

• 3 courses deep, ending at BIOL 234

  1. BIOL 163Introduction to Biol Diversity and Ecology
  2. BIOL 233Freshwater Ecology
  3. BIOL 234Freshwater Ecology Lab

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 Holy Cross campus feed.