BIOS at University of Illinois Chicago

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 BIOS coursework.

• CHEM 232Structure and Functionopens 13 courses (2.7 directly)
• CHEM 230Organic Chemistry of Biological Systemsopens 12 courses (2.7 directly)
• BIOS 220Geneticsopens 11 courses (8.7 directly)
• BIOS 230Evolution and Ecologyopens 9 courses (7.2 directly)
• BIOS 286The Biology of the Brainopens 8 courses (3.3 directly)
• PSCH 262Behavioral Neuroscienceopens 7 courses (2.3 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 BIOS 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 89 BIOS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 35 more BIOS 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 BIOS, 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 BIOS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at BIOS 559

  1. CHEM 115Comprehensive General and Organic Chemistry
  2. CHEM 232Structure and Function
  3. CHEM 234Chemical Synthesis
  4. BIOS 452Biochemistry I.
  5. BIOS 454Biochemistry II.
  6. BIOS 559Special Topics in Biochemistry

• 5 courses deep, ending at BIOS 475

  1. BIOS 110Biology of Cells and Organisms
  2. BIOS 286The Biology of the Brain
  3. BIOS 484Neuroscience I.

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOS 321

  1. BIOS 110Biology of Cells and Organisms
  2. BIOS 220Genetics
  3. BIOS 320Developmental Biology

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOS 351

  1. CHEM 115Comprehensive General and Organic Chemistry
  2. CHEM 230Organic Chemistry of Biological Systems
  3. BIOS 250Microbiology and Application to Health

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for BIOS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BIOS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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