SEES at University of Iowa

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. SEES 1030Introduction to Earth Science
  2. SEES 1050Introduction to Geology
  3. SEES 1080Introduction to Environmental Science
  4. SEES 1400Natural Disasters
  5. SEES 2831Earth and Environmental Field Methods
• 1. SEES 1050Introduction to Geology
  2. SEES 1030Introduction to Earth Science
  3. SEES 1080Introduction to Environmental Science
• 1. SEES 1080Introduction to Environmental Science
  2. SEES 1030Introduction to Earth Science
  3. SEES 1050Introduction to Geology
• 1. SEES 1020The Global Environment
  2. BIOL 1141Human Biology: Health Professions
  3. BIOL 1261Introduction to Botany

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 SEES coursework.

• MATH 1020Elementary Functionsopens 15 courses (4 directly)
• CHEM 1110Principles of Chemistry Iopens 7 courses (5 directly)
• MATH 1850Calculus Iopens 6 courses (4 directly)
• SEES 2374Biogeographyopens 5 courses (5 directly)
• MATH 1550Engineering Calculus Iopens 4 courses (2 directly)
• SEES 2831Earth and Environmental Field Methodsopens 3 courses (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 SEES 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 75 SEES and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 84 more SEES 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 SEES. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at SEES 3001

  1. MATH 1010Trigonometry
  2. MATH 1020Elementary Functions
  3. CHEM 1110Principles of Chemistry I
  4. SEES 2410Mineralogy
  5. SEES 3001Third-Year Field Trip for Earth and Environmental Sciences

• 5 courses deep, ending at SEES 4660

  1. MATH 1010Trigonometry
  2. MATH 1020Elementary Functions
  3. MATH 1550Engineering Calculus I

• 5 courses deep, ending at SEES 4680

  1. MATH 1010Trigonometry
  2. MATH 1020Elementary Functions
  3. MATH 1550Engineering Calculus I

• 5 courses deep, ending at SEES 5530

  1. MATH 1010Trigonometry
  2. MATH 1020Elementary Functions
  3. CHEM 1110Principles of Chemistry I

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for SEES yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SEES yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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