ENVS at Loyola University 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 ENVS coursework.

• ENVS 237Foundations of Environmental Chemistryopens 18 courses (1.3 directly)
• ENVS 280Principles of Ecologyopens 16 courses (12 directly)
• BIOL 102General Biology IIopens 15 courses (2.5 directly)
• BIOL 265Ecologyopens 12 courses (7 directly)
• ENVS 238Foundations of Environmental Science Labopens 6 courses (0.3 directly)
• ENVS 286Principles of Ecology Labopens 5 courses (2 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 ENVS 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 87 ENVS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 62 more ENVS 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 ENVS, 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 ENVS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at ENVS 321

  1. BIOL 101General Biology I
  2. BIOL 102General Biology II
  3. BIOL 265Ecology
  4. BIOL 266Ecology Laboratory
  5. ENVS 320Conservation Biology
  6. ENVS 321Conservation Biology Lab

• 6 courses deep, ending at ENVS 331

  1. BIOL 101General Biology I
  2. BIOL 102General Biology II
  3. BIOL 265Ecology

• 5 courses deep, ending at ENVS 326

  1. ENVS 101The Scientific Basis of Environmental Issues
  2. ENVS 237Foundations of Environmental Chemistry
  3. ENVS 238Foundations of Environmental Science Lab

• 5 courses deep, ending at ENVS 389

  1. ENVS 101The Scientific Basis of Environmental Issues
  2. ENVS 237Foundations of Environmental Chemistry
  3. ENVS 280Principles of Ecology

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ENVS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ENVS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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