Chemistry at University of Maryland, College Park

Intro sequences

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

• 1. CHEM 237Principles of Organic Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 247Principles of Organic Chemistry II
• 1. CHEM 241Organic Chemistry II
  2. CHEM 242Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
  3. CHEM 276General Chemistry and Energetics - Majors
• 1. CHEM 242Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
  2. CHEM 241Organic Chemistry II
  3. CHEM 276General Chemistry and Energetics - Majors

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 CHEM coursework.

• CHEM 247Principles of Organic Chemistry IIopens 13 courses (4.3 directly)
• MATH 141Calculus IIopens 11 courses (4 directly)
• CHEM 276General Chemistry and Energetics - Majorsopens 9 courses (2.8 directly)
• CHEM 277Fundamentals of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Laboratoryopens 8 courses (3.3 directly)
• CHEM 135General Chemistry for Engineersopens 8 courses (2.7 directly)
• PHYS 260General Physics: Electricity, Magnetism and Thermodynamicsopens 6 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 CHEM 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 40 CHEM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 8 more CHEM 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 CHEM, 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 CHEM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at CHEM 433

  1. AOSC 433Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate
  2. CHEM 433Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate

• 5 courses deep, ending at CHEM 441

  1. CHEM 237Principles of Organic Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 247Principles of Organic Chemistry II
  3. CHEM 276General Chemistry and Energetics - Majors
  4. CHEM 480Principles of Physical Chemistry
  5. CHEM 441Advanced Organic Chemistry

• 5 courses deep, ending at CHEM 483

  1. CHEM 237Principles of Organic Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 247Principles of Organic Chemistry II
  3. CHEM 276General Chemistry and Energetics - Majors

• 5 courses deep, ending at CHEM 484

  1. CHEM 237Principles of Organic Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 247Principles of Organic Chemistry II
  3. CHEM 276General Chemistry and Energetics - Majors

Grade medians

Professors

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