GEOL at University of Maryland, College Park

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 GEOL coursework.

• MATH 120Elementary Calculus Iopens 32 courses (9 directly)
• CHEM 131Chemistry I - Fundamentals of General Chemistryopens 21 courses (11.3 directly)
• GEOL 110Physical Geology Laboratoryopens 21 courses (8.3 directly)
• CHEM 135General Chemistry for Engineersopens 19 courses (6.6 directly)
• MATH 140Calculus Iopens 18 courses (9.8 directly)
• CHEM 132General Chemistry I Laboratoryopens 18 courses (5.6 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 GEOL 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 63 GEOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 13 more GEOL 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 GEOL, 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 GEOL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 8 courses deep, ending at GEOL 473

  1. MATH 115Precalculus
  2. MATH 120Elementary Calculus I
  3. CHEM 135General Chemistry for Engineers
  4. CHEM 136General Chemistry Laboratory for Engineers
  5. GEOL 322Mineralogy
  6. GEOL 423Optical Mineralogy
  7. GEOL 443Petrology
  8. GEOL 473Origin and Evolution of the Continents

• 7 courses deep, ending at GEOL 431

  1. MATH 115Precalculus
  2. MATH 120Elementary Calculus I
  3. BSCI 160Principles of Ecology and Evolution

• 7 courses deep, ending at GEOL 435

  1. MATH 115Precalculus
  2. MATH 120Elementary Calculus I
  3. CHEM 135General Chemistry for Engineers

• 7 courses deep, ending at GEOL 491

  1. MATH 115Precalculus
  2. MATH 120Elementary Calculus I
  3. CHEM 135General Chemistry for Engineers

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for GEOL yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under GEOL yet.

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Department events

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