BIOC at University of Minnesota Twin Cities

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 BIOC coursework.

• BIOC 4331Structure/Catalysis/Metabolismopens 13 courses (7.2 directly)
• BIOC 3021Biochemistryopens 10 courses (5.5 directly)
• BIOC 3022Biochem for Life Scientistsopens 8 courses (2.5 directly)
• BIOC 4332Signal Trans/Gene Expressionopens 3 courses (2.3 directly)
• BIOC 4521Intro to Physical Biochemistryopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• BIOC 4993Directed Studiesopens 2 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 BIOC 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 44 BIOC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 46 more BIOC 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 BIOC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOC 4125

  1. BIOL 1009General Biology
  2. BIOC 3021Biochemistry
  3. BIOL 4003Genetics
  4. BIOC 4125Molecular Bio & Biotech Lab

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOC 4225

  1. BIOL 1009General Biology
  2. BIOC 4331Structure/Catalysis/Metabolism
  3. BIOC 4521Intro to Physical Biochemistry

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOC 4325

  1. CHEM 2081Chemistry for Life Science III
  2. BIOC 3022Biochem for Life Scientists
  3. BIOC 4332Signal Trans/Gene Expression

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOC 4793W

  1. BIOC 4994Directed Research
  2. BIOC 4993Directed Studies
  3. BIOC 4793WDirected Studies: WI

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for BIOC yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BIOC yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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