12 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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 12 coursework.

• 18.04Complex Variables with Applicationsopens 16 courses (1 directly)
• 12.800Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Oceanopens 15 courses (6 directly)
• 18.075Methods for Scientists and Engineersopens 8 courses (7 directly)
• 12.810Dynamics of the Atmosphereopens 7 courses (3 directly)
• 18.085Computational Science and Engineering Iopens 6 courses (5 directly)
• 12.801Large-scale Ocean Dynamicsopens 6 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 12 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 117 12 and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 148 more 12 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 12. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at 12.803

  1. 18.03Differential Equations
  2. 18.04Complex Variables with Applications
  3. 12.800Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean
  4. 12.801Large-scale Ocean Dynamics
  5. 12.843Large-scale Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics
  6. 12.803Advanced Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

• 5 courses deep, ending at 12.811

  1. 18.03Differential Equations
  2. 18.04Complex Variables with Applications
  3. 12.800Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean

• 5 courses deep, ending at 12.824

  1. 18.03Differential Equations
  2. 18.04Complex Variables with Applications
  3. 12.800Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean

• 5 courses deep, ending at 12.863

  1. 18.03Differential Equations
  2. 18.04Complex Variables with Applications
  3. 12.800Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

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