5 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Intro sequences

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

• 1. 5.12Organic Chemistry I
  2. 5.13Organic Chemistry II
• 1. 5.601Thermodynamics I
  2. 5.602Thermodynamics II and Kinetics

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 5 coursework.

• 5.13Organic Chemistry IIopens 15 courses (7 directly)
• 5.03Principles of Inorganic Chemistry Iopens 13 courses (11 directly)
• 7.05General Biochemistryopens 13 courses (11 directly)
• 5.07[J] Introduction to Biological Chemistryopens 12 courses (12 directly)
• 5.43Advanced Organic Chemistryopens 7 courses (4 directly)
• 5.602Thermodynamics II and Kineticsopens 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 5 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 60 5 and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 42 more 5 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 5. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at 5.067

  1. 5.12Organic Chemistry I
  2. 5.03Principles of Inorganic Chemistry I
  3. 5.04Principles of Inorganic Chemistry II
  4. 5.069Crystal Structure Analysis
  5. 5.067Crystal Structure Refinement

• 5 courses deep, ending at 5.44

  1. 5.12Organic Chemistry I
  2. 5.13Organic Chemistry II
  3. 5.43Advanced Organic Chemistry

• 5 courses deep, ending at 5.45

  1. 5.12Organic Chemistry I
  2. 5.13Organic Chemistry II
  3. 5.43Advanced Organic Chemistry

• 5 courses deep, ending at 5.56

  1. 5.12Organic Chemistry I
  2. 5.13Organic Chemistry II
  3. 5.43Advanced Organic Chemistry

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

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