7 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 7 coursework.

• 7.05General Biochemistryopens 42 courses (26 directly)
• 7.06Cell Biologyopens 17 courses (16 directly)
• 5.07[J] Introduction to Biological Chemistryopens 7 courses (6 directly)
• 5.13Organic Chemistry IIopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• 7.28Molecular Biologyopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• 2.005Thermal-Fluids Engineering Iopens 1 course (1 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 7 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 69 7 and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 79 more 7 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 7. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at 7.24

  1. 5.12Organic Chemistry I
  2. 7.05General Biochemistry
  3. 7.06Cell Biology
  4. 7.23[J] Immunology
  5. 7.24Advanced Concepts in Immunology

• 4 courses deep, ending at 7.19

  1. 5.12Organic Chemistry I
  2. 5.07[J] Introduction to Biological Chemistry
  3. 5.362Cancer Drug Efficacy

• 2 courses deep, ending at 7.003

  1. 7.002Fundamentals of Experimental Molecular Biology
  2. 7.003[J] Applied Molecular Biology Laboratory

• 2 courses deep, ending at 7.28

  1. 7.03Genetics
  2. 7.28Molecular Biology

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for 7 yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under 7 yet.

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Department events

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