Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from University of Montana’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate WILD coursework.
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 WILD 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 21 WILD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 36 more WILD courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on WILD, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Major Required Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Complete all of the following courses:
Major Required Courses - Aquatic Concentrationchoose 1
Complete all of the following courses:
Outside Major Required Coursesall required
Complete all of the following courses:
Writing in the Disciplines Requirement2 required · verify with the official sheet
Complete any three of the courses from the following lists:; The following courses are required in the Aquatic Concentration:; The following courses are additional options that can also be used to fulfill the Writing in the Disciplines requirement:
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in WILD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at WILD 480
2 courses deep, ending at WILD 541
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Writing in the Disciplines Requirement2 required · verify with the official sheet
Complete any three of the courses from the following lists:; The following courses are required in the Terrestrial Concentration:; And two of the following three:; The following courses are additional options that can also be used to fulfill the Writing in the Disciplines requirement:
Electives1 required
Complete 12 credits of the following courses:; 300- and 400-level Environmental Science (ENSC) courses; 300- and 400-level Environmental Studies (ENST) courses; 300- and 400-level Earth Systems (ERTH) courses; 300- and 400-level Forestry (FORS) courses; 300- and 400-level Geoscience (GEO) courses; 300- and 400-level Geography (GPHY) courses; 300- and 400-level Natural Resource Management (NRSM) co
Additional Upper-Division Courses Required for the Ecology & Organismal Biology Concentration1 required
Complete a minimum of 21 credits of upper-division BIOB, BIOE, BIOH, BIOL, BIOM, BIOO, or BCH course, with at least one course from each of the following subcategories. Other recommended courses include BCH 380 or BCH 480 -BCH 482. 21 total credits required.
Specialized Ecology Course Requirementchoose 1
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Chemistrychoose 1
Introductory Chemistry (10 credits):; Advanced Chemistry (20 credits):
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Physicschoose 1
Algebra- and Trigonometry-based Physics:; Calculus-based Physics:
All WILD courses in the Montana catalog
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