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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 North Carolina State University’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 MEA 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 MEA 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 154 MEA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 55 more MEA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on MEA, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Group A - Biological Sciences2 required · verify with the official sheet
Group A - Biological Sciences2 required · verify with the official sheet
Group A - Biological Sciences2 required · verify with the official sheet
Group A - Physical Sciences2 required · verify with the official sheet
Group A - Physical Sciences2 required · verify with the official sheet
Group B - Economics & Business2 required · verify with the official sheet
Group B - Economics & Business2 required · verify with the official sheet
Group C - Applied Sci & Tech2 required · verify with the official sheet
Group C - Applied Sci & Tech2 required · verify with the official sheet
Group C - Applied Sci & Tech2 required · verify with the official sheet
Biological Sciences (Max: 4 Units )all required
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: MA 241
Gateway: PY 205
Gateway: MA 242
Gateway: MEA 200
Gateway: MEA 101
The deepest prerequisite chains in MEA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
8 courses deep, ending at MEA 465
8 courses deep, ending at MEA 475
8 courses deep, ending at MEA 574
8 courses deep, ending at MEA 708
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Group II: Cellular and Molecular Biochoose 3
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Group III: Organismal Functionchoose 3
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Group IV: Ecologychoose 3
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Mathematical Sciences & Physicsall required
Required Life Scienceschoose 1
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GEP Courses1 required
GEP Humanities; GEP Social Sciences; GEP Health and Exercise Studies; GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives; GEP Elective; GEP Foundations of American Democracy (verify requirement); GEP Global Knowledge (verify requirement); World Language Proficiency (verify requirement)
All MEA courses in the NC State catalog
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