Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ZO coursework.
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.
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 ZO 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 20 ZO and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 1 more ZO course have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on ZO, 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
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in ZO. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at ZO 317
4 courses deep, ending at ZO 334
2 courses deep, ending at ZO 350
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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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All ZO courses in the NC State catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for ZO yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under ZO yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
ZO does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the NC State campus feed.