CPM at North Dakota State University

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 CPM coursework.

• CHEM 240Survey of Organic Chemistryopens 7 courses (2 directly)
• CHEM 342Organic Chemistry II.opens 6 courses (1 directly)
• CPM 675Coatings' Materials Scienceopens 3 courses (2.3 directly)
• CPM 474Applied Polymer Scienceopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• CHEM 122General Chemistry II.opens 1 course (1 directly)
• CPM 473Polymer Synthesisopens 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 CPM 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 34 CPM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 34 more CPM 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 CPM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at CPM 485

  1. CHEM 121General Chemistry I.
  2. CHEM 240Survey of Organic Chemistry
  3. CHEM 342Organic Chemistry II.
  4. CPM 474Applied Polymer Science
  5. CPM 484Coatings I Laboratory
  6. CPM 485Coatings II Laboratory

• 5 courses deep, ending at CPM 483

  1. CHEM 121General Chemistry I.
  2. CHEM 240Survey of Organic Chemistry
  3. CHEM 342Organic Chemistry II.

• 3 courses deep, ending at CPM 436

  1. CHEM 121General Chemistry I.
  2. CHEM 122General Chemistry II.
  3. CPM 436Biopolymers and Biocomposites

• 3 courses deep, ending at CPM 685

  1. CPM 674Applied Polymer Science
  2. CPM 684Coatings I Laboratory
  3. CPM 685Coatings II Laboratory

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CPM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CPM yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

CPM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the NDSU campus feed.