Biology at Northeastern 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 BIOL coursework.

• BIOL 2299Inquiries in Biological Sciencesopens 38 courses (6 directly)
• EEMB 2400Introduction to Evolutionopens 31 courses (2 directly)
• BIOL 2301Genetics and Molecular Biologyopens 29 courses (26 directly)
• BIOL 1113General Biology 2opens 10 courses (4 directly)
• BIOL 3405Neurobiologyopens 6 courses (6 directly)
• BIOL 3611Biochemistryopens 3 courses (3 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 BIOL 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 70 BIOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 40 more BIOL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on BIOL, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in BIOL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at BIOL 5541

  1. BIOL 1107Foundations of Biology
  2. BIOL 2299Inquiries in Biological Sciences
  3. BIOL 2301Genetics and Molecular Biology
  4. BIOL 3611Biochemistry
  5. BIOL 4707Cell and Molecular Biology
  6. BIOL 5541Endocrinology

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOL 3601

  1. BIOL 1107Foundations of Biology
  2. BIOL 1113General Biology 2
  3. BIOL 3405Neurobiology

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOL 9996

  1. BIOL 9000PhD Candidacy Achieved
  2. BIOL 9990Dissertation Term 1
  3. BIOL 9991Dissertation Term 2

• 2 courses deep, ending at BIOL 1112

  1. BIOL 1111General Biology 1
  2. BIOL 1112Lab for BIOL 1111

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for BIOL yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BIOL yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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