GE 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 GE coursework.

• GE 1502Cornerstone of Engineering 2opens 3 courses (3 directly)
• PHYS 1151Physics for Engineering 1opens 1 course (1 directly)
• PHYS 1161Physics 1opens 1 course (1 directly)
• PHYS 1171Physics 1 for Bioscience and Bioengineeringopens 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 GE 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 15 GE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 20 more GE 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 GE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at GE 2500

  1. GE 1501Cornerstone of Engineering 1
  2. GE 1502Cornerstone of Engineering 2
  3. GE 2500Design Analysis and Innovation

• 3 courses deep, ending at GE 3300

  1. MATH 1241Calculus 1
  2. PHYS 1151Physics for Engineering 1
  3. GE 3300Energy Systems: Science, Technology, and Sustainability

• 2 courses deep, ending at GE 7990

  1. GE 7945Master's Project
  2. GE 7990Thesis

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for GE yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under GE yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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