HSCI 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 HSCI coursework.

• PHSC 2303Human Physiology 2opens 3 courses (1 directly)
• HSCI 1105Human Nutritionopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• HSCI 4700Health Science Capstone Introductionopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• HSCI 5180Phenotypingopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• HSCI 5151Methods for Observational Research 2opens 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 HSCI 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 43 HSCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 16 more HSCI 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 HSCI, 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 HSCI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at HSCI 2350

  1. PHSC 2301Human Physiology 1
  2. PHSC 2303Human Physiology 2
  3. HSCI 1105Human Nutrition
  4. HSCI 2350Advanced Nutrition in Health and Disease

• 3 courses deep, ending at HSCI 4720

  1. ENGW 3302Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
  2. HSCI 4700Health Science Capstone Introduction
  3. HSCI 4720Health Science Capstone—Service

• 3 courses deep, ending at HSCI 6110

  1. HSCI 5130Introduction to Real-World Evidence
  2. HSCI 5180Phenotyping
  3. HSCI 6110Advanced Population Characterization

• 3 courses deep, ending at HSCI 6980

  1. HSCI 5150Methods for Observational Research 1
  2. HSCI 5151Methods for Observational Research 2
  3. HSCI 6980Real-World Evidence Capstone

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HSCI yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HSCI yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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