Chemistry at Northwestern University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. CHEM 110-0Quantitative Problem Solving in Chemistry
  2. CHEM 131-0Fundamentals of Chemistry I
• 1. CHEM 171-0Advanced General Inorganic Chemistry
  2. CHEM 181-0Advanced General Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
  3. MATH 220-1Single-Variable Differential Calculus
  4. CHEM 172-0Advanced General Physical Chemistry
• 1. CHEM 181-0Advanced General Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
  2. CHEM 171-0Advanced General Inorganic Chemistry
  3. MATH 220-1Single-Variable Differential Calculus
• 1. CHEM 151-0General Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 161-0General Chemistry Laboratory I
  3. CHEM 152-0General Chemistry II

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 CHEM coursework.

• CHEM 172-0Advanced General Physical Chemistryopens 29 courses (7 directly)
• CHEM 182-0Advanced General Physical Chemistry Laboratoryopens 29 courses (6 directly)
• CHEM 131-0Fundamentals of Chemistry Iopens 29 courses (1 directly)
• CHEM 141-0Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory Iopens 29 courses (1 directly)
• CHEM 132-0Fundamentals of Chemistry IIopens 28 courses (6 directly)
• CHEM 152-0General Chemistry IIopens 28 courses (6 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 CHEM 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 52 CHEM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 23 more CHEM 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 CHEM, 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 CHEM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 14 courses deep, ending at CHEM 303-0

  1. CHEM 235-3Organic Chemistry Lab III
  2. CHEM 215-3Organic Chemistry III
  3. CHEM 342-1Thermodynamics
  4. CHEM 342-2Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy
  5. CHEM 342-3Kinetics and Statistical Thermodynamics
  6. CHEM 303-0Principles of Physical Chemistry

• 12 courses deep, ending at CHEM 350-2

  1. CHEM 235-3Organic Chemistry Lab III
  2. CHEM 215-3Organic Chemistry III
  3. CHEM 350-1Advanced Laboratory 1

• 8 courses deep, ending at CHEM 306-0

  1. CHEM 235-2Organic Chemistry Lab II
  2. CHEM 215-2Organic Chemistry II
  3. CHEM 306-0Environmental Chemistry

• 7 courses deep, ending at CHEM 217-2

  1. CHEM 237-2Accelerated Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
  2. CHEM 217-2Accelerated Organic Chemistry II

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

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