After MATH 218-3
Gateway: MATH 218-3
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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Generated from Northwestern University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate MATH coursework.
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 MATH 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 74 MATH and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 22 more MATH courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on MATH, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Adjunct Major Requirements (14 units)2 required · verify with the official sheet
6 first-year courses:; 6 second-year courses:; 2 senior-year courses:
Program Courses (10.02 units)2 required · verify with the official sheet
7 core courses (5.02 units):; 2 300-level BIOL SCI Electives; 3 courses from one of the concentration areas:; Molecular Genetics and Genomics; Cell and Developmental Biology; Human Health and Disease; Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology; Biochemistry and Biophysics; Computational and Systems Biology; Molecular Neurobiology; Interdisciplinary Biology
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: MATH 218-3
Gateway: MATH 230-1
Gateway: MATH 281-3
The deepest prerequisite chains in MATH. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
9 courses deep, ending at MATH 310-3
9 courses deep, ending at MATH 311-3
9 courses deep, ending at MATH 320-3
9 courses deep, ending at MATH 330-3
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1 statistics course - BIOL_SCI 337-0 or STAT 202-0 or other approved course
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All MATH courses in the Northwestern catalog
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