BIOCHEM at Ohio State 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 BIOCHEM coursework.

• CHEM 2510Organic Chemistry Iopens 11 courses (3 directly)
• CHEM 2520Organic Chemistry IIopens 9 courses (5 directly)
• BIOCHEM 6761Advanced Biochemistry: Macromolecular Structure and Functionopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• BIOCHEM 5721Physical Biochemistry Iopens 1 course (1 directly)
• BIOCHEM 6701Advanced Biochemistry: Molecular Biologyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• CHEM 4200Physical Chemistry for Chemical Science Iopens 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 BIOCHEM 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 21 BIOCHEM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 9 more BIOCHEM 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 BIOCHEM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at BIOCHEM 7766.01

  1. CHEM 1220General Chemistry II
  2. CHEM 2510Organic Chemistry I
  3. CHEM 2520Organic Chemistry II
  4. BIOCHEM 6761Advanced Biochemistry: Macromolecular Structure and Function
  5. BIOCHEM 6701Advanced Biochemistry: Molecular Biology
  6. BIOCHEM 7766.01Advanced Biochemistry: Nucleic Acids

• 5 courses deep, ending at BIOCHEM 5722

  1. CHEM 1220General Chemistry II
  2. CHEM 2510Organic Chemistry I
  3. CHEM 2520Organic Chemistry II

• 2 courses deep, ending at BIOCHEM 2210

  1. CHEM 1110Elementary Chemistry
  2. BIOCHEM 2210Elements of Biochemistry

• 2 courses deep, ending at BIOCHEM 8990

  1. BIOCHEM 5615Biochemistry and Molecular Biology III
  2. BIOCHEM 8990Advanced Topics in Biochemistry

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for BIOCHEM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BIOCHEM yet.

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Department events

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