Biology at University of Oklahoma

Intro sequences

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

• 1. BIOL 1124Intro Biol: Molecule/Cell/Phys.4 Credit Hours
  2. CHEM 1315General Chemistry.5 Credit Hours
  3. CHEM 1335General Chemistry I: Signature Course.5 Credit Hours
  4. CHEM 1435General Chemistry II: Signature Course.5 Credit Hours
  5. BIOL 3813Fundamentals of Microbiology.3 Credit Hours
• 1. BIOL 1114Introductory Zoology.4 Credit Hours
  2. CHEM 1315General Chemistry.5 Credit Hours
  3. CHEM 1335General Chemistry I: Signature Course.5 Credit Hours
• 1. BIOL 1111Perspectives and Professional Skills in the Biological Sciences.1 Credit Hour
  2. BIOL 1134Introductory Biology: Evolution, Ecology and Diversity.4 Credit Hours
• 1. BIOL 1121Introductory Zoology Lab.1 Credit Hour
  2. BIOL 1114Introductory Zoology.4 Credit Hours
  3. BIOL 3333Genetics.3 Credit Hours

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 BIOL coursework.

• BIOL 1134Introductory Biology: Evolution, Ecology and Diversity.4 Credit Hoursopens 69 courses (21.4 directly)
• CHEM 1435General Chemistry II: Signature Course.5 Credit Hoursopens 34 courses (2 directly)
• CHEM 1415General Chemistry (Continued).5 Credit Hoursopens 34 courses (1.5 directly)
• CHEM 3053Organic Chemistry I: Biological Emphasis.3 Credit Hoursopens 23 courses (7 directly)
• BIOL 3813Fundamentals of Microbiology.3 Credit Hoursopens 19 courses (10.9 directly)
• BIOL 3333Genetics.3 Credit Hoursopens 13 courses (10.2 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 BIOL 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 110 BIOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 59 more BIOL 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 BIOL, 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 BIOL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at BIOL 3122

  1. CHEM 1315General Chemistry.5 Credit Hours
  2. CHEM 1415General Chemistry (Continued).5 Credit Hours
  3. CHEM 3053Organic Chemistry I: Biological Emphasis.3 Credit Hours
  4. BIOL 3113Cell Biology.3 Credit Hours
  5. BIOL 3122Cell Biology Laboratory.2 Credit Hours

• 5 courses deep, ending at BIOL 4471

  1. BIOL 1111Perspectives and Professional Skills in the Biological Sciences.1 Credit Hour
  2. BIOL 1134Introductory Biology: Evolution, Ecology and Diversity.4 Credit Hours
  3. BIOL 3403Principles of Ecology.3 Credit Hours

• 5 courses deep, ending at BIOL 4693

  1. BIOL 1111Perspectives and Professional Skills in the Biological Sciences.1 Credit Hour
  2. BIOL 1134Introductory Biology: Evolution, Ecology and Diversity.4 Credit Hours
  3. BIOL 3013Evolution.3 Credit Hours

• 5 courses deep, ending at BIOL 4703

  1. BIOL 1111Perspectives and Professional Skills in the Biological Sciences.1 Credit Hour
  2. BIOL 1134Introductory Biology: Evolution, Ecology and Diversity.4 Credit Hours
  3. BIOL 3813Fundamentals of Microbiology.3 Credit Hours

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

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