After BDS 310
Gateway: BDS 310
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Department paths
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate BDS coursework.
Generated from Oregon State University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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 BDS 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 42 BDS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 13 more BDS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on BDS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Biological Scienceall required
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Biological Data Sciencesall required
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Biology Professional Development; Writing and Communications Core; Mathematics and Statistics Core; Biological Sciences Core; These courses are arranged in the order they are generally taken:; Senior Biology Major Field Test; Students are required to take a comprehensive, two-hour Biology Major Field Test in their final OSU term (or spring term if they will graduate in summer):; Difference, Power,
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Chemistryall required
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Plant Structure/Diversity/Systematics; Plant Ecology; Plant Physiology/Biochemistry; Plant Genomics
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Biology; Chemistry; Biochemistry; Mathematics; Select two courses from the following:; Statistics; Additional Quantitative Skills; Select a minimum of two courses from the following:; Others by approval of advisor (or additional courses from Mathematics block); Writing Intensive Course
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Biochemistry/Molecular Biology; Computer Science; Genomics and Bioinformatics; Statistics
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Foundational Sciencechoose 1
Biology; Chemistry; Mathematics; Statistics
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in BDS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at BDS 411
3 courses deep, ending at BDS 474
2 courses deep, ending at BDS 420
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Physics or Quantitative and Computational Applications; Select two additional courses from the following:
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Organismal Biology and Physiologychoose 1
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Ecology and Evolution or Cellular, Molecular and Genomicschoose 1
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Experiential Learning or Integrative Biology Electivechoose 1
Select any combination of three credits from the following:; Study abroad experiences by approval; Select an additional course from the following (not used above) or see option
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Molecular Biology1 required
Advanced Molecular, Cell, Organismal or Physiologychoose 1
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Advanced Plant Molecular, Cellular & Genomic Botany2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select at least two courses from the following:; Select at least 8 credits from the following:; Up to 3 credits of approved Experiential Learning (e.g., BOT 401 ); Other courses with advisor approval
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Data Sciencechoose 1
Crop Productionchoose 1
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Writing Intensive Coursechoose 1
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Electiveschoose 1
Select additional electives from BI, BB, BDS, FW, and Z with advisor approval
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Botany Corechoose 1
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Transferable Skillschoose 1
Geospatial and Analytical; Leadership and Applied Ethics; Additional Course; Select an additional course from the Geospatial and Analytical or Leadership and Applied Ethics categories above.
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Vertebrate Biology and Systematicschoose 1
Vertebrate Biology; Systematics; Additional Course
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Botanychoose 1
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Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select at least 10 credits from the following courses:; Up to 3 credits of approved Experiential Learning (e.g., BOT 401 ); Other courses with advisor approval
All BDS courses in the Oregon State catalog
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