GCB at University of Pennsylvania

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 GCB coursework.

• BIOL 2210Molecular Biology and Geneticsopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• BIOL 1102Introduction to Biology Bopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• STAT 1120Introductory Statisticsopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• GCB 5340Experimental Genome Scienceopens 1 course (1 directly)
• GCB 5360Fundamentals of Computational Biologyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• BIOL 4234Epigeneticsopens 1 course (0.5 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 GCB 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 13 GCB and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 26 more GCB 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 GCB. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at GCB 5770

  1. BIOL 1101Introduction to Biology A
  2. BIOL 2210Molecular Biology and Genetics
  3. BIOL 4234Epigenetics
  4. GCB 5770Advanced Epigenetics Technology

• 3 courses deep, ending at GCB 5360

  1. BIOL 1101Introduction to Biology A
  2. BIOL 1102Introduction to Biology B
  3. GCB 5360Fundamentals of Computational Biology

• 2 courses deep, ending at GCB 5340

  1. BIOL 431Genome Sci & Genomic Med
  2. GCB 5340Experimental Genome Science

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for GCB yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under GCB yet.

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Department events

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