Department paths

Biology at Pennsylvania State University

Courses: 132
Prereq links: 2
Depth: 3 tiers
Feeder courses: 1

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 420Paleobotanyopens 1 course (1 directly)
GEOSC 420Paleobotanyopens 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 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 2 BIOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 131 more BIOL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

All BIOL courses in the Penn State catalog

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Professors

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Clubs & organizations

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Department events

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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.

BiologyBS54 BIOL courses · ~3 total

Biology in the Planner

Prescribed Courses1 required

BIOL 463

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CHEM 210 & CHEM 212 & ( CHEM 213 or CHEM 213W or CHEM 213M ); Groups; Select a minimum of 15 credits of 400-level biology courses, with at least 6 credits from the Ecology group, 3 credits from the Evolution group, and 3 credits from the Practicum group. A maximum of 3 credits of BIOL 400 , 494 , 495 , 496 , and SC 295 , 395 , 495 may be used to fulfill 15 credits minimum in the 400-level biology

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STAT 462

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STAT 464

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CHEM 202

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