After BIOS 301
Gateway: BIOS 301
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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from Rice University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate BIOS coursework.
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 BIOS 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 112 BIOS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 63 more BIOS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on BIOS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Non-Biology Courses; Select 1 from the following:; Lecture Courses
Elective Lecture Course in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 1 course from the following:
Elective Lecture Course in Biochemistry and Cell Biology2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 1 course from the following:
Elective Laboratory Course2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 1 course from the following:
Independent Researchall required
Select a minimum of 9 credit hours from the following:
Capstone Requirement2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 1 course from the following:
Total Credit Hours15 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: BIOS 301
Gateway: BIOS 202
Gateway: BIOS 341
Gateway: BIOS 212
The deepest prerequisite chains in BIOS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at BIOS 441
6 courses deep, ending at BIOS 447
5 courses deep, ending at BIOS 322
5 courses deep, ending at BIOS 530
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Elective Lecture Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 2 courses from the following (or select 2 additional courses (6 credit hours) from the Elective Lecture Courses in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, see course list above)
Core Laboratory Course1 required
Total Credit Hours15 required
Total Credit Hours15 required
Elective Lecture Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 2 courses from the following (or select 2 additional courses (6 credit hours) from the Elective Lecture Courses in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, see course list above)
Core Laboratory Course1 required
Total Credit Hours15 required
Core Laboratory Course1 required
Total Credit Hours15 required
Total Credit Hours15 required
Core Laboratory Course1 required
Total Credit Hours15 required
Total Credit Hours15 required
Core Requirementsall required
1 course from1 required
Total Credit Hours15 required
Total Credit Hours15 required
Total Credit Hours Required for the Major in Physics and a Major Concentration in Biological Physics15 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Credit Hours to Complete Degree Requirements; University Graduation Requirements
Total Credit Hours15 required
All BIOS courses in the Rice catalog
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