After PHY 201
Gateway: PHY 201
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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 PHY coursework.
Generated from Rider 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 PHY 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 23 PHY and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 10 more PHY courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PHY, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Biologyall required
Chemistry2 required · verify with the official sheet
BCH 4XX - Advanced 400-level Biochemistry Elective
Physics8 required
Physics 100 Sequenceall required
Physics 200 Sequenceall required
Upper Level Electives4 required · verify with the official sheet
Students must take 4 more credits of upper level courses at the 300 level or above in BCH, CHE, BNS, or BIO (excluding extra credits in Independent Research and Study). At least one of the four credits must be connected to a laboratory course.
All ofall required
All ofall required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in PHY. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at PHY 400
5 courses deep, ending at PHY 100
5 courses deep, ending at PHY 310
3 courses deep, ending at PHY 101
Physicschoose 1
OR
Advanced Chemistry Course3 required
Advanced Laboratory Courses4 required · verify with the official sheet
Select laboratory courses from CHE or BCH at the 300 level or above. Some lab courses are 1-credit and some are 2-credit. See course descriptions for details.
Complete one of the following Physics course sequences8 required
Complete one of the following Chemistry course sequences8 required
Select one upper-level elective from the followingchoose 4
1 course from1 required
Senior Capstone4 required
Select one of the following options1 required
AND1 required
Biologychoose 1
Complete all of the following:
Chemistrychoose 1
OR
All PHY courses in the Rider catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under PHY yet.
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