Chemistry at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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 CHEM coursework.

• CHEM 2250Organic Chemistry Iopens 11 courses (6 directly)
• CHEM 1220Chemistry II Honorsopens 11 courses (3.8 directly)
• CHEM 1200Chemistry IIopens 11 courses (2.8 directly)
• CHEM 2110Equilibrium Chemistry and Quantitative Analysisopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• CHEM 2260Organic Chemistry IIopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• CHEM 2290Experimental Chemistry II: Synthesis and Characterizationopens 3 courses (2 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 CHEM 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 39 CHEM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 44 more CHEM 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 CHEM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at CHEM 4120

  1. CHEM 1100Principles of Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 1200Chemistry II
  3. CHEM 2110Equilibrium Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis
  4. CHEM 2290Experimental Chemistry II: Synthesis and Characterization
  5. CHEM 4020Experimental Chemistry III: Inorganic and Physical Methods
  6. CHEM 4120Experimental Chemistry IV: Physical and Instrumental Methods

• 4 courses deep, ending at CHEM 4010

  1. CHEM 1100Principles of Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 1200Chemistry II
  3. CHEM 2030Inorganic Chemistry I

• 4 courses deep, ending at CHEM 4300

  1. CHEM 1100Principles of Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 2250Organic Chemistry I
  3. CHEM 2260Organic Chemistry II

• 4 courses deep, ending at CHEM 4770

  1. CHEM 1100Principles of Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 2250Organic Chemistry I
  3. BCBP 4760Molecular Biochemistry I

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CHEM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CHEM yet.

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