Building the department map…
Building the department map…
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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate BIO coursework.
Generated from California State University, Sacramento’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 BIO 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 BIO and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 120 more BIO courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on BIO, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
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Required Upper Division Courses (23 Units)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Elective Courses (3 Units)choose 1
REQUIRED LOWER DIVISION (13 Units)choose 1
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Required Pre-Clinical Courses (29 Units)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select a two-semester Anatomy and Physiology series with an in-class lab such as:; Select a Microbiology course with an in-class lab such as:; Select a Chemistry course; general, inorganic, organic, or integrated (with associated lab if required at the Institution where the course was taken) such as:; Select an introductory college composition (any GE Area A2) course such as:; Select an Oral Commu
Required Lower Division Courses (37-38 Units)choose 1
Each of the remaining courses as follows:
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in BIO. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at BIO 131A
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Upper Division Elective Courses (9 Units)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 9 units: Include 3 units of CHEM, 3 units of BIO, and 3 additional units from the courses listed below.
REQUIRED UPPER DIVISION (24 Units)choose 1
Select three Health Science Courses:
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HEALTH SCIENCE ELECTIVES (15 Units)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 15 units of electives, which may include any HLTH, Aging, or Ethics courses that are not being used to fulfill a different requirement:
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Policy Electives (3 Units)choose 1
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Required Clinical Nursing Courses (64 Units)2 required · verify with the official sheet
At any time prior to 2nd semester; First Semester Courses; Second Semester Courses; Third Semester Courses; Fourth Semester Courses
Additional Graduation Requirements (3 Units)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select a course in societal-cultural patterns at any time before graduation and prior to certification of eligibility for state licensure such as:; The following additional courses are recommended but not required:
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Required Upper Division Courses (26 Units)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 6 units from the following:; Select 6 units not taken previously from the following:; Select 3-5 other upper-division geology courses with permission of instructor
All BIO courses in the Sac State catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for BIO yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under BIO yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
BIO does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Sac State campus feed.