Biology at Samford University

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 333Geneticsopens 5 courses (3.5 directly)
• BIOL 302Mammalian Physiologyopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• BIOL 301Mammalian Anatomyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• BIOL 405Cell and Molecular Biologyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• BIOL 320Introduction to Neuroscienceopens 1 course (0.5 directly)
• BIOL 325General Microbiologyopens 1 course (0.5 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 39 BIOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 19 more BIOL 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 BIOL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOL 406

  1. BIOL 203Foundations of Biology I
  2. BIOL 333Genetics
  3. BIOL 405Cell and Molecular Biology
  4. BIOL 406Experimental Cell Biology

• 3 courses deep, ending at BIOL 337

  1. BIOL 203Foundations of Biology I
  2. BIOL 325General Microbiology
  3. BIOL 337Infectious Diseases

• 3 courses deep, ending at BIOL 353

  1. BIOL 203Foundations of Biology I
  2. BIOL 302Mammalian Physiology
  3. BIOL 353Special Topics in Neuroscience

• 3 courses deep, ending at BIOL 407

  1. BIOL 203Foundations of Biology I
  2. COSC 306Principles of Bioinformatics
  3. BIOL 407Advanced Bioinformatics

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for BIOL yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BIOL yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

Biology does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Samford campus feed.