GDB at University of California, Davis

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 GDB coursework.

• STA 013Elementary Statisticsopens 5 courses (4 directly)
• STA 013VElementary Statisticsopens 5 courses (2 directly)
• BIO 002Introductory Biology: Molecules to Cellsopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• BIS 002CIntroduction to Biology: Biodiversity & the Tree of Lifeopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• BIO 001LIntroductory Biology Lab: Ecology & Evolutionopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• GDB 187Global Disease Biology Seminaropens 2 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 GDB 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 GDB and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 1 more GDB course have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on GDB, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in GDB. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at GDB 102

  1. STA 013VElementary Statistics
  2. STA 013Elementary Statistics
  3. STA 013YElementary Statistics
  4. GDB 101Epidemiology
  5. GDB 102Disease Intervention & Policy

• 4 courses deep, ending at GDB 189D

  1. GDB 090Introduction to Global Disease Biology
  2. GDB 187Global Disease Biology Seminar
  3. GDB 189Global Disease Biology Senior Research

• 3 courses deep, ending at GDB 103

  1. BIS 002BIntroduction to Biology: Principles of Ecology & Evolution
  2. BIS 002CIntroduction to Biology: Biodiversity & the Tree of Life
  3. GDB 103Microbiome of People, Animals, & Plants

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for GDB yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under GDB yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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