GEL 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 GEL coursework.

• MAT 017CCalculus for Biology & Medicineopens 46 courses (14 directly)
• MAT 017ACalculus for Biology & Medicineopens 46 courses (13 directly)
• MAT 021ACalculusopens 46 courses (13 directly)
• MAT 021CCalculusopens 46 courses (13 directly)
• MAT 021BCalculusopens 46 courses (12 directly)
• MAT 017BCalculus for Biology & Medicineopens 46 courses (11 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 GEL 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 88 GEL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 51 more GEL courses 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 GEL, 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 GEL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 14 courses deep, ending at GEL 103

  1. PHY 009BClassical Physics
  2. PHY 007AGeneral Physics
  3. GEL 101Structural Geology
  4. GEL 101LStructural Geology Lab
  5. GEL 103Field Geology

• 14 courses deep, ending at GEL 250

  1. PHY 009CClassical Physics
  2. PHY 007CGeneral Physics
  3. GEL 146Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry & Cosmochemistry

• 13 courses deep, ending at GEL 110B

  1. MAT 021ACalculus
  2. MAT 017ACalculus for Biology & Medicine
  3. GEL 060Earth Materials: Introduction

• 13 courses deep, ending at GEL 228

  1. ESP 150APhysical & Chemical Oceanography
  2. GEL 150APhysical & Chemical Oceanography
  3. GEL 228Topics in Paleoceanography

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for GEL yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under GEL yet.

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Department events

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