Chemistry at University of California, Irvine

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 1AGeneral Chemistryopens 52 courses (2 directly)
• CHEM 1BGeneral Chemistryopens 50 courses (2 directly)
• CHEM 1CGeneral Chemistryopens 48 courses (8 directly)
• MATH 2BSingle-Variable Calculus IIopens 33 courses (5 directly)
• CHEM 1LCGeneral Chemistry Laboratoryopens 26 courses (1 directly)
• CHEM 1LEAccelerated General Chemistry Labopens 26 courses (1 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 98 CHEM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 39 more CHEM 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 CHEM, 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 CHEM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 11 courses deep, ending at CHEM 180W

  1. CHEM 1PPreparation for General Chemistry
  2. CHEM 1AGeneral Chemistry
  3. CHEM 1BGeneral Chemistry
  4. CHEM 1CGeneral Chemistry
  5. CHEM 1LDGeneral Chemistry Laboratory
  6. CHEM 51AOrganic Chemistry
  7. CHEM 51BOrganic Chemistry
  8. CHEM 51COrganic Chemistry
  9. CHEM 100SLaboratory Safety for Chemists
  10. CHEM 180Undergraduate Research
  11. CHEM 180WSenior Thesis in Chemistry

• 11 courses deep, ending at CHEM 216

  1. CHEM 1PPreparation for General Chemistry
  2. CHEM 1AGeneral Chemistry
  3. CHEM 1BGeneral Chemistry

• 11 courses deep, ending at CHEM 245C

  1. CHEM 1PPreparation for General Chemistry
  2. CHEM 1AGeneral Chemistry
  3. CHEM 1BGeneral Chemistry

• 10 courses deep, ending at CHEM 145B

  1. CHEM 1PPreparation for General Chemistry
  2. CHEM 1AGeneral Chemistry
  3. CHEM 1BGeneral Chemistry

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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Department events

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