BENG at University of California, San Diego

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 BENG coursework.

• MATH 18Linear Algebraopens 34 courses (9 directly)
• MATH 31AHHonors Linear Algebraopens 34 courses (9 directly)
• MATH 31BHHonors Multivariable Calculusopens 33 courses (4 directly)
• MATH 20DIntroduction to Differential Equationsopens 29 courses (10 directly)
• MAE 40Linear Circuitsopens 16 courses (5 directly)
• MATH 20EVector Calculusopens 14 courses (3 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 BENG 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 83 BENG and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 44 more BENG 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 BENG. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 10 courses deep, ending at BENG 187D

  1. MATH 20ACalculus for Science and Engineering
  2. MATH 31AHHonors Linear Algebra
  3. MATH 31BHHonors Multivariable Calculus
  4. MATH 20DIntroduction to Differential Equations
  5. BENG 110Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
  6. BENG 112ASoft Tissue Biomechanics
  7. BENG 187ABioengineering Design Project: Planning
  8. BENG 187BBioengineering Design Project: Development
  9. BENG 187CBioengineering Design Project: Implementation
  10. BENG 187DBioengineering Design Project: Presentation

• 9 courses deep, ending at BENG 188B

  1. MATH 20ACalculus for Science and Engineering
  2. MATH 31AHHonors Linear Algebra
  3. MATH 31BHHonors Multivariable Calculus

• 8 courses deep, ending at BENG 161A

  1. MATH 20ACalculus for Science and Engineering
  2. MATH 31AHHonors Linear Algebra
  3. MATH 31BHHonors Multivariable Calculus

• 8 courses deep, ending at BENG 162

  1. MATH 20ACalculus for Science and Engineering
  2. MATH 31AHHonors Linear Algebra
  3. MATH 31BHHonors Multivariable Calculus

Grade medians

Professors

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