After BIOL 101L
Gateway: BIOL 101L
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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
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.
Generated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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 195 BIOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 102 more BIOL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on BIOL, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
First-Year Foundation Coursesall required
First-Year Seminar or First-Year Launch; Global Language through level 3
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Prerequisite Coursesall required
All ofall required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: BIOL 101L
Gateway: BIOL 103
Gateway: BIOL 104
Gateway: BIOL 202
Gateway: BIOL 220
The deepest prerequisite chains in BIOL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at BIOL 253
6 courses deep, ending at BIOL 441L
6 courses deep, ending at BIOL 495
6 courses deep, ending at BIOL 528
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Note: CHEM 481 and ALL Biol, Math, Phys and Chem courses numbered < 400 must be completed prior to semester 7 to avoid scheduling conflicts preventing 8 semester graduation.2 required · verify with the official sheet
Remaining Gen Eds and electives
Additional Requirementsall required
18 hours of elective courses (e.g., 6 courses) from other fields of study
All BIOL courses in the UNC catalog
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