After FRSC 300
Gateway: FRSC 300
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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FRSC coursework.
Generated from Virginia Commonwealth University’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 FRSC 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 56 FRSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 18 more FRSC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on FRSC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Major requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
• Major core requirements; • Additional major requirements; FRSC electives (any 300-500 level course)
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
Concentration electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select five credits from 300-500 level courses with a laboratory from BIOL/BIOZ, CHEM/CHEZ or the following FRSC/FRSZ courses which include chemistry and/or biology concepts
Ancillary requirementsall required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: FRSC 300
Gateway: BIOL 310
Gateway: FRSC 309
The deepest prerequisite chains in FRSC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at FRSC 410
4 courses deep, ending at FRSC 438
4 courses deep, ending at FRSC 445
4 courses deep, ending at FRSC 581
1 course from1 required
All FRSC courses in the VCU catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under FRSC yet.
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