Biology at Virginia State University

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 BIOL coursework.

• BIOL 121Principles Of Biology II.opens 28 courses (4.5 directly)
• BIOL 205Integrative Organismal Biologyopens 18 courses (14 directly)
• BIOL 241Introduction To Microbiologyopens 13 courses (4 directly)
• CHEM 153General Chemistry I Laboratoryopens 10 courses (1 directly)
• BIOL 320Principles Of Geneticsopens 9 courses (8 directly)
• BIOL 201Cell And Molecular Biologyopens 6 courses (6 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 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 49 BIOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 12 more BIOL 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 BIOL, 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 BIOL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at BIOL 447

  1. BIOL 120Principles Of Biology I.
  2. BIOL 121Principles Of Biology II.
  3. BIOL 205Integrative Organismal Biology
  4. BIOL 324Ecology
  5. BIOL 446Investigations and Research
  6. BIOL 447Seminar In Biology

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOL 414

  1. BIOL 120Principles Of Biology I.
  2. BIOL 241Introduction To Microbiology
  3. BIOL 320Principles Of Genetics

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOL 415

  1. BIOL 120Principles Of Biology I.
  2. BIOL 121Principles Of Biology II.
  3. BIOL 201Cell And Molecular Biology

• 3 courses deep, ending at BIOL 219

  1. BIOL 120Principles Of Biology I.
  2. BIOL 218Human Anatomy & Physiology I.
  3. BIOL 219Human Anatomy & Physiology II.

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for BIOL yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BIOL yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

Biology does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Virginia State campus feed.