BIO at Wayne 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 BIO coursework.

• BIO 1500Basic Life Diversity Cr. 3opens 79 courses (11.1 directly)
• BIO 1510Basic Life Mechanisms Cr. 3opens 79 courses (8.5 directly)
• BIO 1511Basic Life Mechanisms Laboratory Cr. 1opens 79 courses (4.3 directly)
• BIO 1501Basic Life Diversity Laboratory Cr. 1opens 79 courses (0.3 directly)
• BIO 2600Introduction to Cell Biology Cr. 4opens 61 courses (10.2 directly)
• BIO 2550Fundamentals of Cell Biology for Neuroscience Cr. 4opens 55 courses (3.2 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 BIO 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 110 BIO and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 44 more BIO 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 BIO, 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 BIO. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 9 courses deep, ending at BIO 7510

  1. BIO 1510Basic Life Mechanisms Cr. 3
  2. BIO 1500Basic Life Diversity Cr. 3
  3. BIO 2600Introduction to Cell Biology Cr. 4
  4. BIO 3100Cellular Biochemistry Cr. 3
  5. BIO 6000Molecular Cell Biology I Cr. 3
  6. BIO 6010Molecular Cell Biology II Cr. 4
  7. BIO 7510Eukaryotic Gene Structure and Function Cr. 2

• 8 courses deep, ending at BIO 4140

  1. BIO 1510Basic Life Mechanisms Cr. 3
  2. BIO 1500Basic Life Diversity Cr. 3
  3. BIO 2600Introduction to Cell Biology Cr. 4

• 8 courses deep, ending at BIO 5145

  1. BIO 1510Basic Life Mechanisms Cr. 3
  2. BIO 1500Basic Life Diversity Cr. 3
  3. BIO 2600Introduction to Cell Biology Cr. 4

• 8 courses deep, ending at BIO 5610

  1. BIO 1510Basic Life Mechanisms Cr. 3
  2. BIO 1500Basic Life Diversity Cr. 3
  3. BIO 2600Introduction to Cell Biology Cr. 4

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for BIO yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BIO yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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