Chemistry at Western Carolina 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 CHEM coursework.

• CHEM 140General Chemistry IIopens 33 courses (3.5 directly)
• CHEM 241Organic Chemistry Iopens 23 courses (2 directly)
• CHEM 242Organic Chemistry IIopens 17 courses (11 directly)
• CHEM 232Quantitative Analysisopens 15 courses (4 directly)
• CHEM 370Instrumental Analysis Iopens 8 courses (8 directly)
• BIOL 361Principles of Biochemistryopens 6 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 CHEM 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 39 CHEM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 34 more CHEM 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 CHEM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at CHEM 450

  1. CHEM 132Survey of Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 140General Chemistry II
  3. CHEM 241Organic Chemistry I
  4. CHEM 242Organic Chemistry II
  5. BIOL 361Principles of Biochemistry
  6. CHEM 450Advanced Biochemistry

• 5 courses deep, ending at CHEM 372

  1. CHEM 132Survey of Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 140General Chemistry II
  3. CHEM 232Quantitative Analysis

• 5 courses deep, ending at CHEM 442

  1. CHEM 132Survey of Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 140General Chemistry II
  3. CHEM 232Quantitative Analysis

• 5 courses deep, ending at CHEM 473

  1. CHEM 132Survey of Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 140General Chemistry II
  3. CHEM 232Quantitative Analysis

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CHEM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CHEM yet.

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Department events

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