Biology at Western Colorado 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.

• CHEM 113General Chemistry II.opens 14 courses (2.5 directly)
• BIOL 301General Ecologyopens 13 courses (11.5 directly)
• CHEM 231Introduction to Organic Chemistry and Biochemistryopens 11 courses (1.5 directly)
• CHEM 331Organic Chemistry I.opens 8 courses (0.5 directly)
• BIOL 312Genetics (with recitation).opens 7 courses (3 directly)
• BIOL 310Cell Biologyopens 5 courses (1 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 57 BIOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 14 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 317

  1. CHEM 111General Chemistry I (GT-SC2).
  2. CHEM 113General Chemistry II.
  3. CHEM 231Introduction to Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
  4. BIOL 312Genetics (with recitation).
  5. BIOL 313Cell and Genetics Laboratory
  6. BIOL 317Genome Analysis (with laboratory).

• 5 courses deep, ending at BIOL 373

  1. CHEM 111General Chemistry I (GT-SC2).
  2. CHEM 113General Chemistry II.
  3. CHEM 231Introduction to Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOL 468

  1. BIOL 150Biological Principles (with laboratory) (GT-SC1).
  2. BIOL 301General Ecology
  3. BIOL 467Biology of Fishes

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIOL 474

  1. PHYS 190General Physics I (GT-SC2).
  2. PHYS 185Laboratory Physics I (GT-SC1).
  3. BIOL 474Comparative Animal Physiology (with laboratory).

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for BIOL yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BIOL yet.

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Department events

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