After CHEM 113
Gateway: CHEM 113
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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 CHEM coursework.
Generated from Western Colorado 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 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 30 CHEM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 5 more CHEM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CHEM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
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Choose any 2 options from the following sequences (minimum 18 credits total). Only one option from Biology may be completed.
Anthropology Option (13 credits)all required
Anthropology elective (ANTH course numbered 300 or higher)
Biology Options (18-24 credits)choose 1
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Chemistry Option (19-20 credits)all required
Chemistry Elective (CHEM course numbered 406 or above)
Computer Science Option (9 credits)choose 1
Exercise & Sport Science Option (11-18 credits)choose 1
ESS Electives (ESS course numbered 300 or higher); OR; ESS Electives (ESS course numbered 300 or higher
Geography & Geospatial Analysis Option (9 credits)all required
Geography Elective (GEOG course numbered 300 or higher)
Physics Option (11 credits)all required
AND; OR; AND; Physics Elective (PHYS course numbered 200 or above); OR; Engineering Elective (ENGR course numbered 100 or above)
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CHEM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
7 courses deep, ending at CHEM 472
6 courses deep, ending at CHEM 335
6 courses deep, ending at CHEM 406
6 courses deep, ending at CHEM 454
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All CHEM courses in the Western Colorado catalog
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