After BIOL 120
Gateway: BIOL 120
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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 BIOL coursework.
Generated from Western Kentucky 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 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 77 BIOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 15 more BIOL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
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.
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: BIOL 120
The deepest prerequisite chains in BIOL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
7 courses deep, ending at BIOL 338
7 courses deep, ending at BIOL 412
6 courses deep, ending at BIOL 331
5 courses deep, ending at BIOL 336
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Math and Science Elective3 required
Each mechanical engineering student must also take at least one mathematics / science elective, for a total of a minimum of 32 hours of mathematics and science courses beginning with MATH 136 . This elective must be chosen from the following list:
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All BIOL courses in the WKU catalog
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