After BIOCORE 485
Gateway: BIOCORE 485
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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate BIOCORE coursework.
Generated from University of Wisconsin-Madison’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 BIOCORE 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 8 BIOCORE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 2 more BIOCORE courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on BIOCORE, 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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Wildlife Ecology and Management; Plant Taxonomy; Evolution/Genetics; Vertebrate Taxonomy and Natural History
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Core Mathematicschoose 1
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Option 1: Introductory Biology10 required
Option 2: BIOCORE—complete both10 required
Option 1: Introductory Biology10 required
Option 2: BIOCORE—complete both10 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in BIOCORE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
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3 courses deep, ending at BIOCORE 401
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Biology Foundationchoose 1
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Physicschoose 1
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Biochemistrychoose 1
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Microbiology Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Microbiology Core (all required):; Except where noted, all Microbiology Core courses are offered every fall and spring semester.; Microbiology Capstone (required):; Microbiology Electives; Complete at least 6 credits; at least 3 credits must come from Set A. Not all elective courses are offered every semester.; Set A:; Set B:
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Genetics1 required
Animal Sciences Core2 required · verify with the official sheet
A course cannot be used for credit in both the Core and Depth within major sections.
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Core Physicschoose 1
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Plant Pathology Coreall required
Another PL PATH course numbered 300 and above. Cannot include PL PATH 375 , PL PATH 299 , PL PATH 399 , PL PATH 590 , PL PATH 681 , PL PATH 682 , or PL PATH 699 .
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Option 3: Animal Biology5 required
Option 3: Animal Biology5 required
All BIOCORE courses in the UW–Madison catalog
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