English at California State University, Bakersfield

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 ENGL coursework.

• ENGL 1109Writing and Researchopens 24 courses (13 directly)
• ENGL 3610General Linguisticsopens 10 courses (7 directly)
• ENGL 4650History of the Languageopens 5 courses (4 directly)
• ENGL 3010Teaching High School English Language Arts Iopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGL 3330Shakespeareopens 1 course (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 ENGL 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 58 ENGL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 65 more ENGL 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 ENGL, 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 ENGL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at ENGL 3020

  1. ENGL 1100Critical Reading and Writing
  2. ENGL 1109Writing and Research
  3. ENGL 3010Teaching High School English Language Arts I
  4. ENGL 3020Teaching High School English Language Arts II

• 4 courses deep, ending at ENGL 3640

  1. ENGL 1100Critical Reading and Writing
  2. ENGL 1109Writing and Research
  3. ENGL 3610General Linguistics

• 3 courses deep, ending at ENGL 5320

  1. ENGL 1208Introduction to Literature
  2. ENGL 3330Shakespeare
  3. ENGL 5320Shakespeare

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ENGL yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ENGL yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

English does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the CSUB campus feed.