English at California State University, Chico

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 130WAcademic Writing (W)opens 3 courses (1.5 directly)
• ENGL 131Writing Workshopopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• ENGL 415Editing Literary Magazinesopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• ENGL 320WPoetry Writing (W)opens 2 courses (1 directly)
• ENGL 321WFiction Writing (W)opens 2 courses (0.5 directly)
• ENGL 327WCreative Nonfiction Writing (W)opens 2 courses (0.5 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 52 ENGL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 63 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.

• 5 courses deep, ending at ENGL 435

  1. ENGL 131Writing Workshop
  2. ENGL 130WAcademic Writing (W)
  3. ENGL 338WEnvironmental Rhetoric (W)
  4. ENGL 435Issues in Rhetoric

• 4 courses deep, ending at ENGL 520

  1. ENGL 220WBeginning Creative Writing (W)
  2. ENGL 320WPoetry Writing (W)
  3. ENGL 420Advanced Poetry Writing

• 4 courses deep, ending at ENGL 521

  1. ENGL 220WBeginning Creative Writing (W)
  2. ENGL 321WFiction Writing (W)
  3. ENGL 421Advanced Fiction and Nonfiction Writing

• 3 courses deep, ending at ENGL 131E

  1. EFLN 170English as a Foreign Language
  2. ENGL 130EAcademic Writing - ESL (W)
  3. ENGL 131EWriting Workshop - ESL

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 Chico State campus feed.