ELS at College of DuPage

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. ELS 0441Academic Reading I 3-
  2. ELS 0442Academic Reading II 3-
• 1. ELS 0551Academic ESL Writing I
  2. ELS 0552Academic ESL Writing II
• 1. ELS 0771Academic ESL Listening/Speaking I
  2. ELS 0772Academic ESL Listening/Speaking II
• 1. ELS 0301English Language Fluency 3
  2. ELS 0401English Language Fluency 4

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 ELS coursework.

• ELS 0442Academic Reading II 3-opens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• ELS 0552Academic ESL Writing IIopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• ELS 0772Academic ESL Listening/Speaking IIopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• ELS 0662Academic ESL Grammar IIopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ELS 0882Academic ESL Language and Culture II 2-opens 1 course (1 directly)
• ELS 0401English Language Fluency 4opens 1 course (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 ELS 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 25 ELS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 3 more ELS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in ELS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at ELS 0443

  1. ELS 0441Academic Reading I 3-
  2. ELS 0442Academic Reading II 3-
  3. ELS 0443Academic Reading III 3-

• 3 courses deep, ending at ELS 0501

  1. ELA 0958Advanced ESL II 1-
  2. ELS 0401English Language Fluency 4
  3. ELS 0501English Language Fluency 5

• 3 courses deep, ending at ELS 0502

  1. ELA 0958Advanced ESL II 1-
  2. ELS 0402English Language for Argument and Analysis 4
  3. ELS 0502English Language for Argument and Analysis 5

• 3 courses deep, ending at ELS 0503

  1. ELA 0958Advanced ESL II 1-
  2. ELS 0403English for Academic Success 4
  3. ELS 0503English for Academic Success 5

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ELS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ELS yet.

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Department events

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