CHLIT at Cornell University

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 CHLIT coursework.

• CHLIT 2214Introduction to Classical Chineseopens 2 courses (2 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 CHLIT 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 9 CHLIT and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 10 more CHLIT 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 CHLIT. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at CHLIT 3307

  1. CHLIT 2213Introduction to Classical Chinese
  2. CHLIT 2214Introduction to Classical Chinese
  3. CHLIT 3307Readings in Classical Chinese Literature

• 2 courses deep, ending at CHLIT 6612

  1. CHLIT 6608Formation, Transformation, and Reception of Chinese Literary Canon
  2. CHLIT 6612Readings in Chinese Literary Thought

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on CHLIT sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Robin McNeal

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CHLIT yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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