After WRTC 200
Gateway: WRTC 200
Building the department map…
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.
Generated from James Madison University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate WRTC coursework.
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 WRTC 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 57 WRTC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 18 more WRTC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on WRTC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Work-Based Learning Requirementchoose 1
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Culturally-Engaged Requirementchoose 1
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Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
The WRTC major is designed to provide students the flexibility to choose electives that fit their interests and future plans. The major includes five advising tracks: Professional Writing and Publishing; Writing for Law and Society; Science and Health Writing; Inclusive Design; and Build Your Own Track. WRTC advisors can provide students with information about the advising tracks to assist with el
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: WRTC 200
Gateway: WRTC 300
Gateway: WRTC 508
The deepest prerequisite chains in WRTC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at WRTC 400
3 courses deep, ending at WRTC 550
Culturally-Engaged Requirementchoose 1
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Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
The WRTC major is designed to provide students the flexibility to choose electives that fit their interests and future plans. The major includes five advising tracks: Professional Writing and Publishing; Writing for Law and Society; Science and Health Writing; Inclusive Design; and Build Your Own Track. WRTC advisors can provide students with information about the advising tracks to assist with el
All WRTC courses in the JMU catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for WRTC yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under WRTC yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
WRTC does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the JMU campus feed.