EAST at McGill 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 EAST coursework.

• EAST 353Approaches to Chinese Cinemaopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• ARTH 215Introduction to East Asian Artopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ARTH 357Early Chinese Artopens 1 course (1 directly)
• EAST 215Introduction to East Asian Artopens 1 course (1 directly)
• EAST 279Introduction to Film Historyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• EAST 357Early Chinese Artopens 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 EAST 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 32 EAST and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 71 more EAST 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 EAST. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at EAST 560

  1. EAST 211Introduction: East Asian Culture: China
  2. EAST 353Approaches to Chinese Cinema
  3. EAST 454Topics: Chinese Cinema
  4. EAST 560Screen Cultures and Media Arts

• 3 courses deep, ending at EAST 215

  1. ARTH 215Introduction to East Asian Art
  2. EAST 215Introduction to East Asian Art

• 3 courses deep, ending at EAST 279

  1. LLCU 279Introduction to Film History
  2. EAST 279Introduction to Film History

• 3 courses deep, ending at EAST 357

  1. ARTH 357Early Chinese Art
  2. EAST 357Early Chinese Art

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for EAST yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under EAST yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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