English 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 ENGL coursework.

• ENGL 355The Poetics of Performanceopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• ENGL 365Costuming for the Theatre 1opens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGL 368Stage Scenery and Lighting 1opens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGL 372Stage Scenery and Lighting 2opens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGL 377Costuming for the Theatre 2opens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGL 202Departmental Survey of English Literature 1opens 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 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 31 ENGL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 197 more ENGL 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 ENGL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at ENGL 203

  1. ENGL 200Survey of English Literature 1
  2. ENGL 202Departmental Survey of English Literature 1
  3. ENGL 203Departmental Survey of English Literature 2

• 3 courses deep, ending at ENGL 365

  1. ENGL 368Stage Scenery and Lighting 1
  2. ENGL 365Costuming for the Theatre 1

• 3 courses deep, ending at ENGL 372

  1. ENGL 377Costuming for the Theatre 2
  2. ENGL 372Stage Scenery and Lighting 2

• 3 courses deep, ending at ENGL 465

  1. ENGL 230Introduction to Theatre Studies
  2. ENGL 355The Poetics of Performance
  3. ENGL 465Theatre as Craft

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 McGill campus feed.