ENGLISH at Ohio State 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 ENGLISH coursework.

• ENGLISH 3000Writing for Social Changeopens 15 courses (15 directly)
• ENGLISH 2265Introductory Fiction Writingopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGLISH 2266Introductory Poetry Writingopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGLISH 2268Introductory Creative Nonfiction Writingopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGLISH 4150Cultures of Professional Writingopens 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 ENGLISH 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 24 ENGLISH and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 112 more ENGLISH 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 ENGLISH. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at ENGLISH 4189

  1. ENGLISH 4150Cultures of Professional Writing
  2. ENGLISH 4189Professional Writing Minor: Capstone Internship

• 2 courses deep, ending at ENGLISH 4513

  1. ENGLISH 3000Writing for Social Change
  2. ENGLISH 4513Introduction to Medieval Literature

• 2 courses deep, ending at ENGLISH 4565

  1. ENGLISH 2265Introductory Fiction Writing
  2. ENGLISH 4565Advanced Fiction Writing

• 2 courses deep, ending at ENGLISH 4566

  1. ENGLISH 2266Introductory Poetry Writing
  2. ENGLISH 4566Advanced Poetry Writing

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ENGLISH yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ENGLISH yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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