Semester 1fall
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
A suggested order for the 12 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.
Semester 1fall
Semester 2spring
Generated from University of Pennsylvania’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Semester 3fall
Semester 4spring
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate MELC 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 MELC 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 12 MELC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 183 more MELC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on MELC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Major Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Language Requirement; Elementary and Intermediate Persian ( PERS 0100 -0400) + 2 advanced Persian courses:; Or other advanced courses chosen in consultation with advisor; Breadth Requirement; Concentration Requirement: Persian Literature (with Attribute ANPL); Concentration Requirement: Persian History (with Attribute ANPH; Concentration Requirement: Islamic Religion (with Attribute ANAR); Electiv
Major Requirementsall required
Language Requirement; Select 6 course units of Language Requirement; Breadth Requirement; Concentration Requirements; Select 5 course units of Concentration Requirement (Attribute ANAH); Select 1 course unit of Concentration Paper
1 course from1 required
Major Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Language Requirement; Elementary and Intermediate Arabic ( ARAB 0100 -0400) + 3 advanced Arabic courses:; Or other advanced courses chosen in consultation with advisor; Breadth Requirement; Concentration Requirements; Arabic Literature (Attribute ANAT); Arab, Islamic and Middle Eastern History (Attribute ANAI); Islamic Tradition (Attribute ANAR); Electives (Attribute ANAC); Select 1 course unit fo
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: HEBR 1000
The deepest prerequisite chains in MELC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at MELC 4300
2 courses deep, ending at MELC 1610
1 course from1 required
All MELC courses in the Penn catalog
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