English at Rice 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 214Literary Editing & Publishing Practicum / the Rice Reviewopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGL 494Senior Thesis Preparationopens 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 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 28 ENGL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 156 more ENGL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on ENGL, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

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 313

  1. ENGL 113Introduction to Literary Editing & Publishing
  2. ENGL 214Literary Editing & Publishing Practicum / the Rice Review
  3. ENGL 313Advanced Literary Editing & Publishing Practicum

• 3 courses deep, ending at ENGL 495

  1. ENGL 200Gateways to Literary Study
  2. ENGL 494Senior Thesis Preparation
  3. ENGL 495Senior Thesis

• 2 courses deep, ending at ENGL 401

  1. ENGL 301Introduction to Fiction Writing
  2. ENGL 401Advanced Fiction Writing

• 2 courses deep, ending at ENGL 404

  1. ENGL 304Introduction to Poetry Writing
  2. ENGL 404Advanced Poetry Writing

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 Rice campus feed.