ENGLISH at University of California, Irvine

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. ENGLISH 16The Craft of Poetry
  2. ENGLISH 10Topics in English and American Literature
  3. ENGLISH 11Society, Law, and Literature
  4. ENGLISH 12Young Adult Fiction
  5. ENGLISH 15Introductory Seminar in English: Topics in Literary Studies
  6. ENGLISH 17The Craft of Fiction
  7. ENGLISH 8Multicultural American Literature
  8. ENGLISH 9Shakespeare
  9. LIT JRN 20Introduction to Literary Journalism
  10. LIT JRN 21Reporting for Literary Journalism
  11. ENGLISH 100Introduction to Literary Theory
• 1. ENGLISH 17The Craft of Fiction
  2. ENGLISH 10Topics in English and American Literature
  3. ENGLISH 11Society, Law, and Literature
• 1. ENGLISH 10Topics in English and American Literature
  2. ENGLISH 11Society, Law, and Literature
  3. ENGLISH 12Young Adult Fiction
• 1. ENGLISH 11Society, Law, and Literature
  2. ENGLISH 10Topics in English and American Literature
  3. ENGLISH 12Young Adult Fiction

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 100Introduction to Literary Theoryopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGLISH 101WUndergraduate Seminar in Critical Writing: Topics in Literary Historyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGLISH 102ATopics in Medieval and Renaissance Literatureopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGLISH 102BTopics in Restoration and 18th-Century Literatureopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGLISH 102CTopics in Romantic and 19th-Century Literatureopens 1 course (1 directly)
• WRITING 101WUndergraduate Seminar: Applications in Literary Theory and Criticism for Creative 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 20 ENGLISH and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 17 more ENGLISH 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 ENGLISH, 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 ENGLISH. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at ENGLISH 106

  1. ENGLISH 10Topics in English and American Literature
  2. ENGLISH 100Introduction to Literary Theory
  3. ENGLISH 106Advanced Seminar: Topics in English Literature

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

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