English at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Intro sequences

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

• 1. ENGL 130Introduction to Fiction Writing
  2. ENGL 206Intermediate Fiction Writing
• 1. ENGL 138Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
  2. ENGL 283Life Writing
  3. ENGL 203Memoir Writing
• 1. ENGL 131Introduction to Poetry Writing
  2. ENGL 207Intermediate Poetry Writing

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 206Intermediate Fiction Writingopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• ENGL 203Memoir Writingopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• ENGL 306Playwritingopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• ENGL 404Advanced Creative Nonfictionopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• ENGL 207Intermediate Poetry Writingopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGL 210Writing Young Adult Literatureopens 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 42 ENGL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 304 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.

• 5 courses deep, ending at ENGL 694H

  1. ENGL 138Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
  2. ENGL 203Memoir Writing
  3. ENGL 404Advanced Creative Nonfiction
  4. ENGL 693HCreative Writing Senior Honors Thesis, Part I.
  5. ENGL 694HCreative Writing Senior Honors Thesis, Part II.

• 4 courses deep, ending at ENGL 412

  1. ENGL 130Introduction to Fiction Writing
  2. ENGL 306Playwriting
  3. ENGL 259Improvisational Comedy Games for Writers

• 3 courses deep, ending at ENGL 406

  1. ENGL 130Introduction to Fiction Writing
  2. ENGL 206Intermediate Fiction Writing
  3. ENGL 406Advanced Fiction Writing

• 3 courses deep, ending at ENGL 407

  1. ENGL 131Introduction to Poetry Writing
  2. ENGL 207Intermediate Poetry Writing
  3. ENGL 407Advanced 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

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