LIT at The University of Texas at Dallas

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 LIT coursework.

• LIT 2350Close Readingopens 9 courses (3 directly)
• LIT 2321Survey B: Literature in Translationopens 8 courses (2 directly)
• LIT 2322Survey of African-American and African Diaspora Literaturesopens 8 courses (2 directly)
• LIT 2331Introduction to World Literatureopens 8 courses (2 directly)
• LIT 6300Proseminar in Literary Studiesopens 1 course (1 directly)
• LIT 6326Translation Workshopopens 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 LIT 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 19 LIT and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 41 more LIT 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 LIT. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at LIT 3300

  1. LIT 2321Survey B: Literature in Translation
  2. LIT 3300Western Literary Tradition

• 2 courses deep, ending at LIT 3338

  1. LIT 2350Close Reading
  2. LIT 3338Literary Theory and Aesthetic Philosophy

• 2 courses deep, ending at LIT 3339

  1. RHET 1302Rhetoric
  2. LIT 3339Writing Literary Studies

• 2 courses deep, ending at LIT 7300

  1. LIT 6300Proseminar in Literary Studies
  2. LIT 7300Academic Writing Workshop

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

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