RLCL at Virginia Tech

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 RLCL coursework.

• RLCL 2414Hebrew Bible/Old Testamentopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• RLCL 2004Case Studies in Religion and Cultureopens 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 RLCL 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 RLCL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 72 more RLCL 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 RLCL, 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 RLCL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at RLCL 2104

  1. GR 1106Classical and New Testament Greek
  2. RLCL 2104Greek New Testament

• 2 courses deep, ending at RLCL 3404

  1. RLCL 2414Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  2. RLCL 3404Torah and Tradition

• 2 courses deep, ending at RLCL 3544

  1. JUD 2134Judaism: A Survey of History, Culture, and Heritage
  2. RLCL 3544The State of Israel: A Political History

• 2 courses deep, ending at RLCL 4024

  1. SOC 1004Introductory Sociology
  2. RLCL 4024Sociology of Religion

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for RLCL yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under RLCL yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

RLCL does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Virginia Tech campus feed.