English at West Virginia 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 102Composition, Rhetoric, and Researchopens 3 courses (1.5 directly)
• ENGL 324Classroom Observationopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• ENGL 221The English Languageopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ENGL 423Teaching Residencyopens 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 19 ENGL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 89 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.

• 4 courses deep, ending at ENGL 424

  1. ENGL 323Classroom Observation
  2. ENGL 324Classroom Observation
  3. ENGL 423Teaching Residency
  4. ENGL 424Teaching Residency

• 3 courses deep, ending at ENGL 321

  1. ENGL 101Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric
  2. ENGL 221The English Language
  3. ENGL 321History of the English Language

• 3 courses deep, ending at ENGL 337

  1. ENGL 101Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric
  2. ENGL 102Composition, Rhetoric, and Research
  3. ENGL 337Study of a Major Author

• 2 courses deep, ending at ENGL 312

  1. ENGL 212Creative Writing: Fiction
  2. ENGL 312Creative Writing Workshop: Fiction

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 WVU campus feed.