• ENGL 4510

    Seminar in Medieval Literature
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     GPA

    3.81

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Limited enrollment. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 4520

    Seminar in Renaissance Literature
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     GPA

    3.60

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Topics vary from year to year. Recent examples are `Renaissance Word and Image' and `Masks of Desire.' For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 4540

    Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Literature
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     GPA

    3.68

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 4570

    Seminar in American Literature since 1900
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     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 4590

    Seminar in Literary Genres
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     GPA

    3.78

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 4901

    The Bible Part 1: Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
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     GPA

    3.80

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    The stories, rhythms, and rhetoric of the Bible have been imprinting readers and writers of English since the 7th century. Moving through selections from the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, this course focuses on deepening biblical literacy and sharpening awareness of biblical connections to readings in other contexts. We will discuss translations of the Bible; canonization; textual history; and interpretive approaches, ancient to contemporary.

  • ENGL 4902

    The Bible Part 2: The New Testament
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    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Moving through much of the New Testament, from the Gospels to Revelation, this course focuses on deepening biblical literacy and sharpening awareness of biblical connections to whatever members of the class are reading in other contexts. Along the way we will discuss translations; textual history; and interpretations, ancient to contemporary. No previous knowledge of the Bible is needed or assumed. Can be taken before or after Part 1.

  • ENGL 4998

    Distinguished Majors Program
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     GPA

    3.91

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Directed research leading to completion of an extended essay to be submitted to the Honors Committee. Both ENGL 4998 and 4999 are required of honors candidates. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 4999

    Distinguished Majors Program
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.98

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Directed research leading to completion of an extended essay to be submitted to the Honors Committee. Both courses are required of honors candidates. Graded on a year-long basis. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 5060

    The Sonnet Revised and Revisited
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     GPA

    3.87

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course considers the power and possibilities (and transformations) of the sonnet form from the 16th century until the present day. Please see english.as.virginia.edu/courses for more information.