• ENWR 1510

    Writing and Critical Inquiry
     Rating

    3.76

     Difficulty

    2.69

     GPA

    3.58

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    The single-semester option for meeting the first writing requirement-- intended to be taken during the first year of study-- this course approaches writing as a way of generating, representing, and reflecting on critical inquiry. Graded A, B, C, or NC. Students whose last names start in A-K must take ENWR 1510 in the fall; those with last names starting in L-Z take it in the spring.

  • ENGL 2508

    Studies in Fiction
     Rating

    3.98

     Difficulty

    2.71

     GPA

    3.66

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Studies the techniques of fiction. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 3560

    Studies in Modern and Contemporary Literature
     Rating

    4.50

     Difficulty

    2.75

     GPA

    3.64

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course takes up topics in the study of literature in English in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENWR 2510

    Advanced Writing Seminar
     Rating

    4.48

     Difficulty

    2.84

     GPA

    3.80

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    A single-semester option for meeting the first writing requirement-- intended to be taken during the first year of study-- this course approaches writing as a way of generating, representing, and reflecting on critical inquiry. Enrollment limited to students meeting benchmarks determined by the Writing Program.

  • ENWR 1520

    Writing and Critical Inquiry: Community Engagement
     Rating

    4.78

     Difficulty

    2.89

     GPA

    3.82

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Requires off-grounds work with local non-profits. A single-semester option for meeting the first writing requirement-- intended to be taken during the first year of study-- approaches writing as a way of generating, representing, and reflecting on critical inquiry. Graded A, B, C, or NC. Students whose last names end in A-K must satisfy the first writing requirement in the fall; those with last names ending in L-Z in the spring.

  • ENGL 2599

    Special Topics
     Rating

    4.41

     Difficulty

    2.94

     GPA

    3.71

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Usually an introduction to non-traditional or specialized topics in literary studies, (e.g., native American literature, gay and lesbian studies, techno-literacy, Arthurian romance, Grub Street in eighteenth-century England, and American exceptionalism). For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 2502

    Masterpieces of English Literature
     Rating

    4.25

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.60

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Surveys selected English writers from the fourteenth through the eighteenth century. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 2527

    Shakespeare
     Rating

    3.33

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.63

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Studies selected sonnets and plays of Shakespeare. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 3260

    Milton
     Rating

    4.00

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.41

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Study of selected poems and prose, with particular emphasis on Paradise Lost. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENWR 3640

    Writing with Sound
     Rating

    4.83

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.87

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course trains students to become attuned, thoughtful listeners and sonic composers. In addition to discussing key works on sound from fields such as rhetoric and composition, sound studies, and journalism, we will experiment with the possibilities of sound as a valuable form of writing and storytelling. Students will learn how to use digital audio editing tools, platforms, and techniques for designing and producing sonic projects.