• 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 2507

    Studies in Drama
     Rating

    4.33

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.84

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Introduces the techniques of the dramatic art, with close analysis of selected plays. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 3825

    Desktop Publishing
     Rating

    4.33

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.81

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course covers contemporary literary editing techniques and teaches students how to publish book-length works using modern print and electronic processes. The course may require students to purchase/lease computer software in addition to textbooks.

  • ENGL 2506

    Studies in Poetry
     Rating

    4.36

     Difficulty

    3.07

     GPA

    3.67

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Examines the poetic techniques and conventions of imagery and verse that poets have used across the centuries. Exercises in scansion, close reading, and framing arguments about poetry. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENWR 2520

    Special Topics in Writing
     Rating

    4.38

     Difficulty

    2.42

     GPA

    3.74

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Includes courses on writing studies, corporate communications, and digital writing. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: Completion of first writing requirement.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 3900

    Career-Based Writing and Rhetoric
     Rating

    4.50

     Difficulty

    2.50

     GPA

    3.53

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Develops proficiency in a range of stylistic and persuasive effects. The course is designed for students who want to hone their writing skills, as well as for students preparing for careers in which they will write documents for public circulation. Students explore recent research in writing studies. In the workshop-based studio sessions, students propose, write, and edit projects of their own design.

  • ENWR 1506

    Writing & Critical Inquiry Stretch II
     Rating

    4.58

     Difficulty

    2.50

     GPA

    3.52

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Part II of the two-semester option for meeting the first writing requirement. For placement guidelines see http://www.engl.virginia.edu/undergraduate/writing/placement. Topics vary each semester and can be found using the SIS Class Search.Prerequisite: ENWR 1505.