• ENGL 4559

    New Course in English Literature
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    1.00

     GPA

    3.78

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of English Literature. 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.

  • ENWR 2700

    News Writing
     Rating

    3.11

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.36

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Introductory course in news writing, emphasizing editorials, features, and reporting. 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 4580

    Seminar in Literary Criticism
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.58

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

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

  • ENWR 3660

    Travel Writing
     Rating

    4.58

     Difficulty

    2.25

     GPA

    3.67

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course will explore travel writing using a variety of texts, including essays, memoirs, blogs, photo essays, and narratives. We will examine cultural representations of travel as well as the ethical implications of tourism. Students will have the opportunity to write about their own travel experiences, and we will also embark on "local travel" of our own.

  • ENWR 2800

    Public Speaking
     Rating

    4.70

     Difficulty

    2.33

     GPA

    3.77

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    An inquiry-based approach to the development of a confident, engaging, and ethical public speaking style. Beyond practical skills, this course emphasizes rhetorical thinking: what are the conventions of public speaking? Where are there opportunities to deviate from convention in ways that might serve a speech's purpose? How might we construct an audience through the ways we craft language and plan the delivery of our speech?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.