• ENGL 3500

    Studies in English Literature
     Rating

    2.67

     Difficulty

    5.00

     GPA

    3.77

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Topics vary. 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 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 4500

    Seminar in English Literature
     Rating

    3.33

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.57

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

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

  • ENGL 4560

    Seminar in Modern and Contemporary Literature
     Rating

    3.67

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.70

    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.

  • 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 3002

    History of Literatures in English II
     Rating

    4.00

     Difficulty

    3.50

     GPA

    3.63

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    A two-semester, chronological survey of literatures in English from their beginnings to the present day. Studies the formal and thematic features of different genres in relation to the chief literary, social, and cultural influences upon them. ENGL 3001 covers the period up to 1800; ENGL 3002, the period 1800 to the present. Required of all majors. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu/.

  • 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.

  • ENGL 3273

    Shakespeare: Tragedies and Romances
     Rating

    4.06

     Difficulty

    3.17

     GPA

    3.48

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Surveys the plays of Shakespeare's later career, emphasizing the great tragedies and romances. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.