• ENGL 5060

    The Sonnet Revised and Revisited
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     GPA

    3.90

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    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.

  • ENGL 4998

    Distinguished Majors Program
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     GPA

    3.91

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    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 8560

    Studies in Modern and Contemporary Literature
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     GPA

    3.92

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

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

  • ENWR 3620

    Writing & Tutoring Across Cultures
     Rating

    4.67

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.92

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    In this course, we'll look at a variety of texts from academic arguments, narratives, and pedagogies, to consider what it means to write, communicate, and learn across cultures. Topics will include contrastive rhetorics, world Englishes, rhetorical listening, and tutoring multilingual writers. A service learning component will require students to volunteer weekly in the community.

  • ENGL 5100

    Introduction to Old English
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     GPA

    3.92

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Studies the Old English language and the literature of early Medieval England. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://english.as.virginia.edu/.

  • ENGL 8596

    Form and Theory of Poetry
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.93

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    This course provides a practitioner's perspective on a selection of poetic works.

  • ENGL 9580

    Advanced Studies in Critical Theory
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.94

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Topics vary from year to year.

  • ENGL 5900

    Literature Pedagogy Seminar
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.94

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    This course offers future elementary, middle, and high school teachers of English the opportunity to reflect on their own college learning of the subject; it teaches those future teachers how to convert that earlier learning into the stuff of K12 teaching.

  • ENGL 5500

    Special Topics in English Literature
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.95

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    A graduate-level seminar in English literature.  Topics vary from year to year.  For more details on this class, please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu.

  • ENGL 5560

    Seminar in Modern and Contemporary Literature
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.95

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    A graduate-level seminar in Modern and Contemporary literature. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu.