• ENGL 2592

    Women in Literature
     Rating

    4.33

     Difficulty

    3.50

     GPA

    3.64

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Analyzes the representations of women in literature as well as literary texts by women writers. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENWR 3550

    Advanced Topics in Digital Writing and Rhetoric
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.64

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Offers a changing selection of writing and rhetoric courses focusing on rhetoric and composition in digital platforms.

  • ENWR 3660

    Travel Writing
     Rating

    4.58

     Difficulty

    2.25

     GPA

    3.65

    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 3559

    New Course in Writing and Rhetoric
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.65

    Last Taught

    Summer 2026

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of academic, professional, and creative writing. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 4520

    Seminar in Renaissance Literature
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.66

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    Topics vary from year to year. Recent examples are `Renaissance Word and Image' and `Masks of Desire.' For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 4540

    Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Literature
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.67

    Last Taught

    Fall 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.

  • ENGL 2508

    Studies in Fiction
     Rating

    3.75

     Difficulty

    2.74

     GPA

    3.67

    Last Taught

    Fall 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

    3.68

    Last Taught

    Fall 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.

  • ENGL 2590

    Studies in Global Literature
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.68

    Last Taught

    Summer 2026

    Examines a selection of works, primarily in English but occasionally in translation, from around the world. The list of works and genres treated will vary. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

  • ENGL 3161

    Chaucer I
     Rating

    4.00

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.68

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    Studies selected Canterbury Tales and other works, read in the original. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.