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College of Letters and Science · University of Wisconsin-Madison
104,742 grades197 courses600 professors39 terms

Department and course prefixes as University of Wisconsin-Madison lists them in its own catalog.

3.71
average GPA across 104,742 grades
+8% vs. University of Wisconsin-Madison overall (3.42)
96%
A or B
of 104,742 grades
1.3%
D, F or withdrew
A78.2%
B18.0%
Every term against the 3.71 department average 39 terms
Fall 2006Spring 2026
Course prefixes · 2
PrefixDistributionGPAGrades
ENGL · 196 courses
3.72 +0% vs. department 99,388
ESL · 1 course
3.65 −2% vs. department 5,354
Most taken
ENGL 100
INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE COMPOSITION
3.85
22,874 grades
+4% vs. dept
ENGL 120
INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE AND DRAMATIC LITERATURE
3.63
13,700 grades
−2% vs. dept
ESL 118
ACADEMIC WRITING II
3.65
5,354 grades
−2% vs. dept
ENGL 177
LITERATURE AND POPULAR CULTURE
3.54
3,903 grades
−5% vs. dept
ENGL 201
INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION
3.86
3,639 grades
+4% vs. dept
ENGL 140
COMM B TOPICS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE
3.59
2,878 grades
−3% vs. dept
ENGL 153
LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
3.83
2,749 grades
+3% vs. dept
ENGL 162
SHAKESPEARE
3.66
2,598 grades
−1% vs. dept
Courses with a grade record · 197
100 level28200 level17300 level31400 level44500 level25600 level4700 level20800 level24900 level4
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptGrades
100 level28 courses
ENGL 100 · — INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE COMPOSITION
3.85 +4% vs. dept 22,874
ESL 118 · — ACADEMIC WRITING II
3.65 −2% vs. dept 5,354
ENGL 120 · — INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE AND DRAMATIC LITERATURE
3.63 −2% vs. dept 13,700
ENGL 140 · — COMM B TOPICS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE
3.59 −3% vs. dept 2,878
ENGL 141 · — SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY
3.48 −6% vs. dept 364
ENGL 142
3.56 −4% vs. dept 547
ENGL 143
3.50 −6% vs. dept 18
ENGL 144 · — WOMEN'S WRITING
3.84 +3% vs. dept 1,295
ENGL 145 · — AMERICAN DREAMERS
3.29 −11% vs. dept 426
ENGL 153 · — LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
3.83 +3% vs. dept 2,749
ENGL 155 · — MYTH AND LITERATURE
3.88 +4% vs. dept 407
ENGL 156 · — LITERATURE AND MEDICINE
3.60 −3% vs. dept 973
ENGL 160 · — TRUTH AND CRIME
3.64 −2% vs. dept 460
ENGL 162 · — SHAKESPEARE
3.66 −1% vs. dept 2,598
ENGL 167 · — BRITISH AND AMERICAN WRITERS
3.47 −7% vs. dept 623
ENGL 168 · — MODERN LITERATURE
3.41 −8% vs. dept 1,416
ENGL 169 · — MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE
3.66 −1% vs. dept 1,380
ENGL 171
4.00 +8% vs. dept 20
ENGL 172 · — LITERATURES OF NATIVE AMERICA
3.50 −6% vs. dept 14
ENGL 173 · — ETHNIC AND MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE
3.68 −1% vs. dept 2,087
ENGL 174 · — LITERATURE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
3.55 −4% vs. dept 904
ENGL 175 · — LITERATURE AND THE OTHER DISCIPLINES
3.75 +1% vs. dept 574
ENGL 176 · — TOPICS IN LITERATURE AND FILM
3.70 −0% vs. dept 2,198
ENGL 177 · — LITERATURE AND POPULAR CULTURE
3.54 −5% vs. dept 3,903
ENGL 178 · — DIGITAL MEDIA, LITERATURE, AND CULTURE
3.79 +2% vs. dept 1,862
ENGL 179 · — INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE AND IDEOLOGY
3.86 +4% vs. dept 97
ENGL 181 · — FIRST-YEAR HONORS SEMINAR
3.73 +0% vs. dept 170
ENGL 182 · — INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE FOR HONORS
3.83 +3% vs. dept 607
200 level17 courses
ENGL 200 · — WRITING STUDIO
3.98 +7% vs. dept 126
ENGL 201 · — INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION
3.86 +4% vs. dept 3,639
ENGL 204 · — INTRODUCTION TO RHETORIC AND WRITING STUDIES
3.75 +1% vs. dept 508
ENGL 207 · — INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION AND POETRY WORKSHOP
3.77 +2% vs. dept 2,526
ENGL 214 · — THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
3.54 −5% vs. dept 970
ENGL 219
3.02 −19% vs. dept 57
ENGL 220 · — SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA
3.43 −8% vs. dept 47
ENGL 224 · — INTRODUCTION TO POETRY
3.92 +5% vs. dept 65
ENGL 236 · — BASCOM COURSE
4.00 +8% vs. dept 18
ENGL 241 · — LITERATURE AND CULTURE I: TO THE 18TH CENTURY
3.47 −7% vs. dept 2,442
ENGL 242 · — LITERATURE AND CULTURE II: FROM THE 18TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
3.58 −4% vs. dept 2,086
ENGL 243 · — AMERICAN LITERARY CULTURES
3.47 −7% vs. dept 197
ENGL 245 · — SEMINAR IN THE MAJOR
3.68 −1% vs. dept 1,770
ENGL 246 · — LITERATURE BY AMERICAN INDIAN WOMEN
3.63 −2% vs. dept 12
ENGL 248 · — WOMEN IN ETHNIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
3.81 +3% vs. dept 27
ENGL 270 · — A SURVEY OF ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
3.94 +6% vs. dept 9
ENGL 271
3.28 −12% vs. dept 78
300 level31 courses
ENGL 304 · — HISTORY AND THEORY OF RHETORIC AND WRITING STUDIES
3.84 +3% vs. dept 118
ENGL 305 · — RHETORIC, SCIENCE, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
3.87 +4% vs. dept 63
ENGL 307 · — CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION AND POETRY WORKSHOP
3.85 +4% vs. dept 1,579
ENGL 314 · — STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH
3.61 −3% vs. dept 657
ENGL 315 · — ENGLISH PHONOLOGY
3.42 −8% vs. dept 280
ENGL 316 · — ENGLISH LANGUAGE VARIATION IN THE U.S
3.79 +2% vs. dept 237
ENGL 318 · — SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
3.92 +5% vs. dept 442
ENGL 319 · — LANGUAGE, RACE, AND IDENTITY
3.47 −7% vs. dept 511
ENGL 320 · — LINGUISTIC THEORY AND CHILD LANGUAGE
3.77 +1% vs. dept 164
ENGL 328 · — THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
3.66 −2% vs. dept 124
ENGL 331
3.18 −14% vs. dept 25
ENGL 334 · — EIGHTEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE AND CULTURE
3.56 −4% vs. dept 77
ENGL 335 · — STAGE AND PAGE IN THE LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
3.70 −0% vs. dept 45
ENGL 336 · — EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL
3.58 −4% vs. dept 111
ENGL 340 · — ROMANTIC LITERATURE AND CULTURE
3.35 −10% vs. dept 39
ENGL 345 · — NINETEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL
3.72 +0% vs. dept 149
ENGL 346
3.67 −1% vs. dept 12
ENGL 350 · — SPECIAL TOPICS IN GENDER & LITERATURE
3.78 +2% vs. dept 582
ENGL 351 · — MODERNIST NOVEL
3.57 −4% vs. dept 164
ENGL 352 · — MODERNIST POETRY
3.89 +5% vs. dept 90
ENGL 353 · — BRITISH LITERATURE SINCE 1900
3.19 −14% vs. dept 201
ENGL 357
3.50 −6% vs. dept 30
ENGL 359 · — VISIONARY AND SPECULATIVE FICTION: SOCIAL JUSTICE APPROACHES
3.83 +3% vs. dept 73
ENGL 360 · — EARLY MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
3.61 −3% vs. dept 9
ENGL 361 · — MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LITERATURE
3.66 −1% vs. dept 109
ENGL 368 · — CHICANX/E AND LATINX/E LITERATURES
3.56 −4% vs. dept 8
ENGL 373 · — CONTEMPORARY POETRY
3.55 −5% vs. dept 166
ENGL 374 · — AFRICAN AND AFRICAN DIASPORA LITERATURE AND CULTURE
3.33 −10% vs. dept 84
ENGL 375 · — LITERATURES OF MIGRATION AND DIASPORA
3.56 −4% vs. dept 85
ENGL 376 · — LITERATURE AND ANIMAL STUDIES
3.80 +2% vs. dept 54
ENGL 379 · — POSTCOLONIAL AND WORLD LITERATURE
4.00 +8% vs. dept 27
400 level44 courses
ENGL 400 · — ADVANCED COMPOSITION
3.84 +3% vs. dept 170
ENGL 401 · — RACE, SEX, AND TEXTS (HOW TO DO THINGS WITH WRITING)
3.99 +7% vs. dept 170
ENGL 403 · — SEMINAR ON TUTORING WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
3.97 +7% vs. dept 311
ENGL 407 · — CREATIVE WRITING: NONFICTION WORKSHOP
3.88 +4% vs. dept 259
ENGL 408 · — CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION WORKSHOP
3.86 +4% vs. dept 1,001
ENGL 409 · — CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY WORKSHOP
3.76 +1% vs. dept 538
ENGL 410 · — CREATIVE WRITING: PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP
3.73 +0% vs. dept 168
ENGL 411 · — CREATIVE WRITING: SPECIAL TOPICS WORKSHOP
3.79 +2% vs. dept 237
ENGL 412 · — BAD GRAMMAR AND METALINGUISTIC AWARENESS
3.77 +2% vs. dept 40
ENGL 413 · — ENGLISH WORDS: GRAMMAR, CULTURE, MIND
3.64 −2% vs. dept 32
ENGL 414 · — GLOBAL SPREAD OF ENGLISH
3.83 +3% vs. dept 134
ENGL 415 · — INTRODUCTION TO TESOL METHODS
3.80 +2% vs. dept 350
ENGL 416 · — ENGLISH IN SOCIETY
3.81 +3% vs. dept 132
ENGL 417 · — HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
3.81 +2% vs. dept 36
ENGL 420 · — TOPICS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
3.79 +2% vs. dept 327
ENGL 422 · — OUTSTANDING FIGURE(S) IN LITERATURE BEFORE 1800
3.83 +3% vs. dept 200
ENGL 423 · — TOPIC IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
3.33 −10% vs. dept 158
ENGL 424 · — MEDIEVAL DRAMA
3.82 +3% vs. dept 38
ENGL 425 · — MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
3.74 +1% vs. dept 59
ENGL 426 · — CHAUCERS COURTLY POETRY
3.63 −2% vs. dept 56
ENGL 427 · — CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY TALES
3.20 −14% vs. dept 130
ENGL 430 · — TOPIC IN EARLY MODERN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
3.71 −0% vs. dept 165
ENGL 431 · — EARLY WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE
3.74 +1% vs. dept 411
ENGL 432 · — LATER WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE
3.58 −4% vs. dept 84
ENGL 433 · — SPENSER
3.83 +3% vs. dept 52
ENGL 438 · — TOPIC IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE AND CULTURE
3.72 +0% vs. dept 231
ENGL 439
3.59 −3% vs. dept 16
ENGL 443 · — OUTSTANDING FIGURE(S) IN LITERATURE SINCE 1800
3.74 +1% vs. dept 117
ENGL 444 · — TOPIC IN ROMANTIC OR VICTORIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
3.45 −7% vs. dept 151
ENGL 453 · — TOPIC IN BRITISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE SINCE 1900
3.36 −10% vs. dept 136
ENGL 454 · — JAMES JOYCE
3.37 −9% vs. dept 160
ENGL 455 · — A STUDY OF AN OUTSTANDING FIGURE OR FIGURES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
3.53 −5% vs. dept 173
ENGL 456 · — TOPIC IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
3.50 −6% vs. dept 263
ENGL 457 · — TOPIC IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE SINCE 1900
3.72 +0% vs. dept 425
ENGL 458 · — MAJOR AMERICAN WRITER OR WRITERS
3.40 −8% vs. dept 132
ENGL 459 · — THREE AMERICAN NOVELISTS
3.51 −5% vs. dept 139
ENGL 461 · — TOPICS IN ETHNIC AND MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE
3.65 −2% vs. dept 635
ENGL 463 · — RACE AND SEXUALITY IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
4.00 +8% vs. dept 8
ENGL 473 · — TOPIC IN POSTCOLONIAL OR WORLD LITERATURE
3.41 −8% vs. dept 11
ENGL 474 · — TOPIC IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
3.75 +1% vs. dept 322
ENGL 475 · — COMEDY AS GENRE
3.35 −10% vs. dept 75
ENGL 477 · — DIASPORA AND THEATRE
3.77 +1% vs. dept 13
ENGL 478 · — INDIAN WRITERS ABROAD: LITERATURE, DIASPORA AND GLOBALIZATION
3.75 +1% vs. dept 14
ENGL 481
3.88 +4% vs. dept 8
500 level25 courses
ENGL 505 · — TOPICS IN COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC
3.26 −12% vs. dept 38
ENGL 508 · — CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED FICTION WORKSHOP
3.96 +7% vs. dept 70
ENGL 509 · — CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED POETRY WORKSHOP
3.39 −9% vs. dept 14
ENGL 511
3.83 +3% vs. dept 9
ENGL 514 · — ENGLISH SYNTAX
3.63 −2% vs. dept 106
ENGL 515 · — TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS FOR TESOL
3.81 +2% vs. dept 191
ENGL 516 · — ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE
3.71 −0% vs. dept 80
ENGL 520 · — OLD ENGLISH
3.48 −6% vs. dept 148
ENGL 521 · — ADVANCED OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE
3.88 +4% vs. dept 12
ENGL 525 · — HEALTH AND THE HUMANITIES
3.83 +3% vs. dept 75
ENGL 532
3.64 −2% vs. dept 11
ENGL 533 · — TOPIC IN LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
3.85 +4% vs. dept 338
ENGL 539 · — JEWISH LITERATURES IN DIASPORA
3.40 −8% vs. dept 20
ENGL 543 · — DISCOURSES OF DISABILITY, ANTIQUITY TO 1800
3.71 −0% vs. dept 83
ENGL 545
3.57 −4% vs. dept 80
ENGL 546 · — TOPIC IN TRAVEL WRITING BEFORE 1800
3.70 −0% vs. dept 74
ENGL 548 · — TOPIC IN LITERATURE AND POLITICS
3.59 −3% vs. dept 59
ENGL 559 · — TOPIC IN LITERARY OR CULTURAL THEORY
3.79 +2% vs. dept 128
ENGL 561
3.55 −5% vs. dept 22
ENGL 571
3.55 −4% vs. dept 40
ENGL 575 · — BRITISH DRAMA, 1914 TO PRESENT
3.73 +0% vs. dept 35
ENGL 576 · — SURVEY: THEORIES OF DRAMA
3.79 +2% vs. dept 17
ENGL 577 · — POSTCOLONIAL THEATRE: DRAMA, THEORY AND PERFORMANCE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
3.79 +2% vs. dept 43
ENGL 578 · — MODERN AMERICAN DRAMA AND THEATRE
3.81 +3% vs. dept 21
ENGL 593
3.22 −13% vs. dept 16
600 level4 courses
ENGL 651 · — SPECIAL TOPICS IN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES RESEARCH
4.00 +8% vs. dept 24
ENGL 680 · — HONORS PROJECT
4.00 +8% vs. dept 1
ENGL 695 · — DIRECTED CREATIVE WRITING
3.92 +6% vs. dept 586
ENGL 699 · — DIRECTED STUDY
4.00 +8% vs. dept 51
700 level20 courses
ENGL 700 · — INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITION STUDIES
3.99 +7% vs. dept 167
ENGL 701 · — WRITING AND LEARNING
4.00 +8% vs. dept 41
ENGL 702 · — PERSPECTIVES ON LITERACY
3.97 +7% vs. dept 57
ENGL 703 · — RESEARCH METHODS IN COMPOSITION STUDIES
4.00 +8% vs. dept 48
ENGL 705 · — INTELLECTUAL SOURCES OF CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITION THEORY II-MODERN
4.00 +8% vs. dept 31
ENGL 706 · — SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMPOSITION THEORY
3.99 +7% vs. dept 125
ENGL 709 · — ADVANCED ENGLISH PHONOLOGY
3.75 +1% vs. dept 34
ENGL 711 · — RESEARCH METHODS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS
3.89 +5% vs. dept 66
ENGL 713 · — TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH LINGUISTICS
3.87 +4% vs. dept 45
ENGL 715 · — ADVANCED SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
3.94 +6% vs. dept 56
ENGL 722 · — COMPOSITION AND CRITICAL THEORIES
4.00 +8% vs. dept 29
ENGL 731 · — ADVANCED THEATRE HISTORY 500 BC TO 1700
3.85 +4% vs. dept 60
ENGL 732 · — ADVANCED THEATRE HISTORY 1700 TO PRESENT
3.96 +7% vs. dept 41
ENGL 780 · — CREATIVE WRITING: GRADUATE WORKSHOP
4.00 +8% vs. dept 22
ENGL 781 · — GRADUATE FICTION WORKSHOP
3.98 +7% vs. dept 118
ENGL 782 · — GRADUATE POETRY WORKSHOP
4.00 +8% vs. dept 117
ENGL 783 · — CREATIVE WRITING PEDAGOGY SEMINAR
4.00 +8% vs. dept 55
ENGL 785 · — MFA THESIS
4.00 +8% vs. dept 172
ENGL 795 · — ONE-CREDIT SEMINAR
4.00 +8% vs. dept 7
ENGL 799 · — INDEPENDENT READING
4.00 +8% vs. dept 20
800 level24 courses
ENGL 800 · — CRITICAL METHODS IN LITERARY STUDIES
3.97 +7% vs. dept 127
ENGL 803 · — TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
3.88 +4% vs. dept 92
ENGL 804 · — TOPICS IN EARLY MODERN LITERATURE
3.96 +7% vs. dept 146
ENGL 805 · — TOPICS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE
3.93 +6% vs. dept 59
ENGL 806 · — TOPICS IN ROMANTICISM
3.91 +5% vs. dept 39
ENGL 807 · — TOPICS IN VICTORIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
3.96 +7% vs. dept 39
ENGL 808 · — TOPICS IN MODERNISM
3.87 +4% vs. dept 78
ENGL 810 · — TOPICS IN EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE
4.00 +8% vs. dept 43
ENGL 811 · — TOPICS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
4.00 +8% vs. dept 26
ENGL 812 · — TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1900
3.93 +6% vs. dept 21
ENGL 813 · — WORLD AND/OR POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
3.94 +6% vs. dept 70
ENGL 814 · — TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
3.96 +7% vs. dept 45
ENGL 816 · — TOPICS IN ETHNIC AND MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE
3.88 +4% vs. dept 58
ENGL 817 · — SEMINAR-AMERICAN LITERATURE
3.98 +7% vs. dept 69
ENGL 820
3.80 +2% vs. dept 33
ENGL 822 · — TOPICS IN LITERARY AND CULTURAL THEORY
3.96 +7% vs. dept 120
ENGL 825 · — TOPICS IN LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
4.00 +8% vs. dept 66
ENGL 826
3.88 +4% vs. dept 12
ENGL 828
4.00 +8% vs. dept 9
ENGL 829 · — TOPICS IN MIGRATION AND DIASPORA
3.85 +4% vs. dept 17
ENGL 850 · — PROSEMINAR IN THEATRE RESEARCH
4.00 +8% vs. dept 6
ENGL 851 · — ADVANCED STUDIES IN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES RESEARCH
3.97 +7% vs. dept 16
ENGL 859 · — SEMINAR-INTERDISCIPLINARY THEATRE STUDIES
3.94 +6% vs. dept 50
ENGL 879 · — ADVANCED SEMINAR IN LITERARY STUDIES
3.97 +7% vs. dept 48
900 level4 courses
ENGL 900
3.95 +6% vs. dept 10
ENGL 905 · — SEMINAR-TOPICS IN APPLIED ENGLISH LINGUISTICS
3.94 +6% vs. dept 51
ENGL 906 · — SEMINAR-THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
3.89 +5% vs. dept 9
ENGL 999
4.00 +8% vs. dept 3
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