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Dibs Fall 2026

ENGL

English

198 courses on record · 26 with sections in Fall 2026

Live section data currently covers GE courses; the rest is filled in by a nightly pass, so this department is likely running more than is listed here.

198 courses

Lower division 45

Lower division courses in English
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
4HW Critical Reading and Writing (Honors) 3.81 n=42 —
4W Critical Reading and Writing 3.81 n=1,859 15 sections
4WX Critical Reading and Writing (Community-Engaged Learning) 3.86 n=85 —
10A Literatures in English to 1700 GE 3.37 n=701 1 section
10B Literatures in English, 1700 to 1850 3.69 n=657 1 section
10C Literatures in English, 1850 to Present GE 3.53 n=552 —
11 Introduction to American Cultures GE 3.67 n=214 1 section
19 Silence of Lamb: Animals as Persons in Literature, Law, and Sciences no letter grades —
20W Introduction to Creative Writing 3.93 n=735 2 sections
M30 Environmental Literature and Culture GE 3.79 n=145 1 section
M30SL Environmental Literature and Culture (Service Learning) GE no grade history —
31 Apocalypse: Imagining End of World GE no grade history —
32 Future Environments: Cities, Ecologies, Planets GE 3.49 n=30 —
M50 Introduction to Visual Culture GE 3.82 n=340 —
51A Poems and Poets GE no grade history —
60 L.A. Women GE 3.73 n=35 —
70 Medievalisms: Medieval Literature and Contemporary Culture GE 3.83 n=46 —
80 Major American Authors GE 3.75 n=197 —
85 American Novel GE 3.77 n=288 1 section
87 Topics in American Cultures: Gothic in U.S. Literature and Culture GE 3.82 n=27 1 section
88A Lower-Division Seminar: Special Topics in English--Medieval Literature GE no grade history —
88B Lower-Division Seminar: Special Topics in English--Renaissance Literature GE no grade history —
88C Lower-Division Seminar: Special Topics in English--17th-Century Literature GE no grade history —
88D Lower-Division Seminar: Special Topics in English--18th-Century Literature GE no grade history —
88E Lower-Division Seminar: Special Topics in English--Romantic Literature GE no grade history —
88F Lower-Division Seminar: Special Topics in English--Victorian Literature GE no grade history —
88G Lower-Division Seminar: Special Topics in English--20th-Century British Literature GE no grade history —
88H Lower-Division Seminar: Special Topics in English--Colonial American Literature GE no grade history —
88I Lower-Division Seminar: Special Topics in English--19th-Century American Literature GE no grade history —
88J Lower-Division Seminar: Special Topics in English--20th-Century American Literature GE no grade history —
88K Lower-Division Seminar: Special Topics in English--History of English Language GE no grade history —
88L Lower-Division Seminar: Special Topics in English--Folklore and Mythology GE no grade history —
88M Lower-Division Seminar: Special Topics in English--Literature and Society GE no grade history —
88S Dear Friend, Old Friend, Good Friend: Male Friendship in Shakespeare no letter grades —
88SA Splitting the Panel: Experimental Graphic Literature Seminar no letter grades —
88SB Taylor Swift's Discography as Poetry: The 10 Week Version no letter grades —
90 Shakespeare GE 3.73 n=458 1 section
91A Introduction to Poetry GE 3.76 n=132 1 section
91B Introduction to Drama GE 3.71 n=71 1 section
91C Introduction to Fiction GE 3.57 n=175 1 section
91D Introduction to Graphic Fiction GE 3.91 n=355 —
98T Death and (Re)Birth: Afrofuturism and the Building of New Worlds 3.88 n=15 small sample —
98TA Ecologies of Power: Energy and Environment 3.84 n=19 small sample —
98TB How Does Climate Change Feel? 3.81 n=20 —
98TW Crip Theory: Diagnosis and Disability in American Literature 3.78 n=36 —

Upper division 134

Upper division courses in English
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
100 Ways of Reading Race GE 3.79 n=427 —
M101A Premodern Queer Literatures and Cultures: Queering the Long 18th Century 3.83 n=20 —
M101B Queer Literatures and Cultures, 1850 to 1970: Queer Fiction Before 1970 3.54 n=98 1 section
M101C Queer Literatures and Cultures after 1970 3.83 n=41 —
M101D Studies in Queer Literatures and Cultures 3.39 n=94 —
M102A Historical Survey of Asian American Literature 3.68 n=52 —
M102B Contemporary Asian American Literary Issues and Criticism 3.81 n=50 —
M103 Studies in Disability Literatures 3.80 n=26 —
M104A Early African American Literature 3.70 n=178 —
M104B African American Literature from Harlem Renaissance to 1960s 3.79 n=87 —
M104C African American Literature of 1960s and 1970s 3.67 n=21 —
M104D Contemporary African American Literature 3.49 n=20 —
M104E Topics in African American Literature and Culture: Black Revolutionary Drama 3.68 n=164 1 section
M105A Early Chicana/Chicano Literature, 1400 to 1920 3.62 n=66 —
M105B Chicana/Chicano Literature from Mexican Revolution to el Movimiento, 1920 to 1970s 3.31 n=40 —
M105C Chicana/Chicano Literature since el Movimiento, 1970s to Present 3.79 n=199 —
M105D Introduction to Latina/Latino Literature 3.47 n=37 —
106 Studies in Native American and Indigenous Literatures 3.75 n=158 —
M107A Studies in Women's Writing 3.63 n=99 —
M107B Studies in Gender and Sexuality: Race, Sex, Sensation 3.93 n=90 —
108 Interracial Encounters 3.70 n=114 —
109 Topics in Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 3.66 n=119 —
110A Writing in English Major: Analytical 3.52 n=49 —
110C Public Readers, Public Writers: Writing about Books for 21st-Century Audience 3.74 n=57 —
110T Writing in English Major: Transfer Students 3.47 n=58 —
110V Variable Topics in Professional Writing: First-Person Writing for Aspiring Professional Writers 3.64 n=117 —
111C Topics in Biblical Literature 3.72 n=31 —
112A Oral Tradition no grade history —
114 Lyric Histories 3.87 n=35 —
115B British Popular Literature 3.42 n=93 —
115D Detective Fiction 3.53 n=128 1 section
115E Science Fiction 3.87 n=103 —
116A Experimental Fiction 3.81 n=25 —
116B Introduction to Electronic Literature 3.94 n=64 —
117 Literature of California and American West 3.45 n=115 —
118A Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature 3.59 n=71 —
118B Literature and Other Arts 3.52 n=35 —
118C Studies in Visual Culture 3.93 n=79 —
118E Literature and Environment 3.70 n=49 —
M118F Food Cultures and Food Politics 3.87 n=48 —
119 Literary Cities: Literary London: Tales of Two Cities 3.60 n=490 —
119XP Literary Cities--Service Learning 3.84 n=33 —
120 History of Aesthetics and Critical Theory 3.83 n=215 —
121 Modern and Contemporary Aesthetics and Critical Theory 3.77 n=100 —
122 Keywords in Theory 3.48 n=199 —
M126 Feminist and Queer Theory 3.91 n=45 —
127 Performance, Media, and Cultural Theory 3.58 n=66 —
128 Postcolonial and Transnational Theory 3.70 n=31 —
129 Topics in Genre Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Critical Theory: Lecture 3 3.72 n=238 1 section
130 Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures 3.90 n=130 1 section
131 Studies in Postcolonial Literatures 3.56 n=123 —
132 Culture and Imperialism 3.74 n=118 —
133 Transatlantic Literatures and Cultures 3.48 n=77 —
135 Literature of Americas 3.56 n=164 —
136 Creative Writing: Poetry 3.97 n=126 —
136A Creative Writing: Intermediate Poetry 3.91 n=23 —
136B Creative Writing: Advanced Poetry 3.96 n=72 —
137 Creative Writing: Short Story 3.93 n=106 —
137A Creative Writing: Intermediate Short Story 3.92 n=36 —
137B Creative Writing: Advanced Short Story 3.94 n=108 —
M138 Topics in Creative Writing: Literary Non-Fiction 3.86 n=131 —
139 Individual Authors: Lecture 1 3.61 n=425 —
140A Chaucer: "Canterbury Tales" 3.62 n=183 —
141A Early Medieval Literature 3.89 n=166 —
141B Introduction to Old English Language and Literature 3.88 n=36 —
141C Topics in Old English 3.85 n=12 small sample —
142 Later Medieval Literature 3.57 n=106 —
142R Later Medieval Literature: Research Component 3.47 n=41 —
144 Medieval Romance and Literatures of Court 3.78 n=31 —
145 Medieval Literatures of Devotion and Dissent: Virgin, Wife, and Widow: Dissent and Dominance in Lives of Holy Women 3.82 n=166 1 section
146 Medieval Story Cycles and Collections 3.61 n=72 —
148 Cultures of Middle Ages 3.79 n=137 —
149 Medievalisms 3.66 n=101 —
150A Shakespeare: Poems and Early Plays 3.56 n=286 1 section
150B Shakespeare: Later Plays 3.53 n=253 1 section
150C Topics in Shakespeare 3.59 n=182 —
151 Milton 3.26 n=89 1 section
153 Theatrical Renaissance: Early Modern Texts and Performances 3.46 n=36 —
155 Renaissance Subjects 3.67 n=51 —
156 Devotion and Dissent 3.32 n=18 small sample —
157 Translation and Innovation in English Renaissance and Early Modern Period 3.20 n=66 —
160A Literature of Restoration and Earlier 18th Century 3.82 n=35 —
161A Poetry in English to 1850: English Romantic Poetry 3.93 n=35 —
161C Novel in English to 1850 3.62 n=29 —
162B Later Romantic Literature 3.85 n=147 —
163C Jane Austen and Her Peers 3.58 n=108 —
164B 19th-Century Critical Prose 3.61 n=93 —
164C 19th-Century Novel 3.68 n=115 —
166A Colonial Beginnings of American Literature 3.67 n=147 —
166B American Literature, 1776 to 1832 3.56 n=94 —
166C American Literature, 1832 to 1865 3.52 n=62 1 section
167A American Poetry to 1900 3.63 n=37 —
167B American Fiction to 1900 3.68 n=67 —
168 Major American Writers 3.38 n=233 —
169 Topics in Literature, circa 1700 to 1850 3.74 n=96 —
170A American Literature, 1865 to 1900 3.56 n=62 —
170B American Literature, 1900 to 1945 3.73 n=26 —
171B 20th-Century British Poetry 3.35 n=89 —
172A Drama, 1850 to 1945 3.43 n=25 —
172C American Drama 3.86 n=35 —
173A American Poetry, 1900 to 1945 3.80 n=32 —
173B American Poetry since 1945 3.73 n=50 —
173C Contemporary American Poetry 3.81 n=88 —
174A American Fiction, 1900 to 1945 2.94 n=28 —
174B American Fiction since 1945 3.77 n=162 —
174C Contemporary American Fiction: U.S. Fiction after Cold War 3.73 n=144 —
176 Hemispheric American Literature 3.38 n=16 small sample —
177 Interdisciplinary Studies of American Culture 3.49 n=460 —
179 Topics in Literature, circa 1850 to Present: Reading Black British Writers 3.54 n=269 —
179R Topics in Literature, circa 1850 to Present: Research Component: Samuel Beckett 3.42 n=79 —
180 Topics in Literature and Language: Land, Language, and Freedom no grade history —
181A Topics in Genre Studies 3.50 n=50 —
181B Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies 3.57 n=51 —
182A Topics in Medieval Literature 3.68 n=17 small sample —
182B Topics in Renaissance and Early Modern Literature: Shakespeare Paired with Other Early Modern Dramatists 3.55 n=42 —
182C Topics in 18th-Century Literature 3.71 n=11 small sample —
182D Topics in Romantic Literature 3.86 n=34 —
182E Topics in 19th-Century Literature 3.57 n=16 small sample —
182F Topics in 20th- and 21st-Century Literature: James Joyce 3.70 n=15 small sample —
183A Topics in Colonial American Literature 3.48 n=29 —
183B Topics in 19th-Century American Literature 3.80 n=10 small sample —
183C Topics in 20th- and 21st-Century American Literature: Immigrant Stories, Literary and Cinematic 3.69 n=111 1 section
184 Capstone Seminar: English: Shakespeare in Performance 3.78 n=482 —
189 Advanced Honors Seminars 3.71 n=21 —
190H Honors Research Colloquia in English no letter grades —
M191A Topics in African American Literature 3.74 n=13 small sample —
M191B Topics in Chicana/Chicano and/or Latina/Latino Literature 3.79 n=47 —
M191D Topics in Queer Literatures and Cultures: Enduring Queer Performance no grade history —
M191E Topics in Gender and Sexuality 3.81 n=36 —
191H Honors Research Seminars: English 3.94 n=154 —
M191P Careers in Humanities 3.85 n=59 —
M192 Undergraduate Practicum in English: Journals 3.98 n=177 1 section
195CE Community and Corporate Internships in English 3.94 n=108 —
198A Honors Research in English no grade history —

Graduate 19

Graduate courses in English
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
200 Graduate Proseminar 3.91 n=24 1 section
202 Narrative Theory 3.85 n=30 —
203 Digital Theories and Methods 3.92 n=26 —
247 Shakespeare 3.82 n=14 small sample —
250 Restoration and 18th-Century Literature 3.88 n=27 —
251 Romantic Writers 3.87 n=14 small sample —
253 20th- and 21st-Century Literatures in English 3.89 n=20 —
254 American Literature to 1900 no grade history —
255 Topics in Novel 3.86 n=12 small sample —
257 Methods and Tools for Study of Literature and Culture 3.81 n=10 small sample —
260 Studies in Literature and Its Relationship to Arts and Sciences 3.84 n=11 small sample —
M261 Studies in Chicana/Chicano Literature 3.65 n=10 small sample —
265 Postcolonial Literatures no grade history —
270 Issues and Developments in Critical Theory 3.89 n=48 1 section
M296T Translation Research Group no grade history —
375 Teaching Apprentice Practicum no letter grades —
495A Supervised Teaching Preparation no letter grades —
495B Supervised Teaching Preparation no letter grades —
596 Directed Individual Study no letter grades —

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the department average, so a course taught once to a dozen students sits near the department mean rather than at whatever those twelve happened to get. The figure is always shown — small sample marks where it rests mostly on that prior.