ENGL 2: Critical Thinking and Writing
San Jose State University
English 2 is a course that focuses on the relationship between language and logic in composing arguments. Students learn various methods of effective reasoning and appropriate rhetorical strategies to help them invent, demonstrate, and express arguments clearly, logically, and persuasively. Satisfies GE Area: 1B. Critical Thinking and Writing (Formerly Area A3). Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area 1A with a grade of C- or better. Note(s): ENGL 2 is not open to students who successfully completed ENGL 1B.
Average GPA: 3.24
Grade distribution records: 10,961 students across 17 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 467 | 4.3% |
| A | 3,619 | 33.0% |
| A- | 1,628 | 14.9% |
| B+ | 1,052 | 9.6% |
| B | 1,796 | 16.4% |
| B- | 658 | 6.0% |
| C+ | 343 | 3.1% |
| C | 607 | 5.5% |
| C- | 177 | 1.6% |
| D+ | 28 | 0.3% |
| D | 125 | 1.1% |
| D- | 27 | 0.2% |
| F | 434 | 4.0% |
Based on 10,961 student grade records across 17 terms and 58 professors.
Instructors
- Peter P O'Sullivan 1,042 students, Average GPA 3.48
- Sherri Harvey 1,017 students, Average GPA 3.30
- John Pusateri Damm 834 students, Average GPA 2.99
- Sarah A Prasad 790 students, Average GPA 2.92
- Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite 660 students, Average GPA 3.27
- Robert F James 522 students, Average GPA 3.34
- Mark Andrew Dowdy 467 students, Average GPA 3.57
- Katharine Lynn Studer 415 students, Average GPA 3.15
- Kristian S O'Hare 377 students, Average GPA 3.38
- Daniel E Hendel de Lao 342 students, Average GPA 3.04
- Mostafa Kamran Jalal 330 students, Average GPA 3.66
- Linda B Landau 305 students, Average GPA 3.12
- Helen T Meservey 266 students, Average GPA 3.25
- Carlos L Mujal 265 students, Average GPA 3.36
- Au-Co N Tran 216 students, Average GPA 3.49
- Alesya Zvereva Petty 181 students, Average GPA 3.23
- Joseph M Navarro 178 students, Average GPA 2.53
- Chelsea Katherine Criez 173 students, Average GPA 3.00
- Regina A Arnold 171 students, Average GPA 3.36
- Richard Mcnabb 167 students, Average GPA 3.06
- Yuching Yang 167 students, Average GPA 3.04
- Christopher John Dizon 149 students, Average GPA 3.70
- Sara E Cook 146 students, Average GPA 3.39
- Alexander James Davis 145 students, Average GPA 2.94
- Jillian Ann Murphy 144 students, Average GPA 3.12
- Raina M Levesque 140 students, Average GPA 2.64
- Christy Leigh Shick 135 students, Average GPA 3.16
- Colton Scott Saylor 118 students, Average GPA 3.44
- Bryan N Hoffer 98 students, Average GPA 2.97
- Nicole Alexandria Justin 90 students, Average GPA 2.98
- Lee Patrick Patterson 79 students, Average GPA 3.43
- Kristin A Fitzpatrick Ezell 61 students, Average GPA 3.88
- Jada Patchigondla 58 students, Average GPA 3.30
- Jessie Mai Fussell 50 students, Average GPA 3.79
- David Anthony Koehn 49 students, Average GPA 3.18
- Yeganeh Modirzadeh 49 students, Average GPA 3.54
- Antonio M Papanikolas 47 students, Average GPA 3.31
- Victoria Crockett Thorp 44 students, Average GPA 3.39
- Balance T P Chow 41 students, Average GPA 2.98
- Alayna Justine Mills 40 students, Average GPA 3.00
- Alexis Leighann Parker 25 students, Average GPA 3.60
- Erik Ludwig Johnson 25 students, Average GPA 3.15
- Leanne E Lindelof 25 students, Average GPA 3.10
- Amna Yusuf 24 students, Average GPA 3.74
- Christopher K. s. Garrecht-Williams 24 students, Average GPA 3.13
- Dalia E Sirkin 24 students, Average GPA 3.00
- Faith V Kirk 24 students, Average GPA 3.78
- Rebecca D Kling 24 students, Average GPA 2.83
- Amber Renee Sylva 23 students, Average GPA 2.91
- Lilly Catherine Chen 23 students, Average GPA 3.00