Hardest ENG classes at Texas State

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

1. ENG 2360: Us Lit Since 1865 Average GPA 2.74, 6,868 students
2. ENG 2371: Us Lit Writing Identities Average GPA 2.77, 1,105 students
3. ENG 2320: British Lit Since 1785 Average GPA 2.89, 3,729 students
4. ENG 2359: Us Lit Before 1865 Average GPA 2.93, 1,628 students
5. ENG 2340: World Lit Since 1600 Average GPA 3.07, 3,558 students
6. ENG 2330: World Lit Before 1600 Average GPA 3.08, 2,535 students
7. ENG 3321: The Short Story Average GPA 3.29, 126 students
8. ENG 2310: British Lit Before 1785 Average GPA 3.33, 3,469 students
9. ENG 3385: Childrens Lit Average GPA 3.34, 151 students
10. ENG 1310: College Writing I Average GPA 3.42, 13,283 students
11. ENG 3301: Crit Theory Majors Average GPA 3.43, 407 students
12. ENG 3336: Us Lit 1930-pres Average GPA 3.46, 152 students
13. ENG 1320: College Writing Ii Average GPA 3.47, 9,063 students
14. ENG 3319: Dev of English Average GPA 3.52, 155 students
15. ENG 3386: Adolescent Lit Average GPA 3.55, 292 students
16. ENG 3311: Pract Write Rhet Average GPA 3.58, 250 students
17. ENG 3354: Shakespeare Average GPA 3.58, 137 students
18. ENG 4355: Ltr Shakespeare Average GPA 3.63, 108 students
19. ENG 3307: Intro Film Average GPA 3.64, 432 students
20. ENG 3331: Lit of Blk Am Average GPA 3.64, 112 students
21. ENG 3303: Technical Writing Average GPA 3.67, 4,386 students
22. ENG 3329: Studies in Mythology Average GPA 3.75, 471 students
23. ENG 3306: Writing for Film Average GPA 3.88, 121 students
24. ENG 3344: Chicano/a Narrativ Average GPA 3.89, 123 students
25. ENG 3342: Editing Average GPA 3.91, 225 students
26. ENG 3315: Intro Creat Writng Average GPA 3.95, 376 students
27. ENG 3348: Creative Writ Fict Average GPA 3.97, 177 students
28. ENG 5315: Grad Writing Works Average GPA 4.00, 274 students

See also: Easiest classes, Texas State course catalog, ENG course catalog.