Hardest ENL classes at UC Davis

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

  1. ENL 115: 16th & 17th Cent Lit Average GPA 3.07, 349 students
  2. ENL 185C: Lit by Women After 1900 Average GPA 3.09, 104 students
  3. ENL 111: Topics in Medieval Lit Average GPA 3.11, 571 students
  4. ENL 155A: 18th Cen British Novel Average GPA 3.18, 194 students
  5. ENL 172: Video Games & Culture Average GPA 3.20, 147 students
  6. ENL 122: Milton Average GPA 3.24, 387 students
  7. ENL 010A: Lit in English I Average GPA 3.26, 1,333 students
  8. ENL 113B: The Canterbury Tales Average GPA 3.26, 566 students
  9. ENL 182: Literature of California Average GPA 3.26, 278 students
  10. ENL 141: Diasporic Lit & Mig Average GPA 3.27, 233 students
  11. ENL 010B: Lit in English Ii Average GPA 3.28, 1,118 students
  12. ENL 154: Graphic Novel Average GPA 3.28, 224 students
  13. ENL 110A: Intro Literary Theory Average GPA 3.31, 585 students
  14. ENL 146: American Lit 1900-1945 Average GPA 3.33, 143 students
  15. ENL 156: The Short Story Average GPA 3.34, 475 students
  16. ENL 181A: Afr Amer Lit to 1900 Average GPA 3.34, 124 students
  17. ENL 130: British Romantic Lit Average GPA 3.36, 518 students
  18. ENL 185B: Lit by Women 1800-1900 Average GPA 3.37, 337 students
  19. ENL 178: Nat, Regions & Other Geo Average GPA 3.38, 168 students
  20. ENL 139: Global Lit & Cultures Average GPA 3.38, 162 students
  21. ENL 117: Shakespeare Average GPA 3.39, 869 students
  22. ENL 157: Detective Fiction Average GPA 3.39, 424 students
  23. ENL 125: Irish Literature Average GPA 3.39, 213 students
  24. ENL 133: 19th Cen Brit Lit Average GPA 3.41, 357 students
  25. ENL 186: Lit, Sexuality, & Gender Average GPA 3.43, 414 students
  26. ENL 144: Post-civil War Amer Lit Average GPA 3.44, 302 students
  27. ENL 110B: Intr Modern Lit & Theory Average GPA 3.45, 1,079 students
  28. ENL 149: Topics in Literature Average GPA 3.45, 1,078 students
  29. ENL 159: Topics in the Novel Average GPA 3.45, 368 students
  30. ENL 150A: British Drama to 1800 Average GPA 3.45, 186 students
  31. ENL 158B: American Novel 1900-pres Average GPA 3.45, 149 students
  32. ENL 184: Lit & the Environment Average GPA 3.46, 191 students
  33. ENL 168: 20th Cen Amer Poetry Average GPA 3.46, 171 students
  34. ENL 155C: 20th Cen British Novel Average GPA 3.46, 129 students
  35. ENL 180: Children's Lit Average GPA 3.47, 812 students
  36. ENL 052: Pop Culture Shakespeare Average GPA 3.47, 275 students
  37. ENL 041: Intro Topics Lit & Media Average GPA 3.47, 157 students
  38. ENL 166: Love Contemp Amer Poetry Average GPA 3.48, 443 students
  39. ENL 173: Science Fiction Average GPA 3.51, 610 students
  40. ENL 158A: American Novel to 1900 Average GPA 3.51, 348 students
  41. ENL 155B: 19th Cen British Novel Average GPA 3.52, 282 students
  42. ENL 040: Intro Topics in Lit Average GPA 3.53, 1,215 students
  43. ENL 177: Study Indiv Author Average GPA 3.53, 549 students
  44. ENL 160: Film as Narrative Average GPA 3.56, 184 students
  45. ENL 142: Early American Lit Average GPA 3.57, 287 students
  46. ENL 137: British Lit 1900-1945 Average GPA 3.58, 158 students
  47. ENL 003: Intro to Literature Average GPA 3.59, 14,121 students
  48. ENL 044: Intro Topics in Fiction Average GPA 3.59, 300 students
  49. ENL 147: Amer Lit 1945-present Average GPA 3.59, 121 students
  50. ENL 003V: Intro to Literature Average GPA 3.60, 363 students
  51. ENL 010C: Lit in English Iii Average GPA 3.61, 1,135 students
  52. ENL 113A: Chaucer: Troilus & Poems Average GPA 3.61, 621 students
  53. ENL 183: Young Adult Literature Average GPA 3.61, 528 students
  54. ENL 179: Racial & Ethnic Lit Average GPA 3.61, 249 students
  55. ENL 165: Topics in Poetry Average GPA 3.61, 114 students
  56. ENL 106: English Grammar Average GPA 3.62, 418 students
  57. ENL 185A: Lit by Women Before 1800 Average GPA 3.63, 167 students
  58. ENL 189: Seminar Literary Studies Average GPA 3.66, 364 students
  59. ENL 123: 18th Cen Brit Lit Average GPA 3.66, 328 students
  60. ENL 045: Intro Topics in Poetry Average GPA 3.66, 235 students
  61. ENL 003A: Writers' Workshop Average GPA 3.67, 1,369 students
  62. ENL 167: 20th Cent Afr-am Poetry Average GPA 3.67, 326 students
  63. ENL 188A: Lit & Crit Theory Average GPA 3.68, 109 students
  64. ENL 120: Law and Literature Average GPA 3.70, 198 students
  65. ENL 105: History of English Lang Average GPA 3.71, 109 students
  66. ENL 051: Hip Hop as Poetry Average GPA 3.78, 573 students
  67. ENL 005NF: Writing: Non-fiction Average GPA 3.78, 457 students
  68. ENL 005F: Writing: Fiction Average GPA 3.79, 3,676 students
  69. ENL 100F: Creat Writ: Fiction Average GPA 3.80, 577 students
  70. ENL 057: Lit of Climate Change Average GPA 3.81, 124 students
  71. ENL 053: Youth in Revolt Average GPA 3.82, 331 students
  72. ENL 005P: Writing: Poetry Average GPA 3.83, 1,464 students
  73. ENL 100P: Creat Writ: Poetry Average GPA 3.83, 364 students
  74. ENL 100NF: Creat Writ: Non-fic Average GPA 3.86, 265 students
  75. ENL 290F: Cw: Fiction Average GPA 3.98, 110 students
  76. ENL 237: Seminar for Writers Average GPA 4.00, 153 students
  77. ENL 194H: Seminar for Honors Average GPA 4.00, 129 students

See also: Easiest classes, UC Davis course catalog, ENL course catalog.

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