Hardest ENGL classes at UIUC

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

1. ENGL 460: Lit of American Minorities Average GPA 2.86, 184 students
2. ENGL 274: 21st Century African Average GPA 3.03, 115 students
3. ENGL 419: Shakespeare II Average GPA 3.09, 122 students
4. ENGL 330: Slavery and Identity Average GPA 3.24, 159 students
5. ENGL 103: Intro to Fiction Average GPA 3.27, 967 students
6. ENGL 104: Introduction to Film Average GPA 3.32, 4,967 students
7. ENGL 213: Modernist Lit and Culture Average GPA 3.33, 203 students
8. ENGL 403: History of the English Lang Average GPA 3.33, 115 students
9. ENGL 273: American Cinema, 1950-2000 Average GPA 3.35, 497 students
10. ENGL 102: Intro to Drama Average GPA 3.35, 255 students
11. ENGL 418: Shakespeare Average GPA 3.36, 903 students
12. ENGL 101: Intro to Poetry Average GPA 3.36, 750 students
13. ENGL 300: Shakespeare and Difference Average GPA 3.37, 847 students
14. ENGL 373: Disability and Film Average GPA 3.39, 654 students
15. ENGL 286: Asian American Literature Average GPA 3.39, 403 students
16. ENGL 207: Romantic Lit and Culture Average GPA 3.39, 326 students
17. ENGL 121: Introduction to Comics Average GPA 3.39, 306 students
18. ENGL 247: The British Novel Average GPA 3.40, 335 students
19. ENGL 202: Medieval Lit and Culture Average GPA 3.43, 808 students
20. ENGL 435: 19th-century British Fiction Average GPA 3.43, 134 students
21. ENGL 251: 20th-century American Novel Average GPA 3.44, 471 students
22. ENGL 208: Victorian Lit and Culture Average GPA 3.44, 276 students
23. ENGL 119: Literature of Fantasy Average GPA 3.45, 834 students
24. ENGL 206: Enlightenment Lit and Culture Average GPA 3.45, 469 students
25. ENGL 280: Women Writers Average GPA 3.45, 343 students
26. ENGL 253: Topics in Lit and New Media Average GPA 3.45, 177 students
27. ENGL 281: Women in Lit of Imagination Average GPA 3.46, 273 students
28. ENGL 455: Major Authors Average GPA 3.47, 786 students
29. ENGL 245: The Short Story Average GPA 3.48, 759 students
30. ENGL 204: Renaissance Lit and Culture Average GPA 3.48, 473 students
31. ENGL 109: Intro to Fiction-acp Average GPA 3.49, 2,621 students
32. ENGL 200: Intro to Lit and Culture Average GPA 3.50, 2,456 students
33. ENGL 402: Descriptive English Grammar Average GPA 3.50, 453 students
34. ENGL 260: Modern African American Lit Average GPA 3.50, 240 students
35. ENGL 122: The Middle Ages in Pop Culture Average GPA 3.50, 148 students
36. ENGL 301: Intro to Critical Theory Average GPA 3.51, 1,929 students
37. ENGL 120: Science Fiction Average GPA 3.53, 391 students
38. ENGL 380: Special Topics Writing Studies Average GPA 3.53, 272 students
39. ENGL 116: Intro to American Literature Average GPA 3.54, 1,132 students
40. ENGL 218: Introduction to Shakespeare Average GPA 3.55, 1,214 students
41. ENGL 350: Writing Lit, Text & Culture Average GPA 3.57, 501 students
42. ENGL 250: 19th-century American Fiction Average GPA 3.57, 359 students
43. ENGL 216: Legends of King Arthur Average GPA 3.57, 200 students
44. ENGL 115: Intro to British Literature Average GPA 3.62, 630 students
45. ENGL 285: Postcolonial Lit in English Average GPA 3.62, 487 students
46. ENGL 259: Early African American Lit Average GPA 3.65, 516 students
47. ENGL 429: Eighteenth-century Fiction Average GPA 3.67, 155 students
48. ENGL 256: Survey of American Lit II Average GPA 3.68, 177 students
49. ENGL 481: Composition Theory & Practice Average GPA 3.75, 163 students
50. ENGL 325: Topics in Lgbt Lit and Film Average GPA 3.76, 158 students
51. ENGL 117: Shakespeare on Film Average GPA 3.83, 116 students

See also: Easiest classes, UIUC course catalog, ENGL course catalog.