Hardest HE classes at USNA

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

1. HE 101: Practical Writing Average GPA 3.09, 124 students
2. HE 111W: Rhetoric and Intro to Literature I Average GPA 3.12, 127 students
3. HE 112W: Rhetoric and Intro to Lit Ii Average GPA 3.23, 161 students
4. HE 333: Shakespeare Average GPA 3.26, 184 students
5. HE 242: Methods of Literary Analysis Average GPA 3.40, 189 students
6. HE 112: Rhetoric and Intro to Lit Ii Average GPA 3.43, 2,415 students
7. HE 111: Rhetoric and Intro to Literature I Average GPA 3.46, 2,438 students
8. HE 343: Creative Writing Average GPA 3.55, 153 students
9. HE 307: Topics in Film and Literature Average GPA 3.59, 143 students
10. HE 111S: Rhetoric and Intro to Literature I Average GPA 3.63, 246 students
11. HE 306: Types of Fiction Average GPA 3.63, 154 students
12. HE 122: Critical Conversations About Literature Average GPA 3.65, 265 students
13. HE 302: Forms of Poetry Average GPA 3.65, 130 students
14. HE 112V: Rhetoric and Intro to Lit Ii Average GPA 3.67, 351 students
15. HE 112S: Rhetoric and Intro to Lit Ii Average GPA 3.69, 240 students
16. HE 344: Professional Communication Average GPA 3.83, 243 students

See also: Easiest classes, USNA course catalog, HE course catalog.