Spring 2027

Comm B Topics in English Literature

A variable-topic course on literature written in English that satisfies the Comm B requirement, focusing on interpreting texts and their relevance.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Anja Jovic-Humphrey

Students described the workload as very manageable and the class as not too hard to do well in. The course included weekly modules with warm-ups and lectures, along with two papers and one project for assessment.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Combine reading and writing skills to interpret literature.

  • Identify and apply methods and approaches for analysis of literary and cultural texts to demonstrate literature's contemporary and historical relevance.

  • Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs.

  • Use reliable research sources; apply the writing process to develop ideas into papers, presentations, or projects; follow discipline-specific conventions for organization and formatting; and share work in writing and at least one other relevant mode of communication.

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Prerequisites

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ENGL 140

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANJA JOVIC-HUMPHREY is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JEFFREY STEELE is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Anja Jovic-Humphrey

Past students described Anja Jovic-Humphrey as a caring and passionate instructor who made the material engaging. She connected the books to contemporary issues, helping students feel the literature was relevant and never boring.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.71 GPA, 82.5% A/AB (n=166 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.78 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=166 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.86 GPA, 95.3% A/AB (n=169 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Anja Jovic-Humphrey

Students described the workload as very manageable and the class as not too hard to do well in. The course included weekly modules with warm-ups and lectures, along with two papers and one project for assessment.

Past student reviews · Anja Jovic-Humphrey

Students appreciated feeling valued by the professor, though one noted she could be scatterbrained during lectures. Assignments included essays, with one option allowing a project instead of an essay, and most students found the books enjoyable to read.

Topics

  • Literature written in English with a topic that varies by semester.
  • Analysis of literary and cultural texts regarding contemporary and historical relevance.
  • Relationships among society, literature, and language underlying the construction of beliefs.

Skills

  • Interpret literature by combining reading and writing skills.
  • Apply methods and approaches for analyzing literary and cultural texts.
  • Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language.
  • Develop ideas into papers, presentations, or projects using the writing process and reliable research sources.

Grades

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 3 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

7 earlier forecasts · 0.17 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1330 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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