Spring 2027

Introduction to Literature for Honors

Introductory honors literature course taught in discussion format with varying topics and materials.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Martin Foys4.0/5Ingrid Diran

Summary

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Past student reviews · Martin Foys

The course was rated as moderately difficult, with a specific difficulty rating of 4.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and critique a key issue in English literature and literary studies by performing research and discussion at the honors level.

  • 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.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Declared in an Honors program

  • Declared in an Honors program
ENGL 182

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  • Declared in an Honors program

Professors

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About this rating

Raw average: 4.14/5 from 37 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 5.0/5 raw quality · 4.0/5 difficulty · 1 reviews

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Past student reviews · Martin Foys

Martin Foys led discussions effectively and provided feedback that students found genuinely helpful for improvement. This qualitative assessment comes from a student who rated the course difficulty as high but the teaching quality highly.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2016: 3.50 GPA, 73.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2018: 3.53 GPA, 68.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2020: 3.50 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Past student reviews · Kristina Huang, Karen Britland

Past students found Kristina Huang’s course discussion-based, with weekly one-page reflections, two extensive papers, and no exams. Karen Britland taught a discussion-heavy class with three major assignments mixing play and film analysis; she was accessible and pushed students to analyze deeply, though grading could be precise and ambiguous.

ELIZABETH BEARDEN is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Fall 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

INGRID DIRAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KAREN BRITLAND is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KRISTINA HUANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARTIN FOYS is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SUNNY YUDKOFF is recorded teaching in Fall 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

VINAY DHARWADKER is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SEM 002Classroom Instruction0 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Martin Foys

Past students described Dr. Foys as awesome, noting his effectiveness in leading class discussions.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=64 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=35 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Martin Foys

The course was rated as moderately difficult, with a specific difficulty rating of 4.

Past student reviews · Martin Foys

Students found that the instructor provided helpful feedback that actually assisted them in improving their writing.

Topics

  • Key issues in English literature and literary studies
  • Analysis of literary and cultural texts
  • Relationships among society, literature, and language

Skills

  • Critique key issues in English literature through research and discussion
  • Apply methods for analyzing literary and cultural texts
  • Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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1280 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.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
ENGL 182 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Literature for Honors

Recorded 2026-10-14
ENGL 182 · Spring 2027

Doing Time:Race-Labor-Incarcer

Recorded 2026-10-14
ENGL 182 · Spring 2027

Beowulf to Tolkien

Recorded 2026-10-14
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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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