Spring 2027

Literature and the Environment

Introduction to English literature about the natural world and humanity's relationship with it. Topics vary by section.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

1 / 6

Past student reviews · Frederic Neyrat

One student reported that the class had required eight of eleven weekly reading responses, one short paper, and two multiple-choice exams, and that lecture attendance was not required.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify the ways literature in English conceives of and critiques humankind's relationship with the natural world.

  • 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 1 UW Guide 2

Grade history

↗
average GPA
letter grades
A
AB
B
BC
C
D
F

All recorded terms · compare terms & instructors

Prerequisites

Course map

None

  • None
ENGL/ENVIRST 153

This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.

Prerequisite text tree
  • None

Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

FREDERIC NEYRAT is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

HEATHER SWAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

SARAH WOOD is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2025. 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

Schedule loads here as you scroll.

SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 3300
DIS 307Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 312Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 313Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 306Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 314Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 315Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 308Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 309Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 310Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 311Classroom Instruction0 / 220
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 3200
DIS 307Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 312Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 313Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 306Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 00
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 00
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 00
DIS 314Classroom Instruction0 / 00
DIS 315Classroom Instruction0 / 00
DIS 308Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 309Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 310Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 311Classroom Instruction0 / 190

Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.

Meeting source records
Download part 1

Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Frederic Neyrat

Professor Neyrat showed movie and music clips during class; two students found the course interesting, and one found it unique.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.91 GPA, 96.2% A/AB (n=237 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 95.1% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=374 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Frederic Neyrat

One student reported that the class had required eight of eleven weekly reading responses, one short paper, and two multiple-choice exams, and that lecture attendance was not required.

Past student reviews · Sarah Ensor

A past student reported that Sarah Ensor gave feedback instead of percentage grades on each assignment and gave an overall grade at the end.

Topics

  • Literature in English about the natural world and humankind's relationship with it.

Skills

  • Identifying how literature conceives of and critiques human-nature relationships.
  • Applying methods for analyzing literary and cultural texts.
  • Analyzing relationships among society, literature, and language.

Grades

Historical instructor

Spring 2027 · Projected

Before grades are released

– average GPA

Approximate 80% prediction interval

About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 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.

5 earlier forecasts · 0.07 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data

Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

GPA

Higher than % of other courses in this group.

Course GPAs · red marks this course’s range

letter grades

More recorded grades than % of other courses in this group.

Typical course in this group: letter grades.

About this comparison

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.

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

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.

Download part 1
Selected offering source records
ENGL/ENVIRST 153 · Spring 2027

Literature and the Environment

Recorded 2026-10-14
ENGL/ENVIRST 153 · Spring 2027

Representing Nature

Recorded 2026-10-14
ENGL/ENVIRST 153 · Spring 2027

Literature and the Environment

Recorded 2026-10-14
ENGL/ENVIRST 153 · Spring 2027

Representing Nature

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
[
  {
    "run_id": "20261014T203208-0851c9a1",
    "semester": "1274",
    "observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00",
    "offering_id": "1274:352:024483",
    "course_id": "ENGL/ENVIRST 153",
    "course_uid": "course_a37ce22cb23a0540719d3814",
    "term_id": "1274",
    "source_course_id": "024483",
    "source_subject_id": "352",
    "title": "Literature and the Environment",
    "credits_min": 3,
    "credits_max": 3,
    "typically_offered": "Occasionally"
  },
  {
    "run_id": "20261014T203208-0851c9a1",
    "semester": "1274",
    "observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00",
    "offering_id": "1274:352:024483.3",
    "course_id": "ENGL/ENVIRST 153",
    "course_uid": "course_a37ce22cb23a0540719d3814",
    "term_id": "1274",
    "source_course_id": "024483.3",
    "source_subject_id": "352",
    "title": "Representing Nature",
    "credits_min": 3,
    "credits_max": 3,
    "typically_offered": "Occasionally"
  },
  {
    "run_id": "20261014T203208-0851c9a1",
    "semester": "1274",
    "observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00",
    "offering_id": "1274:360:024483",
    "course_id": "ENGL/ENVIRST 153",
    "course_uid": "course_a37ce22cb23a0540719d3814",
    "term_id": "1274",
    "source_course_id": "024483",
    "source_subject_id": "360",
    "title": "Literature and the Environment",
    "credits_min": 3,
    "credits_max": 3,
    "typically_offered": "Occasionally"
  },
  {
    "run_id": "20261014T203208-0851c9a1",
    "semester": "1274",
    "observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00",
    "offering_id": "1274:360:024483.3",
    "course_id": "ENGL/ENVIRST 153",
    "course_uid": "course_a37ce22cb23a0540719d3814",
    "term_id": "1274",
    "source_course_id": "024483.3",
    "source_subject_id": "360",
    "title": "Representing Nature",
    "credits_min": 3,
    "credits_max": 3,
    "typically_offered": "Occasionally"
  }
]
Rate My Professors

Student reviews

Original comments behind the course and instructor summaries.

Read original reviews
Download part 1
Madgrades

Grade history

Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.

Explore recorded grades
Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

View the dataset on Hugging Face
Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
Download part 1
Full model traces

Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.

Download part 1Download part 2
Model & dataset provenance 
{
  "model": "Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B",
  "model_revision": "1d4bf0f2ff6012fd82039f2fa52739d0dd7c60c0",
  "task_version": "17",
  "output_id": "a72cf1dee8922a06cf7922431dc636808bc00d21c575a28c58a0b7d196a10de7",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
  "dataset_revision": "fc1811fa52e581ea57a35c0cf3343f8740a8ffbf",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00"
}