Spring 2027

Women's Writing

Introduction to literature in English written by women across various periods and places. Topics vary by section.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Kate Merz4.3/5

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.65 GPA, 84.0% A/AB (n=163 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.96 GPA, 98.6% A/AB (n=219 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=290 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify particular critical or historical issues and concerns around literature by women writers.

  • 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

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Prerequisites

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ENGL/GEN&WS 144

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Professors

Spring 2027

Kate Merz

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Raw average: 4.74/5 from 31 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.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.83 GPA, 92.7% A/AB (n=220 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.65 GPA, 84.0% A/AB (n=163 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=290 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

KATE MERZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. 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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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.65 GPA, 84.0% A/AB (n=163 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.96 GPA, 98.6% A/AB (n=219 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=290 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Literature in English written by women in various periods and places
  • Critical and historical issues concerning literature by women writers
  • Relationships among society, literature, and language

Skills

  • Identify critical and historical issues related to literature by women.
  • Apply analytical methods to literary and cultural texts.
  • Analyze relationships between society, literature, and language.

Grades

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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.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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ENGL/GEN&WS 144 · Spring 2027

Women's Writing

Recorded 2026-10-29
ENGL/GEN&WS 144 · Spring 2027

Women's Writing

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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