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MODERN AMERICAN DRAMA AND THEATRE

ENGL/THEATRE 578
Course Description

Representative twentieth-century plays from Glaspell and O'Neill to the present considered within contemporary cultural, theatrical and academic context.

Prerequisites

Junior standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.83

0.63% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
66.67%

-12.5% from Historical

Class Size
6

-42.86% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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