Spring 2027

Introduction to Theatre and Dramatic Literature

Introduction to Theatre and Dramatic Literature covers reading plays, attending productions, and critical writing to develop analytic skills in theatre.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Jen Plants

Summary

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Past student reviews · Scott Campbell

The course involved reading ten plays, with weekly quizzes and open-note online exams that were easy to pass.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify major structural, thematic, and aesthetic issues surrounding theatre and drama production, criticism, and theory.

  • 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/THEATRE 120 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 85.6% A/AB (n=362 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 94.0% A/AB (n=365 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 90.2% A/AB (n=356 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

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

SCOTT CAMPBELL is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023. 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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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 3800
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 306Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 308Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 309Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 310Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 311Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 312Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 314Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 316Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 317Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 318Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 319Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 320Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 307Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 313Classroom Instruction0 / 190
DIS 315Classroom Instruction0 / 190
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 3650
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 306Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 308Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 309Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 310Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 311Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 312Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 314Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 316Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 317Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 318Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 319Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 320Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 307Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 313Classroom Instruction0 / 170
DIS 315Classroom Instruction0 / 170

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Scott Campbell

A student found lectures interesting and entertaining, attending every class despite them being optional.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 85.6% A/AB (n=362 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 94.0% A/AB (n=365 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 90.2% A/AB (n=356 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Scott Campbell

The course involved reading ten plays, with weekly quizzes and open-note online exams that were easy to pass.

Past student reviews · Quanda Johnson

One student found the online format frustrating due to vague instructions and a dismissive tone from the instructor.

Topics

  • Important plays
  • Stage productions
  • Theatre and drama
  • Production, criticism, and theory

Skills

  • Analytic skills in dramatic literature and theatre production
  • Critical writing and thinking about theatre and drama
  • Applying analytical methods to literary and cultural texts

Grades

Historical instructor

Spring 2027 · Projected

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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.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.13 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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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.

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

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Selected offering source records
ENGL/THEATRE 120 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Theatre and Dramatic Literature

Recorded 2026-10-14
ENGL/THEATRE 120 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Theatre and Dramatic Literature

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Grade history

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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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