ENGL255

Literature of Science and Technology

Examines science and technology through the lens of British and American literature, primarily between 1800 and the present. Readings from early natural and experimental philosophers of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment. How literary works represent the ethics of science and technology; beneficial developments of science, and also heavy toll of industrialization. Writers studied may include Francis Bacon, Mary Shelley, Charles Darwin, H.G. Wells, Albert Einstein, Aldous Huxley, Richard Feynman, Philip K. Dick, Octavia Butler, Michael Frayn, and Tom Stoppard.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.09 between 723 students*

ENGL255 Grade Distribution+-0510152025303540455055% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 20.75%
A: 21.99%
A+: 10.65%
B-: 8.02%
B: 9.54%
B+: 9.96%
C-: 1.52%
C: 2.77%
C+: 2.9%
D-: 0.28%
D: 0.83%
D+: 0.14%
F: 3.46%
W: 6.22%
other: 0.97%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.