ENGL280

The English Language

Introduction to the structure of English and its historical development, with a focus on techniques of linguistic analysis. Major topics include the sound systems of English and its patterns of word formation and sentence structure, and the ways these have changed over time and vary around the world.

Fall 2025

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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 2.80 between 588 students*

ENGL280 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 12.07%
A: 24.83%
A+: 5.61%
B-: 6.8%
B: 10.54%
B+: 8.33%
C-: 2.38%
C: 7.14%
C+: 3.74%
D-: 0.51%
D: 1.7%
D+: 0.85%
F: 4.42%
W: 8.84%
other: 2.21%
* "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.