ENGL383

Language in Its Social Contexts

Exploration of the social and political aspects of language use, including interactional behavior, the structure of conversation, persuasive uses of language, social dialects, language use within speech communities, and language and identity. We will examine and compare analytical approaches to pragmatics and discourse analysis.

Past Semesters

Michael Israel

2 reviews
Average rating: 1.50

Linda Coleman

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.50

Linda Coleman

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.50

Include P/F semesters 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 2.97 between 203 students*

A-: 12.32%

A: 26.11%

A+: 11.82%

B-: 6.9%

B: 12.32%

B+: 5.91%

C-: 3.45%

C: 1.48%

C+: 2.96%

D: 0.99%

D+: 0.49%

F: 6.9%

W: 5.91%

other: 2.46%

* "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.