ENGL398L

Scholarly Writing in the Humanities

Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement. Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits. Examines scholarship in the humanities as a genre of professional writing and investigates the norms and procedures of advanced academic writing. Assignments parallel the writing demands that students will face in the academic workplace, including a graduate school application essay, a genre review, an annotated bibliography, a journal article, and an oral presentation of article subject matter. Prerequisite:60 credits and completion of ENGL101. This course satisfies the professional writing requirement.An advanced composition class focusing on the norms and procedures of advanced academic writing. Click here for more information.

Sister Courses: ENGL398A, ENGL398B, ENGL398C, ENGL398E, ENGL398G, ENGL398N, ENGL398R, ENGL398V

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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 3.35 between 484 students*

ENGL398L Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550556065% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 9.3%
A: 46.07%
A+: 6.4%
B-: 4.13%
B: 14.05%
B+: 4.75%
C-: 1.03%
C: 5.37%
C+: 1.65%
D: 0.62%
F: 1.86%
W: 3.31%
other: 1.45%
* "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.