This doesn't seem that excessive for a non-intro English course. For my Shakespeare course (I believe it was 2 semesters, and it was a long time ago) we read:

This doesn't seem that excessive for a non-intro English course. For my Shakespeare course (I believe it was 2 semesters, and it was a long time ago) we read: 1. Over 30 of Shakespeare's plays 2. The Sonnets 3. Several plays by related playwrights (Marlowe, Ben Jonson, some others). Essentially the bulk of 3 separate collections of 6-8 plays.