Not open to students with credit in ENGL 1050H, ENGL 1060H, ENGL 1102E, ENGL 1102S, ENGL 1103
Prerequisite
ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1101E or ENGL 1101S
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will read poetry, fiction, and drama critically and write analytically about them.
Students will understand literary principles and use basic terms important to critical writing and reading.
Students will complete written projects in and out of class using processes that include discovering ideas and evidence, organizing that material, and revising, editing, and polishing the finished paper.
Students will think critically so that they can recognize the difference between opinion and evidence and so that they can support a complex, challenging thesis, and more specifically, document writing using textual evidence.
Students will address written work to a range of audiences.
Students will understand the collaborative and social aspects of the writing process and demonstrate an ability to critique the writing of themselves and others.
Topical Outline
This course is centered around writing critically about literature. The choice and sequence of topics will vary from instructor to instructor and semester to semester. Course requirements and policies that apply to all sections of this course will be determined by the current Freshman English Handbook. This course follows these requirements while examining several additional topics.
A. Literary Topics
1. Learning to read and evaluate poetry, the short story, the novel, and drama
2. Selected works of poetry
3. Selected works of drama
4. Selected works of fiction
B. Rhetorical Topics
5. Learning to write critically about literature
6. Content: Thesis, logic, and support
7. Organization and development
8. Style and syntax
9. Diction
10. Grammar, mechanics, and citation format
General Education Core
CORE I: Foundation
Institutional Competencies
Communication
The ability to effectively develop, express, and exchange ideas in written, oral, or visual form.
Critical Thinking
The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.
