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READING
English 86/87
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Locate and analyze both stated and implied subjects and main ideas in paragraphs.
2. Locate supportive details that support the main idea in an expository paragraph.
3. Show growth in the ability to distinguish and identify word meanings appropriate to grade level.
4. Show growth in reading skills by attending and completing assignments (blocks) in the online reading lab program.
English 88
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Show growth in the ability to interpret inference and identify bias in college level material.
2. Identify basic types of organization (rhetorical modes) found in expository prose.
3. Show growth in the ability to distinguish and identify word meanings appropriate to grade level.
4. Differentiate fact from opinion in multi paragraph expository text.
English 89
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Identify basic fallacies (errors in reasoning) in expository writing (essays, articles, editorials)
2. Summarize and describe the elements of plot, theme, setting, tone, mood, and character found in one or more book-length (200 pages minimum) works of prose fiction.
3. Identify and paraphrase main ideas and classify details in college level multi-paragraph articles of short and medium length.
4. Use visuals as secondary source to interpret written material.
English 111
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Identify the three main persuasive appeals in selective texts.
2. Show growth in the ability to distinguish and identify word meanings appropriate to the college-transfer level.
3. Identify persuasive techniques in print, visual, and aural media. Identify, analyze, and critique inference and its effects. |
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WRITING
English 59
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrates up to four techniques for repairing a comma splice error
2. Demonstrates ability to use present-tense verbs correctly
3. Demonstrates ability to use past participle verb forms correctly.
English 96/97
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Compose paragraphs with a main idea and supporting evidence
2. Compose clear sentences that correctly use present tense verbs.
3. Compose clear sentences that correctly use subjects without subject omission or subject doubling.
English 98
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Generate essays with a clear thesis statement.
2. Write essays showing support of a thesis statement.
3. Construct complete sentences with few errors in sentence structure such as fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences.
English 99
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Compose a multi-paragraph essay that uses a strong thesis statement.
2. Compose a multi-paragraph essay that uses text with properly conjugated and properly used verbs.
3. Compose a multi-paragraph essay that uses correctly formed sentences with virtually no errors of fragments, comma splices, and run-ons.
English 101
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate mastery of research strategies, including appropriate use and correct documentation of research materials.
2. Demonstrate mastery of pre-writing strategies, including brainstorming and outlining.
3. Develop an essay of multiple pages that effectively presents and strongly supports a clear thesis statement.
English 102
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Recognize the development of character in fiction.
2. Identify and become familiar with some academically relevant texts within the literary canon representing a variety of cultures and backgrounds.
3. Compose clear sentences that correctly use subjects without subject omission or subject doubling. |
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LITERATURE
English 220: American Literature I
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Synthesize and evaluate American literature (including genre, themes, and historical contexts) from the colonial period to the American Renaissance.
2. Demonstrate command of rules regarding plagiarism and academic ethics.
3. Access and interpret literary texts using scholarly sources (drawn from the library catalog, electronic databases, and the internet) as support. Evaluate publishers/authors.
4. Perform literary analysis featuring close reading skill, coherent interpretation, thoughtful interaction with themes/content, and extension of literary text/s.
English 221: American Literature II
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1 Synthesize and evaluate American literature (including genre, themes, and historical contexts) from the American Renaissance to the present.
2.Demonstrate command of rules regarding plagiarism and academic ethics.
3. Access and interpret literary texts using scholarly sources (drawn from the library catalog, electronic databases, and the internet) as support. Evaluate publishers/authors.
4. Perform literary analysis featuring close reading skill, coherent interpretation, thoughtful interaction with themes/content, and extension of literary text/s.
English 222: World Literature I
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Synthesize and evaluate world literature (including genres, themes, and historical contexts) from the earliest known written works to the Renaissance.
2. Demonstrate command of rules regarding plagiarism and academic ethics.
3. Access and interpret literary texts using scholarly sources (drawn from the library catalog,electronic databases, and the internet) as support. Evaluate publishers/authors.
4. Perform literary analysis featuring close reading skill, coherent interpretation, thoughtful interaction with themes/content, and extension of literary text/s.
English 223: World Literature II
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Synthesize and evaluate world literature (including genres, themes, and historical contexts) from the Renaissance to the present.
2. Demonstrate command of rules regarding plagiarism and academic ethics.
3. Access and interpret literary texts using scholarly sources (drawn from the library catalog, electronic databases, and the internet) as support. Evaluate publishers/authors.
4. Perform literary analysis featuring close reading skill, coherent interpretation, thoughtful interaction with themes/content, and extension of literary text/s.
English 224: English Literature I
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Synthesize and evaluate English literature (including genres, themes, and historical contexts) from the earliest Medieval works to the Renaissance.
2. Demonstrate command of rules regarding plagiarism and academic ethics.
3. Access and interpret literary texts using scholarly sources (drawn from the library catalog,electronic databases, and the internet) as support. Evaluate publishers/authors.
4.Perform literary analysis featuring close reading skill, coherent interpretation, thoughtful interaction with themes/content, and extension of literary text/s.
English 225: English Literature II
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Synthesize and evaluate English literature (including genres, themes, and historical contexts) from the Renaissance to the present.
2. Demonstrate command of rules regarding plagiarism and academic ethics.
3. Access and interpret literary texts using scholarly sources (drawn from the library catalog, electronic databases, and the internet) as support. Evaluate publishers/authors.
4. Perform literary analysis featuring close reading skill, coherent interpretation, thoughtful interaction with themes/content, and extension of literary text/s.
English/Humanities 226: World Mythology
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Show a broad understanding of common structures and themes found in mythological texts from around the world
2. Demonstrate command of rules regarding plagiarism and academic ethics.
3. Access and interpret literary texts via various sources (drawn from internet, library catalogue, and electronic databases); and, evaluate publishers/authors
4. Analyze myths from different historical periods and different cultures
English 250: Creative Writing
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Compose a short story with adequate development of plot, theme, and character development, with properly formaffed dialogue, description, and literary devices.
2. Compose a short poem with demonstrated understanding of line length, alliteration, assonance, rhyme, meter, imagery, symbolism, and metaphor.
3. Proofread, edit, analyze and critique fellow students' stories and poems based on their mastery of the appropriate elements as described above.
English 270: Linguistics
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate understanding of the basic elements of phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, and sociolinguistics.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the nature of human language and language learning.
3. Discuss the three major stages of the history of English.
4. Identify which of the above areas of study are exemplified in samples of "interesting" or deviant language. |