1 ENGL 2322: British Literature I Course Syllabus-Spring 2017 INSTRUCTOR CONTACT INFORMATION Jason (Jase) Graves Office: Old Main 105 Office Phone: 903-988-3720 E-mail: jgraves@kilgore.edu and KC Blackboard course email (Students must use their KC email accounts when communicating with the instructor by email.) Mailing Address: 1100 Broadway, Kilgore, TX 75662 Office Hours: As scheduled and by appointment COURSE DESCRIPTION ENGL 2322 British Literature I (3-3-0) A survey of the development of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Eighteenth Century. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical, linguistic, and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors and traditions. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in both ENGL 1301 and ENGL 1302. F, Sp, Su (2314045112). COURSE RATIONALE This transferable course meets a requirement for Language, Philosophy and Culture, a component of the core curriculum for every state-supported institution of higher education in Texas. The course also meets a Language, Philosophy and Culture requirement for the A.A. and A.S. degrees at Kilgore College. EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS Texts: Aaron, Jane E. The Little, Brown Compact Handbook. 9 th edition. (With 2016 MLA Updates). New York: Pearson Longman, 2015. Abrams, M. H. ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol. 1. 9 th edition. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2012. Shakespeare, William. Henry V, Folger Shakespeare Library Paperback. Barbara Mowat Ed. New York: Washington Square Press, 1995. Equipment: Webcam or Video Camera, microphone (For oral presentation and optional online proctored testing.)
2 Students will need regular, reliable access to a Word Processor and the Internet to complete the requirements for this course. All course materials are posted on the course web page in KC Blackboard. GRADING PROCEDURES (The following scores will be averaged to calculate a final grade): Discussion Assignment Total = one grade = 100 points = 6% -Made up of 5 Discussion Assignments = 20 points each Unit Test 1 = two grades = 200 points = 13.5% Unit Test 2 = two grades = 200 points = 13.5% Unit Test 3 = two grades = 200 points = 13.5% Oral Presentation = two grades = 200 points = 13.5% Research Essay = three grades = 300 points = 20% Final Exam = three grades = 300 points = 20% Total = 15 grades =1500 points = 100% Extra Credit: 1. An additional five points will be added to the research essay if corrections are made according to instructions given after the essay has been graded. The essay must be submitted to the instructor by the first due date to be eligible for this extra credit. 2. Five points will be added to any grade, with the exception of the research essay, final exam, and presentation, for completion of a film review as instructed on the film review list provided by the instructor. Up to three film reviews may be submitted for extra credit. SCHEDULE OF CLASSES Week 1 (1/17-1/20) -Read the syllabus in the "Semester" and Schedule of Assignments links in Start Here on the course menu and peruse the website. -Add a photo of yourself (Custom Avatar Image) to your Blackboard account in My Info tab at the top of the screen and then under Personalize My Settings.
3 -Make an introductory contact with the instructor using Course Email on the course menu. -Read the Discussion Assignment Instructions in Start Here on the course menu. -View The Middle Ages slideshow in the Unit 1 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Friday, 1/20: For Discussion Assignment #1, post a reply to the Discussion thread in the Unit 1 folder in Lessons on the course menu entitled "Introduction" in which you introduce yourself to the class. (Be sure to reply to the instructor's original message. Don't start a new thread. Include a reduced sized photo if possible.) Week 2 (1/23-1/27) -Continue study of the Middle Ages slideshow and readings. -Read Beowulf in the Norton textbook, and view Beowulf slideshow in the Unit 1 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Review the Study Activity for Beowulf in the Unit 1 folder in Lessons on the course menu. Week 3 (1/30-2/03) -Finish study of Beowulf, Beowulf slideshow and slideshow on The Middle Ages. -Read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the Norton textbook and the Sir Gawain and the Green Night slideshow in the Unit 1 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Review the Study Activity for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the Unit 1 folder in Lessons on the course menu. Week 4 (2/06-2/10) -View Geoffrey Chaucer slideshow in the Unit 1 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Read the biography of Geoffrey Chaucer in the Norton textbook. -Read "The General Prologue" and "The Miller s Prologue and Tale" at the following link (a modern translation): http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/teachslf/tr-index.htm -Review the Chaucer Study Activity in the Unit 1 folder in Lessons on the course menu. Week 5 (2/13-2/17) -Review the Study Guide for Unit Test 1 in the Unit 1 folder in Lessons on the course menu. The test is to be taken any day from Monday, 2/20,-Tuesday, 2/28, at a Kilgore College Testing
4 Center in Kilgore or Longview, TX., another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. -Make an appointment to take Unit Test 1 with a Kilgore College Testing Center at least 24 hours in advance, another approved college or university testing center, or Proctor U online testing. (See the Syllabus in Start Here on the course menu for testing details.) -Finish study of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and slideshow on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. -Continue reading the biography of Geoffrey Chaucer in the Norton textbook. -Continue reading "The General Prologue," and "The Miller s Prologue and Tale." -Continue viewing the slideshow on Geoffrey Chaucer, "The General Prologue," and "The Miller's Tale." Week 6 (2/20-2/24) -Review the Study Guide for Unit Test 1 in the Unit 1 folder in Lessons on the course menu. The test is to be taken any day from Monday, 2/20,-Tuesday, 2/28, at a Kilgore College Testing Center in Kilgore or Longview, TX., another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. -Make an appointment to take Unit Test 1 with a Kilgore College Testing Center at least 24 hours in advance, another approved college or university testing center, or Proctor U online testing. (See the Syllabus in Start Here on the course menu for testing details.) -Friday, 2/24: Discussion Assignment #2 due today by posting a reply to the instructor s message in the Discussion Assignment #2 thread in the Unit 1 folder in Lessons on the course menu. Do not begin a new topic. Week 7 (2/27-3/03) -Tuesday, 2/28: Unit Test #1 must be taken no later than this date at the Kilgore College Testing Center in Kilgore or Longview, Texas, another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. -Read the Instructions for the Research Essay and the Presentation Assignment Instructions in Start Here on the course menu. -Post your poem and poet choice for the research essay as a reply to the discussion thread in the Unit 1 folder in Lessons on the course menu entitled "Research Topics" no later than 3/10. (Be sure to reply to the instructor's original message. Don't start a new thread.)
5 -Remember that you must choose a poem by a poet whom we do not cover in this course and who is found in the textbook. The poem does not have to be found in the textbook but must come from a credible source. Also, view the full discussion thread before posting your choice to ensure that a fellow student has not already chosen that poem. -View The Sixteenth Century slideshow in the Unit 2 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Read the biography of William Shakespeare in the Norton Textbook and the Shakespeare slideshow in the Unit 2 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -View the Henry V slideshow in the Unit 2 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Read Shakespeare's Henry V in the paperback edition. -View a film version of Shakespeare's Henry V (optional, but strongly advised). Week 8 (3/06-3/10) -Continue reading/studying The Sixteenth Century and William Shakespeare materials in the textbook, paperback Henry V edition, and the website links. -Review the Henry V Viewing Guide in the Unit 1 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Post your poem and poet choice for the research essay as a reply to the discussion thread in the Unit 1 folder in Lessons on the course menu entitled "Research Topics" no later than 3/10. (Be sure to reply to the instructor's original message. Don't start a new thread.) -Remember that you must choose a poem by a poet whom we do not cover in this course and who is found in the textbook. (See the poets we cover in the Schedule of Assignments.) The poem does not have to be found in the textbook but must come from a credible source. Also, view the full discussion thread before posting your choice to ensure that a fellow student has not already chosen that poem. (3/13-3/17) Spring Break! Week 9 (3/20-3/24) -Continue reading/studying The Sixteenth Century and William Shakespeare materials in the textbook, paperback Henry V edition, and the website links. -Review the Study Guide in for Unit Test 2 in the Unit 2 folder in Lessons on the course menu. The test is to be taken any day from Monday, 3/27, -Tuesday, 4/02, at a Kilgore College Testing Center in Kilgore or Longview, TX., another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing.
6 -Make an appointment to take Unit Test 2 with a Kilgore College Testing Center at least 24 hours in advance, another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. (See the "Syllabus" in Start Here on the course menu for testing policies.) Week 10 (3/27-3/31) -Review the Study Guide in for Unit Test 2 in the Unit 2 folder in Lessons on the course menu. The test is to be taken any day from Monday, 3/27 -Tuesday, 4/04, at a Kilgore College Testing Center in Kilgore or Longview, TX., another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. -Make an appointment to take Unit Test 2 with a Kilgore College Testing Center at least 24 hours in advance, another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. (See the "Syllabus" in Start Here on the course menu for testing policies.) -View The Early Seventeenth Century slideshow in the Unit 3 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Read the introduction to The Early Seventeenth Century unit in the Norton textbook. -Review the Poetry Explication Outline in the Unit 3 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -View the John Donne slideshow in the Unit 3 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Read the following materials on John Donne in the Norton Textbook: (biography, "Song," "The Flea," "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning," " Holy Sonnets #10 and #14"). Week 11 (4/03-4/07) - Monday, 4/03: Discussion Assignment #3 due by posting a reply to the instructor s message in the Discussion Assignment #3 thread in the Unit 2 folder in Lessons on the course menu. Do not begin a new thread. -Tuesday, 4/04: Unit Test #2 must be taken no later than this date at the Kilgore College Testing Center in Kilgore or Longview, Texas., another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. -View the Ben Jonson slideshow in the Unit 3 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Read the following materials on Ben Jonson in the Norton textbook: (biography, "Song: To Celia," "To John Donne," "On My First Daughter," " On My First Son," "To the Memory of My Beloved, The Author, Mr. William Shakespeare, and What He Hath Left Us"). -View Robert Herrick slideshow in the Unit 3 folder in Lessons on the course menu.
7 -Read the following information on Robert Herrick in the Norton Textbook: (biography, "The Vine," "Delight in Disorder," "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," "To His Conscience"). -Make final touches on the research essay including final draft and scanned, screen captured, or photographed source pages, due next Thursday, 4/13, to the Research Essay assignment link in the Unit 3 folder in Lessons on the course menu only for those who wish to have an opportunity to complete graded essay corrections for five extra points after the essay has been graded. Essays submitted after 4/13 will not be eligible for graded essay corrections. All remaining Research Essays due by Tuesday, 4/18. -Research essay materials must be uploaded with electronically highlighted and copied/pasted, scanned, screen-captured, or photographed source pages and title/home pages where sources are found. Multiple files may be uploaded if needed. Week 12 (4/10-4/13) - Thursday, 4/13: Research essay due only for those who wish to have an opportunity to complete graded essay corrections after the essay has been graded for five extra points. Submit the Research Essay documents to the Research Essay assignment in the Unit 3 folder in Lessons on the course menu and to Turnitin.com. (This is the final draft that will be graded, not a rough draft.) -Read the Presentation Assignment Instructions in the Presentation Assignment Instructions folder in Start Here on the course menu. -Read Samuel Pepys Biography and Diary excerpts in the Norton textbook, and view the Pepys slideshow in the Unit 3 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -View the John Milton slideshow in the Unit 3 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Read the following information on John Milton in the Norton Textbook: (biography, "On Shakespeare," "When I consider How My Light is Spent," "Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint," Paradise Lost: Book 1, lines 1-190, Book 2, lines 344-390, 629-647, Book 3, Lines 1-269, Book 4, Lines 131-204, 285-320,321-355, Book 10, lines 505-584, Book12, 594-649 (Read to the ends of sentences.) ). -Review the Paradise Lost study activity in the Unit 3 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Read the MLA section in the current edition of Little, Brown Compact Handbook (With 2016 MLA updates). -Graded Research Essay corrections must be submitted to the Graded Research Essay Corrections assignment in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -The last day to submit research essays is 4/18. Essays received after 4/13 are not eligible for graded essay corrections for extra points.
8 -Review the Study Guide in for Unit Test 3 in the Unit 3 folder in Lessons on the course menu. The test is to be taken any day from Monday, 4/17, - Tuesday, 4/25, at a Kilgore College Testing Center in Kilgore or Longview, TX., another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. -Make an appointment to take Unit Test 3 with a Kilgore College Testing Center at least 24 hours in advance, another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. (See the Syllabus in Start Here on the course menu for testing policies.) Week 13 (4/17-4/21) -Tuesday, 4/18: All research essays due by this date. Essays received after 4/14 may not be corrected for extra points. Submit the Research Essay documents to the Research Essay assignment in the Unit 3 folder in Lessons on the course menu and to Turnitin.com. -Friday, 4/21: Discussion Assignment #4 due by posting a reply to the instructor s message in the Discussion Assignment #4 thread in the Unit 3 folder in Lessons on the course menu. Do not begin a new thread. -Review the Study Guide in for Unit Test 3 in the Unit 3 folder in Lessons on the course menu. The test is to be taken any day from Monday, 4/17,-Tuesday, 4/25, at a Kilgore College Testing Center in Kilgore or Longview, TX., another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. -Make an appointment to take Unit Test 3 with a Kilgore College Testing Center at least 24 hours in advance, another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. (See the Syllabus in Start Here on the course menu for testing policies.) -Continue working on the Presentation Assignment. See the Presentation Assignment Instructions in the Presentation Assignment Instructions folder in Start Here on the course menu. Week 14 (4/24-4/28) -Tuesday, 4/25: Unit Test #3 must be taken no later than this date at the Kilgore College Testing Center in Kilgore or Longview, Texas, another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. -View The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century slideshow in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Read the introduction to The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century unit in the Norton textbook. -View the Jonathan Swift slideshow in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu.
9 -Read the biography of Jonathan Swift and "A Modest Proposal" in the Norton textbook. -Review the A Modest Proposal Study Activity in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Work on the Presentation due Wednesday, 5/03, by submission to the Presentation Assignment link in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Review the Study Guide for Final Exam/Unit Test 4 in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu. Final Exam to be taken any day from Monday, 5/01, to Wednesday, 5/10, at a Kilgore College Testing Center in Kilgore or Longview, TX., another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. Week 15 (5/01-5/05) -Review the Study Guide for Unit Test 4/The Final Exam in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu. Final Exam to be taken any day from Monday, 5/01, to Wednesday, 5/10, at a Kilgore College Testing Center in Kilgore or Longview, TX., another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. (See the "Study Guides" link on the course menu.) -Wednesday, 5/03: Oral Presentations due by submission to the Presentation assignment link in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -View the Alexander Pope slideshow in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Read the biography of Alexander Pope and The Rape of the Lock in the Norton textbook. -Review the The Rape of the Lock Study Activity in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -View the Samuel Johnson slideshow in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Read Samuel Johnson (biography, A Dictionary of the English Language, A Brief to Free a Slave )-check textbook index. - All extra credit (Film Reviews and Graded Research Essay Corrections) due by Monday, 5/08, by submission to the correct assignment link in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Friday, 5/05: Discussion Assignment #5 due by posting a reply to the instructor s message in the Discussion Assignment #5 thread in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu. Do not begin a new topic.
10 Week 16 (5/08-5/10) -Monday, 5/08: All extra credit (Film Reviews and Graded Research Essay Corrections) due by submission to the correct assignment link in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu. -Review the Study Guide for Unit Test 4/The Final Exam in the Unit 4 folder in Lessons on the course menu. Final Exam to be taken any day from Monday, 5/01, -Wednesday, 5/10 at a Kilgore College Testing Center in Kilgore or Longview, TX., another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. (See the "Study Guides" link on the course menu.) -Make an appointment to take Unit Test 4/Final Exam with a Kilgore College Testing Center at least 24 hours in advance, another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. (See the Syllabus in Start Here on the course menu.) -Wednesday, 5/10: Unit Test #4/The Final Exam must be taken no later than this date at the Kilgore College Testing Center in Kilgore or Longview, Texas, another approved college or university testing center, or with Proctor U online testing. (Final Grades will be posted ASAP.) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Contact with Instructor For our regular communications, we will use Blackboard course email found on the course menu of the course website. Students should allow 48 hours for email responses. If your course email isn't answered within 48 hours, please call my office phone and leave a message, or use my office email listed above. Email may not be answered during weekends. Please be very specific about the nature of your email in the subject line. Attendance Although no formal attendance is taken in the web course, students are expected to log in to the course website regularly to check for important email announcements and complete coursework. No make-up tests will be given, and no late work will be accepted. Please plan/adjust all appointments, participation in extra-curricular activities, and work schedules accordingly. College Civility Statement/Attendance Policy: Civility Statement: Students are expected to assist in maintaining an environment that is conducive to learning. Inappropriate or distractive behavior is prohibited in order to assure that everyone has an opportunity to gain from time spent in the course. Should a disruptive incident occur, the faculty member in charge may remove
11 the student. Students have the right to appeal through the student complaint process. Attendance Policy Kilgore College expects punctuality and regular class attendance. An absence is defined as a student's not being in class for any reason. An instructor may drop students when their lack of attendance prohibits them from meeting the course Student Learning Outcomes or when students accumulate excessive absences. "Excessive absences" is defined as the equivalent of two weeks instruction in a 16-week semester or at least 12.5% of the total hours of instruction in any term. Some workforce programs may have more stringent attendance requirements due to applicable external requirements and/or competencies; therefore, students in workforce programs should check with their instructor regarding the specific number of absences allowed. Students will be dropped for nonattendance per Federal Financial Aid requirements. Religious Day Absence In accordance with Texas Education Code 51.911, a student may request and be granted an absence from classes on a religious holy day provided the student follows college procedures for seeking such authorization. It is the student's responsibility to make satisfactory arrangements with instructors prior to the absence for completing makeup work. The procedure governing an absence on a religious holy day is outlined in the Kilgore College Student Handbook. Policy on Make Up Work Effective communication between students and their instructor is essential. Students are responsible for initiating any make up work regardless of the cause of the absence. Students absent on official college business are entitled to make up any and all missed work without any penalty attached. However, students should notify their instructors in advance of the absence and should schedule any make-up assignments before the absence. If the student does not submit makeup work by the prearranged time, the student forfeits the right for further make-up of that assignment. For a student whose absence is not official college business, the individual instructor will judge if the student is eligible to make up work. In all cases, the instructor will determine the time for making up work and the nature of the make-up work. Whenever possible, students should discuss their impending absence with the instructor and schedule the make-up work prior to the absence. Withdrawals Any student wishing to withdraw from class with a W must do so on his/her own by the last drop date. (See the Kilgore College semester schedule of classes for specific withdrawal dates.)
12 The instructor will not withdraw students, but may issue students who fail to log-in and participate regularly an F in the class. Research Essay The research essay and all extra credit essays must be word-processed. Double space the essays, and follow MLA format for the heading. The research essay will be graded according to grammar/mechanics and content. Late essays will be not be accepted. All essays, including those for extra credit, must be submitted to the course website assignment and Turnitin.com, and a corresponding originality report must be generated for each essay before it can be scored. Tests Students have two choices for testing formats in this course: (1) Students may travel to an official, accredited college or university testing center of his/her choosing to take each major unit exam. Each student must make an appointment with the KC testing center of his/her choice at least one business day (Monday through Friday) prior to testing. Information about the Kilgore College-Kilgore and Longview testing centers can be found on the Kilgore College website. Students who opt to use a non-kilgore College testing center must also contact the instructor at least two business days prior to testing to make arrangements and provide contact information for the testing center and proctor. Non-Kilgore College testing centers often require a fee for their services. Testing center availability may be limited at certain times, so students are strongly urged to schedule appointments as soon as possible. If no testing center appointment is available, then students must use the Proctor U online proctor service. (2) Students may use Proctor U online testing service. Details about this service can be found at the following website: http://www.proctoru.com/portal/kilgore This service allows one to complete exams from any location so long as Proctor U's environmental and equipment requirements are met. This service requires a fee, but offers more flexibility since it is available 24 hours per day and may be taken from many possible locations. Students are responsible for making testing arrangements with Proctor U at least 72 hours prior to the exam or a late fee may be required. ProctorU fee estimates are as follows and are subject to change: 240 minutes-$31.50 180 minutes-$26.25 120 minutes-$20.75 60 minutes-$15.75 30 minutes-$9.50
13 Presentation Details for the electronic oral presentation assignment can be found on the course web page. The presentation will require students to video record themselves speaking. Discussion Assignments Discussion assignments are intended as an opportunity for students to express thoughts and reflect on class readings. Each discussion entry should be ten sentences in length, and each student must also respond in no fewer than three sentences each to the discussions of two other students who wrote on different topics. See the Discussions module on the course homepage for details. Essays All essays must be typed unless otherwise instructed. Double space essays, and follow MLA format for the heading. The research essay will be graded according to grammar/mechanics and content. Late essays will not be accepted. All essays, including those for extra credit, must be submitted to the course website Assignment and Turnitin.com, and a corresponding originality report must be submitted to the instructor. Academic Honesty Students will submit all graded written work to Turnitin.com, and a corresponding report must be generated when the written work is presented to the instructor. Any student suspected of cheating, submitting the work of another student, or submitting the work of another party and failing to cite his/her source, will be investigated fully, reported to college officials, and disciplined according to college guidelines. Violators will fail the course without exception. Refer to the Kilgore College Student Handbook for other information on academic dishonesty. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon successful completion of this course, students will: 1. Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions. 2. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods. 3. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions. 4. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities. 5. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.
14 FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENT AREAS: Critical Thinking Creative thinking Innovation Inquiry Analysis of information Evaluation of information Synthesis of information Communication Effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through Written communication How will the objective be addressed? Students will develop ideas with appropriate support and attribution to compose a research-based critical paper analyzing a literary work. Students will develop an original idea for a thesis statement in a research-based critical paper analyzing a literary work. Students will engage in research of credible sources in a research-based critical paper analyzing a literary work. Students will identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes, and demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression in the literature of different periods or regions. Students will identify the aesthetic principals that guide the scope and variety of literary works from different periods and regions. Students will compose a research-based critical paper about assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature. Students will compose a research-based critical paper about assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct How will the objective be assessed? standardized rubric standardized rubric standardized rubric standardized rubric and may include common assessments embedded in exams, which may include objective and/or subjective questions standardized rubric and may include common assessments embedded in exams, which may include objective and/or subjective questions standardized rubric standardized rubric
15 prose, using various critical approaches to literature. Oral communication Visual communication Social Responsibility Intercultural competence Personal Responsibility ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decisionmaking Students will develop and present an oral presentation based on research, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of a literary work or works. Students will use visual forms of enhancement including utilization of technology in oral presentations. Students will analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods. Students will maintain academic integrity by providing appropriate attribution and by producing original work on assignments. standardized rubric standardized rubric standardized rubric and may include common assessments embedded in exams, which may include objective and/or subjective questions All major essays submitted to Turnitin.com, a plagiarism detection service, for originality assessment Critical Thinking Skills - to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information Communication Skills - to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication Social Responsibility: to include intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities Personal Responsibility - to include the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making Disclaimer: As instructor, I reserve the right to amend and/or modify this syllabus as necessary to promote the best education possible within prevailing conditions affecting this course. Each semester students will be given an opportunity to evaluate the instructor and the course. ADA Statement: Kilgore College is committed to making reasonable accommodations to assist individuals with disabilities in reaching their academic potential. If you choose to request accommodations for a documented disability which may impact your performance, attendance, or grades in this course, you must first register with the Office of Disability Services. Please note that classroom accommodations cannot be provided prior to your instructor s receipt of an accommodation letter from the Office of Disability Services. For more information about accommodations, please contact the Disability Services office on the second floor of the Devall Student Center: (903) 983-8206.
16 Student Grievance If a student wishes to pursue through the administrative structure some action that has been taken that significantly impacts him or her in a negative way, he or she needs to complete a Student Grievance Form available from the offices of department or division support specialists. This procedure applies to both instructional and non-instructional issues. Evaluation of Instructor At the end of the semester, students will be given an opportunity to evaluate the instructor and the course. Approved evaluation forms are provided by the Office of Institutional Research, which is also responsible for their analysis.