Objectives
and Means
Upon completion
of English 220 a student
should be able to:
- Recognize the
major characteristics
of literary genres.
- Discuss literature,
orally and in writing,
with assurance.
- Appreciate literary
works that are encountered
and provide a context
for those works.
- Understand the
different ways in which
literary theme may
be treated in literature.
- Think critically
and present that thinking
by written and oral
responses to the literature.
- Analyze literary
genres and works.
To reach these
goals, the student
is expected to:
- Read poetry, fiction,
and drama
- Investigate various
methods of approaching
and understanding literature
- Write papers,
including themes and
essay examinations
- Read a variety
of literary works in
which a chosen theme
is dominant.
Institutional
Competencies
State-Level
Goals: SKILL AREAS
Valuing
To develop students’ abilities
to understand the moral
and ethical values of a
diverse society and to
understand that many courses
of action are guided by
value judgments about the
way things ought to be.
Students should be able
to make informed decisions
through identifying personal
values and the values of
others and through understanding
how such values develop.
They should be able to
analyze the ethical implications
of choices made on the
basis of these values.
A. Compare
and contrast historical
and cultural ethical
perspectives and belief
systems.
B. Utilize
cultural, behavioral,
or historical knowledge
to clarify and articulate
a personal value system.
C. Recognize
the ramifications of
ones’ value decisions
on self and others.
D. Recognize
conflicts within and
between value systems.
E. Recognize
and analyze the effect
of context on ethical
decisions.
State-Level
Goals: KNOWLEDGE AREAS
Humanities and
Fine Arts
To develop students’ understanding
of the ways in which humans
have addressed their condition
through imaginative work
in the humanities and fine
arts; to deepen their understanding
of how that imaginative
process is informed and
limited by social, cultural,
linguistic, and historical
circumstances; and to appreciate
the world of the creative
imagination as a form of
knowledge.
A. Identify
works in humanities and
fine arts.
B. Explain
historical, cultural,
and social contexts in
humanities and fine arts.
C. Identify
aesthetic standards used
to make critical judgments
in humanities.
D. Understand
differences and relationships
between formal and popular
culture.
E. Apply
aesthetic standards to
works in humanities and
fine arts.
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