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Objectives and Means

Upon completion of English 220 a student should be able to:

  1. Recognize the major characteristics of literary genres.
  2. Discuss literature, orally and in writing, with assurance.
  3. Appreciate literary works that are encountered and provide a context for those works.
  4. Understand the different ways in which literary theme may be treated in literature.
  5. Think critically and present that thinking by written and oral responses to the literature.
  6. Analyze literary genres and works.

To reach these goals, the student is expected to:

  1. Read poetry, fiction, and drama
  2. Investigate various methods of approaching and understanding literature
  3. Write papers, including themes and essay examinations
  4. 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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