Course Requirements, Faculty, and Learning Objectives
- Literary analysis: Students will be able to read literature, literary theory, and literary criticism, moving beyond an understanding of the literal level to interpreting, analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating and working into appropriate context while recognizing conventions that define literary genres.
- Thesis-writing: Students will be able to present develop, and defend a clear thesis appropriate to the communication task while demonstrating appropriate format, organization, and overall coherence.
- Research: Students will be able to examine and question research from appropriate sources and to integrate this research into the development and defense of the thesis.
- Grammar and style: Students will demonstrate correctness in mechanics of grammar, usage, punctuation, and documentation.