Spring 2019 Course Syllabus Course: ENGL-2326- Section: 01 American Literature

Instructor Information
Instructor	Jeremy Belyeu
E-mail	belyeujc@lamarpa.edu
Phone	(409) 984-6436
Office	Location: Student Success Center - Room: 130 Hours: MWF 12-2PM; TR 9-11AM
Department	30104 Chair: Dr. Michelle Davis E-mail: davisml1@lamarpa.edu Phone: (409) 984-6341
Course Information
Description	A survey of American literature from the period of exploration and settlement to the present. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from among a diverse group of authors for what they reflect and reveal about the evolving American experience and character.
Prerequisites	ENGL 1301 Composition I
Learning Outcomes	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. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.
Core Objectives	* Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication. * Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions. * Teamwork: Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal and consider different points of view. * Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making.
Program Student Learning Outcomes	PSLO ALPHA (LSCPA): Reading skills - Demonstrates comprehension of content-area reading material. PSLO 1: Critical Thinking Skills – Uses creative thinking, innovation, inquiry and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information. PSLO 2: Communication Skills – Demonstrates effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and/or visual communication. PSLO 4: Teamwork Skills- Shows the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal. PSLO 6: Personal Responsibility Skills – Integrates choices, actions and consequences in ethical decision-making.
Textbooks	Norton Anthology of American Literature (Shorter 8th Edition) Vols. 1&2 ISBN: 978-0-393-91887-8
Lecture Topics Outline	Week 1: Course Overview; Intro to American Literature, Timeline Week 2: Iroquois Creation Story/Pilgrims/Bradford Week 3: Bradstreet/Salem Witch Trials/Rowlandson/Mather Week 4: Edwards/Franklin/Paine/Wheatley Week 5: Exam 1/ TBA Week 6: Irving/Emerson/Longfellow/Thoreau Week 7: Hawthorne/Poe Week 8: Dickinson/Whitman/Exam 2 Week 9: SPRING BREAK March 13-17 Week 10: Writing Workshop: Multi-Genre Research Projects Week 11: Twain/Harte/James/ Week 12: Wharton/Chopin/Gilman Week 13: Crane/Dunbar/Exam 3 Week 14: Frost/Loy/Hughes/Eliot/Hurston/Cummings/ Week 15: Fitzgerald/Bishop/Cheever/ Plath/Review for Final Week 16: Final
Major Assignments Schedule	Week 5: Exam 1 Week 8: Exam 2 Week 9: SPRING BREAK Week 10: Research Projects Week 13: Exam 3 Week 15: Review for Final Week 16: Final
Final Exam Date	May 10, 2019 - 11:00 AM   Through  May 10, 2019 - 1:30 PM
Grading Scale	90 - 100=A    80 - 89=B    70 - 79=C     60 - 69=D    Below 59 = F
Determination of Final Grade	Response Papers (8-10)- 30% Tests (m/c)- 25% Participation 10% Research Paper- 15% Final (m/c and essay)- 20%
Course Policies
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Attendance Policy	Our class is based on discussion and participation, so please show up. I want to give you ample opportunities for success, but any more than than five absences will result in the loss of a letter grade. Additional absences will result in additional grade penalties. Two tardies of five minutes or more will be counted as an absence.
Academic Honesty	Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSC-PA policies (Section IX, subsection A, in the Faculty Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.
Facility Policies	No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Use of electronic devices is prohibited.
Important Information
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