BASIC COURSE INFORMATION
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Department/ Subject Area ENG
Course Number 036
Disciplines ENG-English
Proposal Type Course Revision (Minor)
Division Library, Learning Resources, and Language Arts Division
Cross Listing Courses
Course Title Selected Topics: Literature
Transcript Title Select Topics: Literature
Course Description This course is designed to permit study in the field of literature of a subject not covered in other literature courses. (CSU)
Community Service No
Proposed For Revision
Effective Date 2007 Spring
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Course Description
Lecture Hrs: 0.50 - 4.00
Lab Hrs: 0 - 0
Student Unit Hrs: 0.50 - 4.00
Faculty Lecture Units: 4.00
Faculty Lab Units: 0
Field Trips Not Required
Grade Options 0: A-F or Inc.
Transfer/Degree Applicability Associate Degree & Transfer
Non-Credit Options
Repeated NO
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Repeat Rationale
Challenged NO
Rationale Topics anchor courses are not challengable.
Fee Amount 0.00
Comparable Course Information
Comparable Course Information UC
University of California, Los Angeles
Lower Division Seminars: Special Topics in English 88A-88Z
Catalog Year: 2005-2007 Page:
URL: http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/catalog05-07-3-39.htm
Seminar, three hours. Limited to 15 students. Content varies; see departmental counselor for information. P/NP or letter grading. 88A. Medieval Literature; 88B. Renaissance Literature; 88C. 17th-Century Literature; 88D. 18th-Century Literature; 88E. Romantic Literature; 88F. Victorian Literature; 88G. 20th-Century British Literature; 88H. Colonial American Literature; 88I. 19th-Century American Literature; 88J. 20th-Century American Literature; 88K. History of English Language; 88L. Folklore and Mythology; 88M. Literature and Society.

Community College Course
Sacramento City College
Topics in English - Literature 3 Units ENGLT 494
Catalog Year: 2006-2007 Page: none
URL: http://www.scc.losrios.edu/catalog.html
This course is scheduled as needed under a title describing specific content. Students study the works of a significant group of writers, or of work on one theme, region, vocation, or human experience. Possible titles: Death in Literature, The Literature of the Occult, Film and Literature, The Hero in Fiction, The Love Story, The Literature of War. Not recommended as substitute for genre or survey courses. May be taken twice for credit.

CSU
California State University, Sacramento
Experimental Offerings in English ENGL 096
Catalog Year: 2006-2008 Page: 361
URL: http://aaweb.csus.edu/catalog/06-08/Program/ENGL.pdf
Special lower division experimental courses especially designed to emphasize student participation. 3 units.
Course Goals
Course Goals General Goals: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a project or have completed advanced research relating to a specific topic in the designated discipline.
Course Objectives
Course Objectives Specific Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Articulate the specific goals and outcomes of a project or research study.
2. Demonstrate how the project enhanced the student's knowledge of the subject.
3. Compose and submit at least one performance report to the instructor of record.
4. Prepare and submit a final report documenting the results and significant findings of the project.
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
  1. Outcome:Will vary with specific topics(s).
    Assessment:Will vary with specific topic(s).
Course Outline
Outline Text
  1. Will vary with specific topic(s).
Course Assignments
Course Assignments Reading
Optional Text:
Assignments: 1. Will vary with specific topic(s).
Writing
Optional Text:
Assignments: 1. Will vary with specific topic(s).
Other
Optional Text:
Assignments: 1. Will vary with specific topic(s).
Course Methods of Evaluation
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Course Methods of Evaluation A student's evaluation will be based on a required final examination and multiple measures of performance including critical thinking. These methods may include, but are not limited to the following.
A student will be evaluated on the following: collaborative projects, classroom discussion, written exercises, formal documented essays, quizzes, and examinations. The basis for the course grade will be the composite score drawn from a variety of exercises, writing assignments, oral presentations, examinations, and a required final examination. At least one method will be used which requires the student to demonstrate critical thinking as evidenced by writing and/or problem-solving.
Course Methods of Instruction
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Methods Lecture
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Course Distance Education
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Additional Resources
Distance Ed - Contact Types
Distance Ed - Contact Types
Course Textbooks
Textbooks N/A. As appropriate for special study project. N/A N/A , 0
Manuals
Periodicals
Course Supplies
Course Supplies
Course Resources
Course Resources Learning Resources
Optional Text: Current support adequate.
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Computer Resources
Optional Text: Current support adequate.
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Disabled Student Programs and Services
Optional Text: Current support adequate.
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Other Resources
Optional Text: None.
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Entry Skills
Entry Skills Advisory
ENG 001A
  • ENG 001A - Narrow a topic to an appropriate focus, research the topic using both electronic and printed indexes, and evaluate the findings for use in a research paper.
  • ENG 001A - Paraphrase, summarize, and quote source material for a research paper.
  • ENG 001A - Evaluate sources for bias, currency, and applicability.
  • ENG 001A - Compose a research paper following assigned documentation guidelines.
  • ENG 001A - Compose an expository essay, employing appropriate patterns of development, with a structure containing introduction, body, and conclusion, and a clear, limited thesis
  • ENG 001A - Compose a timed, on-demand essay in response to a prompt, similar to university-level competency examinations.
  • ENG 001A - Revise essays for grammar, usage, structure, and content through self-evaluation, peer editing, and instructor comments.
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    Course Requisites
    Course Requisites Requisite Type: Advisories
    Sub Area Course #: ENG-001A
    Comment:

    General Education Requirements
    Proposed For Categories
    District General Education HUMANITIES
     
    Transfer Types Course can be transferred to CSU
    Course can be transferred to UC
    Course Codes
    CB00 State ID CCC000451622
    SAM Code (CB09) E = Not Occupational
    TOP Code (CB03) 1501.00 - English
    Course Credit Status (CB04) Credit - Degree Applicable
    Coop Educational Code N - N = Not Coop Education
    Coop Work Code (CB10)
    CAN Code (CB14)
    Course Completion Assessment Level None
    Instructional Code M - Intermediate
    Classification Codes (CB11) A - Liberal Arts
    Print Catalog YES
    Print Class Schedule YES
    Independent Studies NO
    Open Entry NO
    Work Experience NO
    Special Topics NO
    Appointment YES
    Contract Course NO
    Basic Skills (CB08) N Not Basic Skills
    Organizational Unit Library, Learning Resources, & Language Arts Div
    Prior Skills (CB21) Y = Not applicable
    Originator Ginger Holden
    Previous Course ENG 036 Selected Topics: Literature
    Proposal Type Course Revision (Minor)
    Course Status Active
    Admin Dates
    Board of Trustees 03/20/2007
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