Course Syllabus

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WEEKLY COURSE SCHEDULE (15 week)

 

Please note that all assignments have an estimated time of completion (in hours) in parentheses.

 

Week of

Topics and Reading

(6hr/wk)

Assignments & Due Dates

Out-of-class (6hr/wk)

Student Contact Hours (9hr/wk)

Week 1: Unit One

 

Topics:  Introduction to

Course:

Review syllabus and

course materials. 

The Enlightenment and Restoration Literature.

 

(3 hrs)

Reading Assignments: ht

The Enlightenment and Restoration Literature. http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl203/

View course materials and videos on The Enlightenment and Restoration Literature.

 

Participate in discussion board. 

Write one-page essay based on choice of prompts.

Research:  Post a link to a video or article that is related directly to the readings for the unit and explain the significance on the discussion wall.

(6 hrs)

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

Week 2: 

Continue Unit One 

Continue Topics:

Introduction to

Course:

Review syllabus and

course materials. 

The Enlightenment and Restoration Literature.

(3 hrs)

Continue Reading Assignments: The Enlightenment and Restoration Literature. http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl203/

View course materials and videos on The Enlightenment and Restoration Literature.

 

Participate in discussion board. 

Write a one-page essay based on choice of prompts .

Research:  Post a link to a video or article that is related directly to the readings for the unit and explain the significance on the discussion wall.  (6 hrs)

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

Week 3:

Unit Two 

Topics:  The Rise of the Modern Novel and Romanticism

(3 hrs)

Reading Assignments: The Rise of the Modern Novel and Romanticism, http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl203/

View course materials and videos on The Rise of the Modern Novel and Romanticism.

Participate in discussion board and quizzes. 

Write one-page essay based on choice of prompts.

Research:  Post a link to a video or article that is related directly to the readings for the unit and explain the significance on the discussion wall.(6 hrs).

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

Week 4:  Continue Unit Two 

 

Continue Topics: The Rise of the Modern Novel and Romanticism

(3 hrs)

Continue Reading Assignments: The Rise of the Modern Novel and Romanticism, http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl203/

View course materials and videos on The Rise of the Modern Novel and Romanticism.

Participate in discussion board and quizzes. 

Write one-page essay based on choice of prompts.

Research:  Post a link to a video or article that is related directly to the readings for the unit and explain the significance on the discussion wall.

(6 hrs).

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

Week 5:  Unit 3 

Topics: The Victorian Period and The Turn of the Century

(3 hrs)

 

Reading Assignments: The Victorian Period and The Turn of the Century, http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl203/ and http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl204/

View course materials and videos on The Victorian Period (http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl203/ ) and The Turn of the Century (http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl204/)

 

Participate in discussion board and quizzes. 

Write one-page essay based on choice of prompts.

Research:  Post a link to a video or article that is related directly to the readings for the unit and explain the significance on the discussion wall.  (6 hrs)

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

Week 6:

Continue Unit 3 

Continue:  Topics: The Victorian Period and The Turn of the Century

 

(3 hrs)

 

Continue: Reading Assignments: The Victorian Period and The Turn of the Century, http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl203/ and http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl204/

View course materials and videos on The Victorian Period (http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl203/ )and The Turn of the Century (http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl204/).

Participate in discussion board and quizzes. 

Write one-page essay based on choice of prompts.

Research:  Post a link to a video or article that is related directly to the readings for the unit and explain the significance on the discussion wall.

(6 hrs)

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

Week 7:

Unit 4 

Topics:  The Outbreak of War and Post-War Disillusion and "The Lost Generation"

(3 hrs)

 

Read The Outbreak of War and Post-War Disillusion and "The Lost Generation," http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl204/

View course materials and videos on The Outbreak of War and Post-War Disillusion and "The Lost Generation."

Participate in discussion board and quizzes.   

Write one-page essay based on choice of prompts.

Research:  Post a link to a video or article that is related directly to the readings for the unit and explain the significance on the discussion wall. 

(6 hrs)

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

Week 8:

Continue Unit 4

Continue The Outbreak of War and Post-War Disillusion and "The Lost Generation"

(3 hrs)

 

Continue Read The Outbreak of War and Post-War Disillusion and "The Lost Generation," http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl204/

View course materials and videos on The Outbreak of War and Post-War Disillusion and "The Lost Generation."

Participate in discussion board and quizzes.  

Write one-page essay based on choice of prompts.

Research:  Post a link to a video or article that is related directly to the readings for the unit and explain the significance on the discussion wall.

(6 hrs)

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

Week 9:

Unit 5 

Topics: High Modernist Aesthetics and The Shift to Post-Modernism

(3 hrs)

 

Read High Modernist Aesthetics and The Shift to Post-Modernism, http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl204/

View course materials and videos on High Modernist Aesthetics and The Shift to Post-Modernism.

Participate in discussion board and quizzes.  

Write one-page essay based on choice of prompts.

Research:  Post a link to a video or article that is related directly to the readings for the unit and explain the significance on the discussion wall.  (6 hrs)

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

Week 10:  Continue Unit 5

Continue Topics: High Modernist Aesthetics and The Shift to Post-Modernism

(3 hrs)

 

Continue Reading High Modernist Aesthetics and The Shift to Post-Modernism, http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl204/

View course materials and videos on High Modernist Aesthetics and The Shift to Post-Modernism.

Participate in discussion board and quizzes.  

Write one-page essay based on choice of prompts.

Research:  Post a link to a video or article that is related directly to the readings for the unit and explain the significance on the discussion wall.

(6 hrs)

 

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

Week 11:  Complete Unit 5

Complete Topics: High Modernist Aesthetics and The Shift to Post-Modernism

(3 hrs)

 

Complete Reading High Modernist Aesthetics and The Shift to Post-Modernism, http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl204/

View course materials and videos on High Modernist Aesthetics and The Shift to Post-Modernism.

Participate in discussion board and quizzes.  

Write one-page essay based on choice of prompts.

Research:  Post a link to a video or article that is related directly to the readings for the unit and explain the significance on the discussion wall.

(6 hrs)

 

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

Week 12: Unit 6 

Topics: A Post-Colonial World and Voices From the Margins

(3 hrs)

 

 

 

Read A Post-Colonial World and Voices From the Margins, http://www.saylor.org/courses/engl204/

View course materials and videos on A Post-Colonial World and Voices From the Margins.

Participate in discussion board and quizzes.  

Write one-page essay based on choice of prompts.

Research:  Post a link to a video or article that is related directly to the readings for the unit and explain the significance on the discussion wall.

(6 hrs)

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

Week 13:  Continue Unit 6

Continue Topics: A Post-Colonial World and Voices From the Margins

 

(3 hrs)

 

 

 

Continue Reading A Post-Colonial World and Voices From the Margins, http://saylor.org.

View course materials and videos on A Post-Colonial World and Voices From the Margins.

Participate in discussion board and quizzes.  

Write one-page essay based on choice of prompts.

Research:  Post a link to a video or article that is related directly to the readings for the unit and explain the significance on the discussion wall.

(6 hrs)

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

Week 14:  Continue Unit 6

Complete Topics: A Post-Colonial World and Voices From the Margins

 

(3 hrs)

 

 

 

Complete Reading A Post-Colonial World and Voices From the Margins, http://saylor.org.

View course materials and videos on A Post-Colonial World and Voices From the Margins.

Participate in discussion board and quizzes.  

Write one-page essay based on choice of prompts.

Research:  Post a link to a video or article that is related directly to the readings for the unit and explain the significance on the discussion wall.

(6 hrs)

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

Week 15:

Complete any outstanding assignments.

(3 hrs)

Complete any outstanding assignments.

(6 hrs)

Total/Week: (9 hrs)

 

Total in-class hours: 45

Total Out of class hours: 90

Total Student Contact Hours: 135

 

This course meets for 135 student contact hours over a 15-week period.

This schedule may be changed at the discretion of the instructor.

 

Course Summary:

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