WEEKLY COURSE SCHEDULE (12 week)
Please note that all assignments have an estimated time of completion (in hours) in parentheses.
Week of | Topics and Reading In Class activities
| Assignments and Due Dates Out of class assignments | Student Contact Hours |
Week 1: Unit One | Topics: Introduction to Course: Review syllabus and course materials. The Enlightenment and Restoration Literature.
(3 hrs) | 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 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 hours—9 hours |
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 hours—9 hours |
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 hours—9 hours |
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 hours—9 hours |
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 hours—9 hours |
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 hours—9 hours |
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 hours—9 hours |
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 hours—9 hours |
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 hours—9 hours |
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 hours—9 hours |
Week 11: 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 hours—9 hours |
Week 12: 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 hours—9 hours |
Total | Total in-class hours—45 (3 credit hour course) | Total out of class hours— 90 (3 credit hour course) | Total Student Contact Hours TOTAL—135.0 (3 credit hour course) |
This course meets for 135 student contact hours over a 12-week period.
This schedule may be changed at the discretion of the instructor.