Course Syllabus

Week of

Topics and Reading

In Class activities

Assignments and Due Dates

Out of class assignments

Student Contact Hours

Week 1 – Module One

Topics:  Introduction to

Course:

Review syllabus and

course materials. 

The Enlightenment and Restoration Literature.

(12 hrs)

Reading Assignments:

The Enlightenment and Restoration Literature.

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.

(24 hrs)

Total hours--36

Week 2:

Module Two

Topics:  The Rise of the Modern Novel and Romanticism

(12 hrs)

Reading Assignments: The Rise of the Modern Novel and Romanticism,

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. (24 hrs).

Total hours--36

Week 3:  Module 3

Topics: The Victorian Period and The Turn of the Century

(12 hrs)

Reading Assignments: The Victorian Period and The Turn of the Century.

View course materials and videos on The Victorian Period and The Turn of the Century.

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. 

(24 hrs)

Total hours--36

Week 4:

Module 4

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

(12 hrs)

Read The Outbreak of War and Post-War Disillusion and "The Lost Generation."

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. 

(24 hrs)

Total hours--36

Week 5:

Module 5

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

(12 hrs)

Read High Modernist Aesthetics and The Shift to Post-Modernism.

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.  (24 hrs)

Total hours—36

Week 6: Module 6

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

(12 hrs)

Read A Post-Colonial World and Voices From the Margins.

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.

(24 hrs)

Total hours—36

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)