Course Abstract Details
ENGL-160, Study Tour
Credits: Credits vary. See course description for details.
Course Description
ENGL-160, Literature Travel Study, introduces major authors, works, and themes in the literature of one or more countries to which students will have the opportunity to travel as part of a travel study program. D206
Course Objectives and Grading Information
COURSE OBJECTIVES In ENGL-160, you will:
1. place literary works in their historical, political, intellectual, and cultural contexts. (GE2; GE6; H1; H2; H3; H4; E4)
2. communicate orally by in participating in presentations.(GE2; GE4)
3. demonstrate information literacy ? identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use information to examine an issue or problem at hand. (GE2; GE4; H4; E3)
4. express ideas in formal writing, by authoring a longer essay that offers a clear and supported position on a complex subject. (GE1; GE2; GE4; H2; H4; H5; H7; E1; E2; E3; E5)
5. demonstrate cultural competence ? the ability to relate effectively across lines of cultural difference. (GE2; GE6; H4; H5; E4)
6. construct valid arguments about selections of literature through a process of close, critical reading. (GE2; GE6; H1; H2; H3: H4; H5; E1; E2)
