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Curriculum
LIT 100 and
LIT 200 are each held
2.5 hours
per week.
LIT 300 is optional.
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Critical reading, study strategies, skimming, integrating knowledge, identify main ideas, supporting evidence, cause and effect, points of view, bias, and sequence. Discuss plot, setting, theme and characterization.
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Identify context and word parts, learn to read through questioning, and comparing and evaluating. Apply critical reading skills to distinguish between fact and opinion. Detect errors, propaganda, process and patterns of organization. Discuss tone.
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Learn the fundamentals of writing an MLA formatted research paper by incorporating scientific references. Have a clear research thesis statement, create outlines, and make a supported argument through drafts and a 5 page final paper.
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Reading Focus
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Stories and essays by Maya Angelou, Rachel Carson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and others.
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Examine the human condition through in-depth discussions of “Fences” by August Wilson.
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Self selected research, narrowed to a thesis statement and supported by research journals.
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Course Goal
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Become critical readers and thinkers.
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Competence in reading across academic areas.
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Competence from a research perspective.
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