College of the Redwoods
CURRICULUM PROPOSAL
1.
Division: Humanities and Communications
2.
Course ID and Number: ENGL 20
3.
Course Title: Introduction to Non-Western Literature
4.
Discipline(s) (Select from CCC System Office Minimum Qualification for Faculty [copy following web
address and paste into web browser http://www.cccco.edu/divisions/esed/aa_ir/psmq/min_qual/min_quals%20_revApr406.pdf]
Course may fit more than one discipline; identify all that apply): English
5.
Check one of the following:
New Course
If curriculum has been offered under a different discipline and/or name, identify the former course:
Change to existing course (course discipline and number are not changing)
Should another course be inactivated?
Title of course to be inactivated:
6.
No
Yes
Inactivation date:
Is course part of a CR Degree/Certificate Program? (If New is selected above, check No) No
Yes
If yes, specify program code(s). (Codes can be found in Outlook/Public Folders/All Public Folders/
Curriculum/Degree and Certificate Programs/choose appropriate catalog year):
Required course
Restricted elective
7.
Provide explanation and justification for addition/change/deletion:
Course outline has not been reviewed and updated in six years.
8. List any special materials, equipment, tools, etc. that students must purchase:
9. Will this course have an instructional materials fee? No
Fee: $
Submitted by:
Pat McCutcheon
Tel. Ext. 4327
Division Chair/Director: Michael Thomas
Yes
Date: 9/24/07
Review Date: 10/1/07
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE USE ONLY
Approved by Curriculum Committee: No
Board of Trustees Approval Date: 11/6/07
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
Yes
Date: 10/12/07
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SUMMARY OF CURRICULUM CHANGES
FOR AN EXISTING COURSE
FEATURES
Catalog Description
(Please include complete
text of old and new catalog
descriptions.)
Grading Standard
OLD
NEW
An introduction to the
literatures of Asia, Africa, and
Latin America through the
study of major works in their
literary and cultural contexts.
Selected readings are from
both ancient and modern
authors and include poetry as
well as representative myths,
epics, stories, and narratives.
An introduction to the major works
of Asia, Africa, and Latin America
in their literary and cultural
contexts. Readings include
authors from ancient to modern
and representative myths, epics,
stories, and poems.
Select
Select
Total Units
Lecture Units
Lab Units
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Recommended
Preparation
Maximum Class Size
Repeatability—
Maximum Enrollments
Other
Student learning outcomes,
course content, course learning
activities, and new text have been
added.
If any of the listed features have been modified in the new proposal, indicate the “old” (current) information and
proposed changes.
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Senate Approved: 09.03.04
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College of the Redwoods
COURSE OUTLINE
DATE: 9/24/07
COURSE ID AND NUMBER: ENGL 20
COURSE TITLE: Introduction to Non-Western Literature
FIRST TERM NEW OR REVISED COURSE MAY BE OFFERED: Spring 2008
TOTAL UNITS: 3
TOTAL HOURS: 54
[Lecture Units: 3
[Lecture Hours: 54
Lab Units:
Lab Hours:
]
]
MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE: 38
GRADING STANDARD
Letter Grade Only
CR/NC Only
Is this course repeatable for additional credit units: No
Grade-CR/NC Option
Yes
If yes, how many total enrollments?
Is this course to be offered as part of the Honors Program? No
Yes
If yes, explain how honors sections of the course are different from standard sections.
Honors sections will have additional reading and writing assignments: typically a paper
examining an author or work in greater depth and a classroom presentation of the
findings. In addition, Honors essays will reflect the reading of secondary sources-historical, cultural, and/or critical works--which may not be a requirement in regular
sections. Honors students will also take a more active role in conducting the class by
leading discussions.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
The catalog description should clearly state the scope of the course, its level, and what kinds of student goals the
course is designed to fulfill.
An introduction to the major works of Asia, Africa, and Latin America in their literary and
cultural contexts. Readings include authors from ancient to modern and representative
myths, epics, stories, and poems.
Special notes or advisories:
PREREQUISITES
No
Yes
Course(s):
Rationale for Prerequisite:
Describe representative skills without which the student would be highly unlikely to succeed.
COREQUISITES
No
Yes
Rationale for Corequisite:
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Course(s):
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RECOMMENDED PREPARATION
No
Yes
Course(s): ENGL 1A
Rationale for Recommended Preparation:
To be successful in ENGL 20, students must have college-level reading and writing skills,
including some familiarity with academic research conventions and MLA citation style.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
What should the student be able to do as a result of taking this course? State some of the objectives in terms of
specific, measurable student accomplishments.
1. Discuss works of non-Western literature within their historical, aesthetic, and cultural
contexts.
2. Articulate interpretations of themes, character, plot development and stylistic features
in works of literature to build cogent and logical critical arguments.
3. Persist in the reading and study of a text that may seem alien because of historical and
cultural shifts and that may appear in uncommon genres (e.g. creation myths, epics,
sermons, surrealism).
4. Reflect on the act of reading as a relationship between reader and text: both on the
cultural, aesthetic, and personal bases for literary response and on the power of literature
to transform our values and world views.
5. Explain how literary works of different periods and different areas reflect varying
cultural influences.
6. Articulate significant themes recurring in works throughout the non-Western world.
7. Discuss the use of literature as one way to investigate the changing historical and
cultural aspects of our world.
COURSE CONTENT
Themes: What themes, if any, are threaded throughout the learning experiences in this course?
1. Historical and cultural change reflected in the works of Asia, Aftica, and Latin America.
2. The relationship between individual author and social conventions.
3. The means by which a culture's literature bears witness to its social, political, religious,
intellectual, and psychological ideas.
4. Reasoned critical argument.
Concepts: What concepts do students need to understand to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Cultural difference.
2. Literary genres, audience, rhetorical and stylistic features, and other basic concepts
central to literary criticism.
4. Differing concepts of identity.
5. Race/ethnicity.
6. The ancient world.
7. Colonialism.
8. Modernism.
9. Postmodernism.
10. Postcolonialism.
11. Magical Realism.
12. Globalism.
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Issues: What primary issues or problems, if any, must students understand to achieve course outcomes (including
such issues as gender, diversity, multi-culturalism, and class)?
1. Challenges to traditional authority-- religious, intellectual, political, colonial, social,
familial, and sexual.
2. Bridging the gap between 21st-century readers and works written up to thousands of
years ago.
3. Suspending cultural bias.
4. Understanding the limits of literary translation.
5. The process of critical reading as relationship beetween the reader and the text.
Skills: What skills must students master to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Reading challenging texts carefully and thoughtfully.
2. Analyzing details of literary works to form interpretations.
3. Writing to discover, to articulate, and to clarify an interpretation.
4. Applying basic vocabulary used to discuss literary works.
5. Writing critical essays that conform to standard MLA format/citation style.
REPRESENTATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES
What will students be doing (e.g., listening to lectures, participating in discussions and/or group activities, attending
a field trip)? Relate the activities directly to the Course Learning Outcomes.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Listening to lectures.
Participating in discussions.
Participating in group activities.
Interacting with guest speakers from non-Western cultures.
ASSESSMENT TASKS
How will students show evidence of achieving the Course Learning Outcomes? Indicate which assessments (if any)
are required for all sections.
Representative assessment tasks:
1. Reading quizzes, reading journals, reading questions.
2. Student presentations.
3. Essay exams.
Required assessments for all sections – to include but not limited to:
At least two critical essays conforming to standard MLA format/citation style.
EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TEXTS OR OTHER READINGS
Author, Title, and Date Fields are required
Author Davis,
et al. Title The Bedford Anthology of World Literature, Volume 1: The Ancient
World - 100 C.E. Date 2005 or latest edition
Author Davis,
Date
et al Title The Bedford Anthology of World Literature, Volume 6 : 1900-Present
2004 or latest edition
Author Barnstone
and Barnstone
or latest edition
Author
Title
Title
Literatures of Asia, Africa and Latin America
Date
1999
Date
Other Appropriate Readings:
Chenua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart," or similar novels
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PROPOSED TRANSFERABILITY:
CSU
UC
If CSU transferability is proposed (courses numbered
1-99), indicate whether general elective credit or specific
course equivalent credit is proposed.
If specific course equivalent credit is proposed, give
course numbers/ titles of at least two comparable lower
division courses from a UC, CSU, or equivalent
institution.
None
General elective credit
Specific course equivalent
1. CL9, UC Irvine
(Campus)
2. Engl 190, CSU Santa Barbara
(Campus)
CURRENTLY APPROVED GENERAL EDUCATION
CR
CSU
IGETC
CR GE Category: C Humanities
CSU GE Category: C2 Humanities
IGETC Category: Area 3 Group B Humanities
PROPOSED CR GENERAL EDUCATION
Rationale for CR General Education approval (including category designation):
Natural Science
Social Science
Humanities
Language and Rationality
Writing
Oral Communications
Analytical Thinking
PROPOSED CSU GENERAL EDUCATION BREADTH (CSU GE)
A. Communications and Critical Thinking
A1 – Oral Communication
A2 – Written Communication
A3 – Critical Thinking
C. Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and Foreign
Language
C1 – Arts (Art, Dance, Music, Theater)
C2 – Humanities (Literature,
Philosophy, Foreign Language)
E. Lifelong Understanding and SelfDevelopment
E1 – Lifelong Understanding
E2 – Self-Development
B. Science and Math
B1 – Physical Science
B2 – Life Science
B3 – Laboratory Activity
B4 – Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
D. Social, Political, and Economic Institutions
D0 – Sociology and Criminology
D1 – Anthropology and Archeology
D2 – Economics
D3 – Ethnic Studies
D5 – Geography
D6 – History
D7 – Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral
Science
D8 – Political Science, Government and Legal Institutions
D9 – Psychology
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category: Same as above
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Proposed Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
1A – English Composition
1B – Critical Thinking-English Composition
1C – Oral Communication (CSU requirement only)
2A – Math
3A – Arts
3B – Humanities
4A – Anthropology and Archaeology
4B – Economics
4E – Geography
4F – History
4G – Interdisciplinary, Social & Behavioral Sciences
4H – Political Science, Government & Legal Institutions
4I – Psychology
4J – Sociology & Criminology
5A – Physical Science
5B – Biological Science
6A – Languages Other Than English
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category:
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FOR VPAA USE ONLY
PROGRAM AND COURSE NUMBER ENGL-20
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
1. Department: HUM Humanities
16. CoRequisite Course: None
2. Subject: English
17. Recommended Prep: ENGL-1A
Course No: 20
3. Credit Type: D Credit Degree Applicable
18. Maximum Class Size: 38
4. Min/Maximum Units: 3.0 to
19. Repeat/Retake: NR No repeats
variable units
5. Course Level: Choose One:
20. Count Retakes for Credit:
yes
no
6. Academic Level: UG Undergraduate
21. Only Pass/No Pass:
yes
no
7. Grade Scheme: UG Undergraduate
22. Allow Pass/No Pass:
yes
no
8. Short Title: Intro to Non-Western Lit
23. VATEA Funded Course:
yes
no
9. Long Title: Introduction to Non-Western
24. Accounting Method: W Weekly Census
Literature
25. Disability Status: N Not a Special Class
10. National ID
(CIP):
16.0104
26. Billing Method: T-Term
11. Local ID
(TOPS):
150300
27. Billing Period: R-Reporting Term
12. Course Types:
 Level One Basic Skills: NBS Not Basic Skills

Level Two Work Experience:
28. Billing Credits: 3.0
29. Purpose: A Liberal Arts Sciences
NWE Not Coop Work Experience
30. Articulation No.

Level Three:
(CAN):
Placeholder for GE OR
31. Articulation Seq.
(CAN):
Choose One:
32. Transfer Status: A Transfers to both UC/CSU

Level Four: If GE :
C2 Humanities (Lit, Phil, Lan)
13. Instructional Method:
LEC Lecture and/or Discussion
33. Equates to another course?
(course number).
34. The addition of this course will inactive
number). Inactive at end of
term.
14. Lec TLUs: 4.5 Contact Hours: 54
Lab TLUs:
Contact Hours:
Lecture/Lab TLUs:
Contact Hours:
15. Prerequisite: None
Particular Comments for Printed Catalog.
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Curriculum Approval Date: 10/12/07
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
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(course