ENGL 28 – Page 1
Date Approved:
3/6/89
Date Scanned:
5/12/2005
INACTIVATED 5/11/07
College of the Redwoods
CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: ENGL 28
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered)
COURSE TITLE Women in Literature
LECTURE HOURS: 3.0
LAB HOURS: None
PREREQUISITE: None
UNITS: 3.0
Eligibility for: Engl 150
Math 105
Request for Exception Attached
CO-REQUISITE: None
GRADING STANDARD:
Letter Grade Only
TRANSFERABILITY:
CSUS
UC
Articulation with UC requested
Repeatable
yes
no
CR/NC Only
Grade/CR/NC Option
NONE
Max No. Units
Maximum Class Size 35
Max No. Enrollments
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
This course examines literature by and about women from the Middle Ages to the present, with an
emphasis on contrasting mythic interpretations with what women themselves have written about their
lives. Short stories, novels, and poems are studied in terms of the literary elements used to reinforce the
authors’ themes.
NOTE:
COURSE OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES: List the primary instructional objectives of the class. Formulate
some of them in terms of specific measurable student accomplishments, e.g., specific knowledge and/or
skills to be attained as a result of completing this course. For degree-applicable courses, include
objectives in the area of “critical thinking.” Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be
able to:
1) identify representative works and themes of major authors
2) analyze and assess these works in terms of their literary elements
3) determine the theme and significance of a given work, and summarize in writing its personal and
societal relevance.
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Date Approved:
3/6/89
Date Scanned:
5/12/2005
COURSE OUTLINE:
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
Historical perspectives
Introduction to women in literature
10%
Literature of the Middle Ages
5%
Literature of the seventeenth Century
5%
Literature of the Eighteenth Century
5%
Literature of the Nineteenth century
5%
Turn of the Century Literature
5%
Modernist Literature
Essay exam
10%
5%
Contemporary Fiction
Lecture/discussion of literary elements
20%
Contemporary Poetry
Lecture/discussion of themes in contemporary literature
20%
Student projects
5%
Essay exam
5%
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Date Approved:
3/6/89
Date Scanned:
5/12/2005
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS: (Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended,
including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title: The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women
Required
Edition: 1st
Alternate
Author: Gilbert/Gubar
Recommended
Publisher: Norton
Date Published: 1985
(Additional required, alternate, or recommended texts should be listed on a separate sheet and attached.)
For degree applicable courses the adopted texts have been certified to be college-level:
Yes. Basis for determination:
is used by two or more four-year colleges or universities (certified by the Division Chair or
Branch Coordinator, or Center Dean)
OR
has been certified by the LAC as being of college level using the Coleman and Dale-Chall
Readability Index Scale.
No. Request for Exception Attached
METHODS TO MEASURE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:
Please check where appropriate; however, a degree applicable course must have a minimum of one
response in category 1, 2, or 3. If category 1 is not checked, the department must explain why
substantial writing assignments are an inappropriate basis for at least part of the grade.
1. Substantial writing assignments, including:
essay exam(s)
term or other paper(s)
written homework
reading report(s)
laboratory report(s)
other (specify) _____
If the course is degree applicable, substantial writing assignments in this course are inappropriate
because:
The course is primarily computational in nature.
The course primarily involves skill demonstrations or problem solving.
Other rationale (explain) __________________________________________
2. Computational or Non-computational problem-solving demonstrations, including:
exam(s)
quizzes
homework problems
laboratory report(s)
field work
other (specify)_______
3. Skill demonstrations, including:
class performance(s)
other (specify)____
4. Objective examinations, including:
multiple choice
completion
field work
performance exam(s)
true/false
other (specify)
matching items
5. Other (specify) ____________________________________
NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance.
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Date Approved:
3/6/89
Date Scanned:
5/12/2005
REQUIRED READING, WRITING, AND OTHER OUTSIDE OF CLASS ASSIGNMENTS:
Over an 18-week presentation of the course, 3 hours per week are required for each unit of credit. ALL
Degree Applicable Credit classes must treat subject matter with a scope and intensity which require the
student to study outside of class. Two hours of independent work done out of class are required for each
hour of lecture. Lab and activity classes must also require some outside of class work. Outside of the
regular class time the students in this class will be doing the following:
Study
Answer questions
Skill practice
Required reading
Problem solving activity or exercise
Written work (essays/compositions/report/analysis/research)
Journal (reaction and evaluation of class, done on a continuing basis throughout the
semester)
Observation of or participation in an activity related to course content (e.g., play, museum,
concert, debate, meeting, etc.)
Field trips
Other (specify) ____________________________
COLLEGE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS:
Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be
completed for non-degree applicable courses. Describe how the course requires students to
independently analyze, synthesize, explain, assess, anticipate and/or define problems, formulate and
assess solutions, apply principles to new situations, etc.
Journal assignments require students to independently summarize the most important points, determine
the significant themes, and compare different writers. Essay examination questions require students to
independently explain and assess the effect of literary elements on selected readings. A sample question
reads “Defend Kate Chopin’s choice of point of view in ‘The Story of An Hour.’ Why is this point of view
essential to the story? How would the story have been different if the point of view had been different?”