Maui Community College
Course Outline
1. Alpha
ENG
Number
377
Course Title
Colonial Literature of the Pacific
Credits
3
Department
English Author Richard Hill
Date of Outline
9/30/2009
2. Course Description:
Effective Date Fall 2011
5-year Review Date 9/30/2016
Examines and researches travel journalism and fictional texts in the English
language, written by colonial travelers to the Pacific islands in the
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries about the islands and their culture.
Emphasizes postcolonial theory and its application to Polynesian culture
through some of the great literary voices of the period.
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Contact Hours/Type
3. Pre-requisites
Three (3) hours lecture
ENG 100 with at least a C or better; and ENG 210 or 250, 251, 252, 253, 254,
255, 256, or 257(E,F,R) with a C or better
Pre-requisite may be waived by consent
Co-requisites
AS Program
AAS Program
BAS Program
no
None
Recommended Preparation
4. Function/Designation
yes
None
AA LE - Elective
HU - Humanities
HU - Humanities
HU - Humanities
Developmental/Remedial
Additional Category
List Additional Programs and Category:
List Additional Programs and Category:
List Additional Programs and Category:
Other/Additional: Explain: GE - General Education, new
additional BAS degrees
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Chancellor
Approval Date
Revised 6/28/2016
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See Curriculum Action Request (CAR) form for the college-wide general education student learning
outcomes (SLOs) and/or the program learning outcomes (PLOs) this course supports.
This course outline is standardized and/or the result of a community college or system-wide agreement.
Responsible committee:
5. Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs): List one to four inclusive SLOs.
For assessment, link these to #7 Recommended Course Content, and #9 Recommended Course
Requirements & Evaluation. Use roman numerals (I., II., III.) to designate SLOs
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
I. Explain how Pacific cultures were represented by early colonial writing, and ways in which it has and
has not changed through to the 21st century.
II.
III.
IV.
6. Competencies/Concepts/Issues/Skills
For assessment, link these to #7 Recommended Course Content, and #9 Recommended Course
Requirements & Evaluation. Use lower case letters (a., b.…zz. )to designate competencies/skills/issues
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
a. formulate clear, considered positions based on student's understanding, knowledge and research
of the course materials;
b. analyze, synthesize, and support complex ideas in clear, coherent writing assignments;
c. employ form, content, language and style appropriate to audience, purpose, and subject of an
undergraduate 300-level English course;
d. demonstrate independent critical analysis of course materials persuasively and ethically through
discussion and writing;
e. demonstrate applied knowledge of MLA style documentation;
f. gather evidence from primary and secondary sources to support a thesis;
g. interpret, evaluate, and employ discerningly evidence to support a thesis;
h. demonstrate multiple modes of inquiry.
7. Suggested Course Content and Approximate Time Spent on Each Topic
Linked to #5. Student Learning Outcomes and # 6 Competencies/Skills/Issues
1-8 weeks
1-2 weeks
1-4 weeks
1-2 weeks
Read, watch, observe and evaluate course materials (a-h)
Write formal and informal responses to core material (a-h)
Write several sustained critical and argumentative essays (a-h)
Learn and apply appropriate documentation styles (b,c,e,f,g)
8. Text and Materials, Reference Materials, and Auxiliary Materials
Appropriate text(s) and materials will be chosen at the time the course is offered from those currently
available in the field. Examples include:
A Hawaiian Reader, Vol. I, ed. Day and Stroven
A Narrative of an 1823 Tour through Hawai`i, by William Ellis
Six Months in the Sandwich Islands, by Isabella Bird
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Roughing It in the Sandwich Islands, by Mark Twain
Typee, by Herman Melville
The Coral Island, by R. M. Ballantyne
South Sea Tales, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Beyond Paradise (DVD) by David L. Cunningham
Appropriate reference materials will be chosen at the time the course is offered from those currently
available in the field. Examples include: Orientalism, by Edward Said; Remembrance of Pacific Pasts,
ed. by Borofsky; A Dream of Islands, by Gavan Daws; Honor Killing, by David E. Stannard; Hawai`i's
Story, by Queen Liluokalani; The Betrayal of Queen Liluokalani, by Helena G. Allen
Appropriate auxiliary materials will be chosen at the time the course is offered from those currently
available in the field. Examples include:
9. Suggested Course Requirements and Evaluation
Linked to #5. Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and #6 Competencies/Skills/Issues
Specific course requirements are at the discretion of the instructor at the time the course is being offered.
Suggested requirements might include, but are not limited to:
0-10%
Attendance and participation (5:I; 6:a-h)
40-60%
Graded assignments (5:I; 6:a-h)
10-20%
In-class presentations (5:I; 6:a,c,d,f,g,h)
0-10%
Final Exam (5:I; 6:a,b,c,d,e,h)
10. Methods of Instruction
Instructional methods will vary considerably by instructor. Specific methods are at the discretion of the
instructor teaching the course and might include, but are not limited to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
small group activities;
large group lecture;
in-class exercises;
class discussion;
audio, visual, or Internet presentations;
student class presentations;
group or individual projects;
student-teacher conferencing;
homework assignments including:
reading;
j. posting research and opinions on online message boards
11. Assessment of Intended Student Learning Outcomes Standards Grid attached
12. Additional Information:
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