Graduate Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form
for Courses Numbered 5000 and Higher
Note: Before completing this form, please carefully read the accompanying instructions.
Submission guidelines are posted to the GCC Web site: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/gcc/index.cfm
1. Course prefix and number:
ENGL 5280
2. Date:
11/14/12
3. Requested action:
New Course
X
Revision of Active Course
Revision & Unbanking of a Banked Course
Renumbering of an Existing Course from
from
to
#
Required
#
Elective
4. Method(s) of delivery (check all boxes that apply for both current/proposed and expected
future delivery methods within the next three years):
Current or
Proposed Delivery
Method(s):
X
On-campus (face to face)
Expected
Future Delivery
Method(s):
X
Distance Course (face to face off campus)
Online (delivery of 50% or more of the instruction is offered online)
5. Justification. Identify the committee or group (e.g., Graduate faculty of the Department of
English) that conducted the assessment of curriculum and student learning. Explain why the
unit wishes to offer or revise the course. Include specific results from the unit assessment that
led to the development or modification of the course. If applicable, cite any accrediting
agency/ies and reference the specific standard/s.
The Department of English is undertaking a large-scale revision of its literature course
offerings. Program assessment undertaken by the graduate faculty of the Department of
English and advising data suggest that our literature curriculum has too many numbered
courses and is confusing to students. It is also difficult to manage administratively. This
revision addresses these issues by combining 5275 (Nineteenth-Century Poetry) and 5280
(Twentieth-Century Poetry) into a single “Topics in Poetry” course with a topic that can
change depending on curricular need and on the instructor teaching the course. The
graduate faculty of the Department of English has determined that this revision will allow
us to cover literary periods and genres regularly in our schedule while also encouraging
faculty to focus courses in innovative ways that engage students. The Graduate
Committee approved this course on November 26, 2012 and the English Graduate
Faculty approved this course on December 3, 2012.
Approved by GCC April 2012; posted summer of 2012
6. Course description exactly as it should appear in the next catalog:
5280. Topics in Poetry (3) May be repeated for a maximum of 9 s.h. with change of
topic. Advanced study of the history, development, and genres of poetry in English.
7. If this is a course revision, briefly describe the requested change:
ENGL 5280 is currently titled Twentieth-Century Poetry. This revision combines current
5280 and current 5275 (Nineteenth-Century Poetry) into a new course, ENGL 5280, with
the title “Topics in Poetry.” (5275 will then be deleted from the catalog.)
8. Course credit:
Lecture Hours
3
3
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
Lab
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Studio
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Practicum
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Internship
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Other (e.g., independent study) Please explain.
s.h.
3
Total Credit Hours
9. Anticipated annual student enrollment:
15
10. Changes in degree hours of your programs:
Degree(s)/Program(s)
Changes in Degree Hours
N/A
N/A
11. Affected degrees or academic programs, other than your programs:
Degree(s)/Program(s)
Changes in Degree Hours
N/A
N/A
12. Overlapping or duplication with affected units or programs:
X Not applicable
Documentation of notification to the affected academic degree programs is
attached.
13. Council for Teacher Education (CTE) approval (for courses affecting teacher education):
X Not applicable
Approved by GCC April 2012; posted summer of 2012
s.h.
s.h.
Applicable and CTE has given their approval.
14. University Service-Learning Committee (USLC) approval:
X Not applicable
Applicable and USLC has given their approval.
15. Statements of support:
a. Staff
X Current staff is adequate
Additional staff is needed (describe needs in the box below):
b. Facilities
X Current facilities are adequate
Additional facilities are needed (describe needs in the box below):
c. Library
X
Initial library resources are adequate
Initial resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an
estimate for the cost of acquisition of required initial resources):
d. Unit computer resources
X
Unit computer resources are adequate
Additional unit computer resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief
explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition):
e. ITCS resources
X
ITCS resources are not needed
The following ITCS resources are needed (put a check beside each need):
Mainframe computer system
Statistical services
Network connections
Computer lab for students
Software
Approval from the Director of ITCS attached
Approved by GCC April 2012; posted summer of 2012
16. Course information (see: Graduate Curriculum and Program Development Manual for
instructions):
Note: This is a sample syllabus for the course taught with the topic “Twentieth Century American
Poetry.” Other versions of the course will have different readings and course content, but all
iterations of the course share the same outcomes.
a. Textbook(s) and/or readings: author(s), name, publication date, publisher, and
city/state/country. Include ISBN (when applicable).
Nelson, Cary. Anthology of Modern American Poetry. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2000.
ISBN 0195122712.
b. Course objectives for the course (student – centered, behavioral focus)
If this is a 5000-level course that is populated by undergraduate and graduate students,
there must be differentiation in the learning objectives expected.
Upon completion of this course, graduate students will be able to:
1. Respond critically in writing to modern works of poetry with a high degree of
sophistication;
2. Identify, use, and evaluate research tools appropriate to such critical writing;
3. Read, evaluate, and synthesize secondary sources;
4. Demonstrate, through class participation and an in-class presentation, the ability
to speak about modern poetry with a high degree of sophistication.
Upon completion of this course, undergraduate students will be able to:
1. Respond critically in writing to modern works of poetry;
2. Identify and use research tools appropriate to such critical writing;
3. Read and evaluate secondary sources;
4. Demonstrate, through class participation and an in-class presentation, the ability
to speak about modern poetry.
c. Course topic outline
The list of topics should reflect the stated objectives.
Unit 1: Literary Realism/Naturalism gives way to Modernism--Robert Frost and
Gertrude Stein; the impact of The Armory Show of 1913 (The International Exhibition
of Modern Art) on poetry; historical /cultural shift
Unit 2: Imagism—William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, H.D., Mina Loy, Ezra
Pound, T.S. Eliot
Unit 3: Lyric Modernism—Wallace Stevens and Hart Crane
Unit 4: Harlem Renaissance to Black Arts Movement
Unit 5: Robert Penn Warren, The Fugitives, and other Modern Southern Poets
Unit 6: The Times They Are a Changin’: Schools of Poetry: Deep Image, Confessional,
New York School, the Beats, The Black Mountain School.
Approved by GCC April 2012; posted summer of 2012
d. List of course assignments, weighting of each assignment, and grading/evaluation system
for determining a grade
Assignments
--one in-class presentation on a poet
10%
--five short critical responses (3-5 pages each)
50%
--one long critical essay with research (8-10 pages) 30%
--class participation grade
Grading Scale
A
90-100
B
80-89
C
70-79
F
69 and below
Approved by GCC April 2012; posted summer of 2012
10%