Form #3A – Course Outline Worksheet
Instructions for completing Form #3A are in Section 3.2.4 in the EPC Manual
ARNOLD, MARYLAND
Course Information:
Course Name:
World Literature 1
Course Number:
ENG 211
Credit Hours:
3
Initiator:
Department Curriculum Committee
School:
Liberal Arts
Department:
English and Communications
Date:
Spring 2014
EXTERNAL REQUIREMENTS:
GENERAL EDUCATION
INTERNAL REQUIREMENTS:
DIVERSITY
COMPUTING AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY COMPETENCY
OTHER:
DEVELOPMENTAL
NONE OF THESE
*Course
Category (ies):
Catalog Description:
ENG 211
World Literature 1
3 credit hours-Three hours weekly; one term.
Explore great works of literature from the earliest written records through the 17 th century. Read selections from ancient
Mesopotamian, Biblical, Islamic, Asian, classical Greek and Roman, and medieval and Renaissance European literature.
Prerequisite: ENG 111-ENG 112 or ENG 115-ENG 116 or ENG 121 or permission of the department chair.
Division Of Subject Matter:
Lecture
Hours
Main Topics
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
Ancient Mediterranean Literature
Ancient Indian Literature
Ancient Chinese Literature
Medieval Islamic, Christian, and Indian Literature
Medieval Chinese and Japanese Literature
European Renaissance Literature
Testing
Total
EPC Form 4 – Revised 7/14
12
4
4
10
3
9
3
45
Directed/
Lab
Hours
Practicum/
Clinical
0
0
Detailed Course Outline
Lecture
Hours
Main Topic
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
Ancient Mediterranean Literature
1.1
Mythology/religious texts
1.2
Epic poetry
1.3
Lyric poetry
1.4
Greek drama
0
0
4
4
10
3
9
Testing
Total
The Norton
Anthology of World
Literature, Third
Edition, set 1 (vols.
A, B, and C).
Practicum/
Clinical
12
1.5
Philosophical writing
Ancient Indian Literature
2.1
Hindu literature
2.2
Buddhist literature
Ancient Chinese Literature
3.1
Chinese poetry
3.2
Chinese philosophical writing/history
Medieval Islamic, Christian, and Indian Literature
4.1
Islamic poetry/religious texts
4.2
Christian poetry/religious texts
4.3
Indian lyric poetry
4.4
Medieval frame-tale narrative
Medieval Chinese and Japanese Literature
5.1
Chinese lyric poetry
5.2
Japanese poetry/prose
European Renaissance Literature
6.1
Renaissance poetry
6.2
Renaissance prose/philosophical writing
6.3
Renaissance narrative
Textbooks
Title
Directed/
Lab
Hours
3
45
Author
Publisher
Year of Publication
ISBN
Ed. Martin Puchner,
et al.
New York: Norton,
2012, Third Edition
978-0393933659
References (Optional)
*NOTE: Eligibility for any of these categories must be clearly evident from the content of the detailed course outline.
EPC Form 4 – Revised 7/14