Department: English
Discipline: Literature
Subject Code: ENGL
Course #: 278
Course Title: The American Short Story
HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FORM 335
Course Form 335 must be updated at least every five years per AP 765 to include, at
a minimum, the following elements. [§335.2]
1.
Digital Description:
Credit hours:
Lecture hours:
Lab hours:
3.0
3.0
0.0
Approved Online/Blended Face-to-Face Instruction Ratios:
[__] 25/75% [__] 33/67% [__] 50/50% [__] 67/33% [__] 75/25%
(Note: The first number indicates the percentage of online instruction. The second number indicates the percentage of
in-class instruction.)
2.
Maximum Enrollment (Insert new/revised maximum enrollments below):
In-Class Instruction: 25
Lab Instruction:
(It is assumed that maximum enrollments for blended courses are the same as those identified for In-Class instruction.
Maximum enrollments for Virtual Learning courses are to be 75% of In-Class instruction, as per the SGP on Maximum
Class Size):
3.
4.
Catalog Description:
Study of the works of representative writers with emphasis on the development of
an appreciative response to the American short story as a distinctive art form.
Typical writers studied are Crane, James, Hemingway, Wright, Faulkner, and
O’Connor.
Minimum Grade Required
Prerequisites:
Corequisites:
Other: Eligibility for enrollment into ENGL 101 and completion of any
reading courses required by the College Testing and Placement Program.
5.
Learning Outcomes
[These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential
knowledge and skills embodied in the program’s educational objectives.]
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
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Demonstrate a working knowledge of representative American short stories.
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Department: English
Discipline: Literature
Subject Code: ENGL
Course #: 278
Course Title: The American Short Story
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6.
Convey a sense of the relevant history and culture that influenced the short
stories studied
Apply knowledge, reading skills, and values learned from the course in
reading other short stories
Use the library and other information sources to research relevant literary
criticism
Planned Sequence of Instruction
[These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]
Choice of readings is up to the instructor. The following is a sample outline.
Intensive Reading: Required Selections (Class Discussion & Journal Analysis)–
6 weeks
With NEH/CPB/Xerox Films/videotapes (Class Discussion & Journal Analysis)-6 weeks
Ambrose Bierce, “Parker Adderson, Philosopher”
Stephen Crane, “The Blue Hotel”
Henry James, “The Jolly Corner”
Sherwood Anderson, “I’m a Fool”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Bernice Bobs Her Hair”
Ernest Hemingway, “Soldier’s Home”
Richard Wright, “Amos’ a Man”
Flannery O’Connor, “The Displaced Person”
John Updike, “The Music School”
Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Rappaccini’s Daughter”
Mark Twain, “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg”
Willa Cather, “Paul’s Case”
Ring Lardner, “The Golden Honeymoon”
Katherine Anne Porter, “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”
James Thurber, “The Greatest Man in the World”
William Faulkner, “Barn Burning”
Ernest J. Gaines, “The Sky is Gray”
7.
Assessment of Student Learning
[Methods of assessment should be appropriate for Learning Outcomes listed
above.]
Assessment of student learning outcomes for the course, as required by AP 765, is
part of regular curriculum maintenance and/or improvement. The specific plan
has been determined by the pertinent faculty involved and is maintained in the
College’s assessment management system.
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Department: English
Discipline: Literature
Subject Code: ENGL
Course #: 278
Course Title: The American Short Story
8.
List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning
Materials (code each item based on instructional use): C-Lecture/Laboratory,
A-Lecture, B-Laboratory, LC-Lecture/Clinical, CLN-Clinical, I-Online,
BL-Blended, D-Independent Study, P-Private Lessons, E-Internship,
F-Cooperative Work-Study, FE-Field Experience. [These resources must be easily
accessible to students.]
Full Time Faculty Member Textbooks
Hitchcock, Bert and Virginia M. Kouidis. American Short Stories. (Latest
Edition). New York: Pearson/Longman.
Skaggs, Calvin, Ed., The American Short Story. Vol. 1 (Latest Edition),
Dell Publishing Company, New York, NY.
Skaggs, Calvin, ed. The American Short Story. Vol. 2 (Latest Edition),
Dell Publishing Company, New York, NY.
Adjunct Faculty Member Textbooks
Hitchcock, Bert and Virginia M. Kouidis. American Short Stories. (Latest
Edition). New York: Pearson/Longman.
Skaggs, Calvin, Ed., The American Short Story. Vol. 1(Latest Edition),
Dell Publishing Company, New York, NY.
Skaggs, Calvin, ed. The American Short Story. Vol. 2 (Latest Edition),
Dell Publishing Company, New York, NY.
9.
Prepared by Faculty Member: Valerie Gray
Date: 10/12/11
10.
Approved by Department Chairperson: Valerie Gray
Date: 10/12/11
11.
Approved by Academic Division Dean: Thaddeus Sampson Date: 10/19/11
This course meets all reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335,
subchapters A / B.
This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the
policies, standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is
consistent with the college mission.
If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar
courses generally accepted for transfer to accredited four-year colleges and
universities.
12.
Associate Dean, Curriculum & Assessment: Karen Tombs-Harling
Date: 11/2/11
13.
Provost & VP, Academic Affairs: Ronald R. Young
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Department: English
Discipline: Literature
Subject Code: ENGL
Course #: 278
Course Title: The American Short Story
14.
Original Date of course approval by the college: 199410
15.
Date(s) of subsequent reviews [Indicate change: Learning Outcomes; textbook(s)]:
Planned Sequence Updated: November 2002
Textbooks updated: April 2002
Textbooks revised: April 2003
Reviewed 12/2003. Revisions made: None. sm
Project Review: Revisions: None sm
Revisions: Reviewed March 2006
Revisions made: Learning Outcomes, Planned Sequence of Learning Activities. sy
Revisions made: Learning Outcomes – Textbook changes: May 2007
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Revisions: Textbook – 10/12/2011 -- ko
8/21/14 – Insert Approved Max Enrollment Numbers
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