WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Virtual Campus
School of Languages and Literature
Wayland Baptist University Mission Statement: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students
in an academically challenging, learning-focused and distinctively Christian environment for professional
success, lifelong learning, and service to God and humankind.
Course Name: ENGL 3303 Studies in Literature: Fiction and Poetry
Term and Year: Winter 2015
Full Name of Instructor: Dr. Timothy J. Brady
Office Phone and Email: 520-459-1610/bradyt@wbu.edu
Department Chair: Dr. Cindy McClenagan (cindym@wbu.edu)
Office Hours, Building, and Location: Landmark Plaza, 400 W. Fry Blvd, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
M-F 9:30 – 11:15
Meeting Time and Location: On-line/Blackboard
Catalog Description: Topics vary to include special studies in American, British, and European short
stories and novels.
Prerequisite: Advanced standing
Required Textbook and Resources:
The Scarlet Letter
1984
Frankenstein
Sister Carrie
The Plague
The Book Thief
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Nathaniel Hawthorne
George Orwell
Mary Shelley
Theodore Dreiser
Albert Camus
Marcus Zusak
Garth Stein
159308207X
978-0-451-52493-5
978-0-14-143947-1
978-1619493216
978-0394712581
978-0-375-84220-7
978-0-06-153796-7
If you wish, you may use electronic/reader copies of these texts.
Selected Hawthorne short stories will be available on Blackboard or may be obtained at your local
Library: “Young Goodman Brown,” “The Minister’s Black Veil,” and “The Birthmark.”
OUTCOME COMPETENCIES: Listed below are specific course learning objectives established from
textbooks and group discussion:
1. Connect major world events to select pieces of American, British, and European literature.
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2. Demonstrate knowledge of major literary movements and how these movements are linked to the
select pieces of literature.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read critically and communicate persuasively about the works selected.
4. Discuss the overall topic for the course and suggest how this topic is represented in each of the select
pieces.
5. Conduct research on a topic related to a select piece of literature, articulate and support a thesis, and
follow through with appropriate documentation.
The more the student puts into the course, the higher his or her outcome competencies will be.
Attendance Requirements: Students will be required to participate in all discussions (usually via
Blackboard) during the time frame specified for each week. This makes up a significant part of your
grade.
Disability Statement: It is University policy that no otherwise qualified disabled person be excluded
from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational
program or activity in the University. Students should inform the instructor of existing disabilities at the
first meeting. (Documentation of disability may be required.)
Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty:
Writing is a collaborative art. Working out ideas for your paper with an instructor, writing tutor,
classmate, family member, or friend is encouraged not only for this class, but also for other classes that
involve writing. Discussion and collaborative brainstorming are good. However, passing off another’s
writing or ideas as your own is plagiarism. It is unethical, it constitutes Academic Dishonesty (cheating),
and it is sufficient grounds both for failure of a course and suspension from the university.
Common examples of plagiarism or academic dishonesty include the following:
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Copying any amount of text directly from an internet website, book, or other document without
appropriate citation and synthesis into one’s own discussion.
Paraphrasing the ideas presented in any source or oral discussion without appropriate citation.
Using the evidence and conclusions of any source as the controlling framework for one’s own
paper.
Recycling work from a previous or current course, whether your own work or another student’s
work.
Purchasing or otherwise downloading a paper from an internet website.
In some writing assignments, you will be expected to incorporate scholarly sources into your document.
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING must be met to constitute appropriate citation of any source:
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Including MLA, Chicago, or APA parenthetical or note-style citation format as required by the
instructor.
Placing borrowed text directly from another source within “quotation marks.”
Introducing clearly another author’s voice into the document by means of a signal phrase (an
introduction of that author).
Offering, in short, a clear distinction between one’s own voice or ideas and those of any outside
authors brought into the discussion.
Wayland Baptist University observes a ZERO TOLERANCE policy regarding Academic Dishonesty.
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Any suspected instance of academic dishonesty, including plagiarism, will first be evaluated by
the instructor and discussed individually with the student.
If the instructor determines that a student’s actions constitute Academic Dishonesty, the case
will be filed with the school dean (as determined by course prefix) and reported to the
university executive vice president/provost, as per university policy. ALL CASES OF ACADEMIC
DISHONESTY WILL RE REPORTED.
Per university policy as described in the Wayland Academic Catalog, second offenses WILL
RESULT IN SUSPENSION FROM THE UNIVERSITY.
Course Requirements and Grading Criteria:
Grading Percentage
Participation/Quizzes
Final Exam
Grading for Course
80%
20 %
A=
B=
C=
D=
F=
90 - 100 %
80 - 90 %
70 - 80 %
60 - 70 %
below 60 %
Grade percentages are approximate. You will be evaluation on the “total points” system; I will
attempt to make each of these categories meet the percentage.
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Tentative Schedule:
S C H E D U L E F O R E N G L I S H 3 3 0 3 (changes may be required)
Week of Nov. 9th:
Introduction of class content and procedures
Reading the Novel: a discussion of the tools and techniques available to
the writer of short and longer fiction.
“Homework” for each week is specified as “Reading Assignments for
this Week.” For example, the three short stories listed for the Week of
16 November should be read BEFORE that date.
If there is additional homework for the week, it will be listed in the
announcements for the current week.
Week of Nov. 16th :
Introduction to the Short Story: Early Examples
Reading Assignments for this week:
The Minister’s Black Veil (Hawthorne)
Young Goodman Brown (Hawthorne)
The Birthmark (Hawthorne)
Week of Nov. 23rd : Thanksgiving Break
Week of Nov 30th :1
19th Century American Novel
Reading Assignment for this week:
The Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne)
Week of Dec 7th:
20th Century British Novel
Reading Assignment for this week:
1984 (Orwell)
Week of Dec 14th:
19th Century British Novel
Reading Assignment for this week:
Frankenstein (Shelley)
Christmas Break Begins December 21st 2015. We Resume January 4th, 2016
Reminder: your first journal submission is due on Wednesday, Dec 2 nd. Please submit your journal using the Tab
on Blackboard.
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Week of Jan 4th :
20th Century American Novel
Reading Assignment for this week:
Sister Carrie (Dreiser)2
Week of Jan 11th :
20th Century French Novel
Reading Assignment for this week:
The Plague (Camus)
Week Jan 18th :
20th Century Australian Novel:
Reading Assignment for this week:
The Book Thief (Zusak)3
Week of Jan 265h :
20th Century Australian Novel (continued)
Reading Assignment for this week:
The Book Thief (Zusak)
Week of Feb 1nd :
20th Century American Novel
Reading Assignments for this week:
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Week of Feb 8th:
Final Exam Week
Sister Carrie is a bit longer than some of our other novels, so I assigned it during the vacation weeks should you
feel you need extra time.
3 You will have 2 weeks to read this novel. NOTHING is due the week of the 19th
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