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LIT2000: Literature and Culture // This course also helps develop the general education skill of (1) critical/creative thinking; (2) communication; (3) cultural literacy; and (4) information and technical literacy. //
 * CATALOG DESCRIPTION: ** A study of selected literary texts organized around a central theme, an historical period, or a cultural movement. Emphasis is placed on developing reading skills for greater comprehension, appreciation, analysis, and cultural awareness. This course contributes to satisfying Florida State Board of Education Administrative Rule 6A-10.030, College-Level Communication and Computational Skills (formerly known as the Gordon Rule). (Prerequisite: ENC 1101.)
 * CREDIT HOURS: ** 3 Semester Hours

**DEGREE:** A.A. (Core) and A.S.


 * CONTACT HOURS: ** 45 Hours Lecture


 * INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD: ** Lecture/Discussion


 * STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: ** //(General Education Skills)//

Students will be able to: In this College-Level Communication Skills course, students must demonstrate their ability to produce “college-level writing through multiple assignments.” To provide a focus for study, each individual instructors will choose a theme to explore, a cultural or literary movement to examine, or an historical era. Students will then study a variety of literary texts representing different genres of imaginative literature. Possible Areas of Focus: Literature of Fantasy, Science Fiction, The Family, Growing Up in America, The Great War, Detective/Crime Literature, Drama on Broadway, Classical Literature, The Epic, etc.
 * 1) Read critically, interpret and appreciate literary texts of multiple genres. (1)
 * 2) Identify and explain how literary texts are relevant to their own experience and to the experiences of their own communities. (1, 3)
 * 3) Explain how literary texts reflect and sometime challenge the historical, social and cultural contexts in which they are embedded. (1,3)
 * 4) Write about literary texts at a college level. (1,2, 4)
 * Students will complete at least three different, formal writing tasks in this course, totaling at least 2500 words (about ten pages) of formal writing.
 * All formal written work must be at least adequate “college-level writing” as defined by the college. If written work is determined to be unsatisfactory, less-than adequate as “college-level writing,” the student cannot receive a satisfactory grade of C or above, regardless of other work in the course.
 * Students who have difficulty with writing tasks are encouraged to use the DSC-UCF Writing Center.
 * COURSE OUTLINE: **

Syllabus Template [|Literature: The Human Experience, Shorter 11th Edition -- Bedford/St. Martin's Ordering and Information Website]
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