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INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Instructor Name

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WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS CLASS

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COURSE INFORMATION

General Information

Course and Section Number: LIT 115Day(s): Click here to enter text.Times: Click here to enter text.Room: Click here to enter text.

Course Description Introduces students to fiction, poetry, and drama. Emphasizes active and responsive reading. This is a statewide guaranteed transfer course: GT-AH2.

Course Prerequisite(s) Completion of CCR 092, 093, or 094 with a grade of C or better or appropriate assessment scores.

Credit & Contact Hours

Credit: 3Contact Hours: 45

Important Dates

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COF

If you are a Colorado resident and did not sign-up for the Colorado Opportunity Fund (COF) through your CCA admissions application, you will need to sign-up online. The COF application is free and is a onetime application that covers costs associated with taking undergraduate courses, but you need to authorize COF each semester. The application can be found online at https://cof.college-assist.org/. Students that do not fill out the COF application will be required to personally pay for course costs.

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Course Materials

Textbook: Words without BordersAuthor: Alane Salierno Mason, Dedi Felman, & Samantha Schnee, eds.ISBN: 978-1400079759

Notebook & writing utensil (for class notes, discussion points, and ideas)Flash/Thumb Drive (for keeping electronic copies of your work)Word/Internet/D2L Access

COURSE POLICIES

Attendance

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Late Work/ Make-Up Work/Extra Credit

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Grading/Evaluation

Each students grade will be determined from the following scales

Journal

Each unit will challenge you with the texts we explore, and your journal will reflect how you process the material. It should be worked on while we are discussing the unit. It will be completed in three parts: FICTION, DRAMA, POETRY. The prompts vary for each unit but are creative or reflection-based. Each submission will be graded on completion and on how thoughtfully you have explored the issues/material. Responses should be typed, double spaced, and use 12pt Times New Roman font.

ProjectsEach unit will culminate in a written response project. The FICTION unit will allow you a choice of essay assignments, the DRAMA unit will consist of a before-and-after reaction, and the POETRY unit will ask you to explore literary devices. More details to follow.

Final Exam

The final exam at the end of the semester will focus on two distinct requirements: Applying your knowledge of the literature covered in class Applying your knowledge of literary concepts discussed in class to texts you have

not seen before

Formatting, etc. It is assumed that students enrolling in this course possess college-level skills in

Percentage Grade90-100% A80-89% B70-79% C60-69% DBelow 59% F

Assignment % of Final GradeJournals 30Fiction Project 20Drama Project 20Poetry Project 20Final Exam 10

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grammar, mechanics, sentence structure, and paragraph organization. Students are assumed to be proficient in these basic skills. Clarity of content is dependent upon proper use of grammar/mechanics, so correctness will be graded and expected. All submitted assignments should follow MLA formatting guidelines (see Purdue’s OWL website for a sample MLA paper and formatting rules).

Success in the Classroom Environment and Expectations

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HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS CLASS

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What to Do During & After Class

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

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COLLEGE WIDE POLICIES

General Learning Outcomes

The Instructional Unit has identified the following lifelong/workplace skills that are the foundation for your course of study at CCA: Communication, Critical Inquiry, Personal and Social Responsibility, Quantitative Reasoning, Technology, and Aesthetic Perception. Of these skills, this course will focus on Communication, Critical Inquiry, Intra/Interpersonal Responsibility, Quantitative Reasoning and Technology.

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E-Mail

All students enrolled in the Community College of Aurora are assigned a college email account, and this email account is the college’s primary means of communication with students. To activate your e-mail account, go to www.CCAurora.edu and access your account. To activate your account, login with your date of birth spelled out (no punctuation or spaces) as your password (ex: If your date of birth is February 14, 1992, your initial password is February141992).

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Audio & Video Policy

Except where a student is entitled to make an audio or video recording of class lectures and discussions as an educational accommodation determined through the student's interactive process with college disability services, a student may not record lectures or classroom discussions unless written permission from the class instructor has been obtained and all students in the class as well as guest speakers have been informed that audio/video recording may occur.

A student granted permission to record may use the recording only for his or her own study and may not publish or post the recording on YouTube or any other medium or venue without the instructor's explicit written authorization.

Academic Dishonesty Policy

INSTRUCTIONAL POLICY ON ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:Academic dishonesty includes cheating and plagiarism. Cheating is the unauthorized use of assistance with intent to deceive an instructor or any other individual responsible for evaluating a student’s work. Note the following examples:

Submission of any materials not prepared by students but presented as their own. The unauthorized possession and/or use of notes, books, calculators/ cell phones or

the soliciting of assistance from another student during an examination. Illegitimate possession or disposition of examination or test materials and/or answer

keys to tests and examinations.Plagiarism refers to the use of another person’s work without giving proper credit to that person. A student must give proper credit through the use of appropriate citation format when (a) copying verbatim another person’s work (i.e., words, phrases, sentences, or entire passages); (b) paraphrasing another person’s work (i.e., borrowing but rewording that person’s facts, opinions, or ideas); and (c) summarizing another’s work (i.e., use of one’s own words to condense longer passages into a sentence or two).

CONSEQUENCES OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:When dishonesty is evident, the following minimum sanctions will be applied:First offense: The student will receive an “F” or “Zero” as the grade for the assignment. In addition, the first incident may result in the loss of testing privileges in the Learning Resource Center for the current and next semester in which the student is enrolled in the college.Second offense: The student may receive an “F” for the course and may be expelled from the class. A second offense may also result in permanent loss of testing privileges in the Learning Resource Center.Third offense: The student may receive an “F” for the course and may be expelled from the

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Notice of Non- Discrimination

The Community College of Aurora (CCA) prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment including those that violate federal and state law, or the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education Board Policies 3-120 and 4-120. The College does not discriminate on the basis of sex/gender, race, color, age, creed, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status, pregnancy status, religion, genetic information, gender identity, or sexual orientation in its employment practices or educational programs and activities. CCA will take appropriate steps to ensure that the lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in vocational education programs.

GUARANTEED TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS

GT Pathways Course Statement

The Colorado Commission on Higher Education has approved LIT 115 for inclusion in the Guaranteed Transfer (GT) Pathways program in the GT-AH2 category.  For transferring students, successful completion with a minimum C‒ grade guarantees transfer and application of credit in this GT Pathways category. More information on the GT Pathways program.

Content Criteria

Students should be able to respond analytically and critically to literary or media works, by addressing all of the following:

Specific era(s) Specific culture(s) Themes or major concepts Attitudes and values

GT Pathways Competency: Written Communication

Competency in written communication is a student’s ability to write and express ideas across a variety of genres and styles. Written communication abilities develop over time through layered, interactive, and continual processes and experiences across the curriculum.

Student Learning Outcome (SLO 2): Develop Contento Create and develop ideas within the context of the situation and the assigned

tasks(s). Student Learning Outcome (SLO 4): Use Sources and Evidence

o Critically read, evaluate, apply, and synthesize evidence and/or sources in support of a claim.

o Follow an appropriate documentation system.

GT Pathways Competency: Critical Thinking

Competency in critical thinking addresses a student’s ability to analyze information and ideas from multiple perspectives and articulate an argument or an opinion or a conclusion based on their analysis.

Student Learning Outcome (SLO 2): Utilize Contento Evaluate the relevance of context when presenting a position.o Identify assumptions.o Analyze one’s own and others’ assumptions.

Student Learning Outcome (SLO 5): Understand Implications and Make Conclusions

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o Establish a conclusion that is tied to the range of information presented.o Reflect on implications and consequences of stated conclusion.

COLORADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Standard Competencies

As part of the Colorado Community College System, the Community College of Aurora is required to cover the competencies according to system policy. The competencies listed above will not exactly match with the schedule or textbook for this particular course.

I. Define the functions of literature. a. Illustrate ways in which literature interprets the human condition. b. Illustrate ways in which literature gives pleasure to its readers. c. Illustrate ways in which literature attempts to instruct and correct human

behavior. II. Identify and explore universal themes, topics and patterns in works studied.

III. Analyze structural elements in literary works. a. Identify and demonstrate the use of basic structural elements of prose fiction. b. Identify and demonstrate the use of basic structural elements of poetry. c. Identify and demonstrate the use of basic structural elements of drama.

IV. Analyze cultural and historical contexts of literature and their contemporary relevance. a. Identify and demonstrate the presence of basic cultural and historical contexts. b. Analyze the function, significance, and contemporary relevance of basic

cultural and historical contexts. V. Demonstrate the ability to select and apply contemporary forms of technology to solve

problems or compile information.

Topical Outline As part of the Colorado Community College System, the Community College of Aurora is required to cover the competencies according to system policy. The competencies listed above will not exactly match with the schedule or textbook for this particular course.

I. Define the Function of Literature a. Interpreting the human condition b. Giving pleasure c. Instructing and correcting human behavior

II. Illustrate Applicable and Relevant Universal Literary Themes and Patterns III. Analyze Structural Elements of Prose Fiction

a. Plot b. Theme c. Imagery d. Figurative Language e. Character f. Point of View and Irony g. Tone and Voice h. Setting i. Symbolism

IV. Analyze Structural Elements of Poetry a. Meter/Rhyme b. Figurative Language

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c. Stanzaic Forms d. Allusion e. Imagery f. Speaker and Irony g. Setting and Situation h. Symbolism

V. Analyze Structural Elements of Drama a. Character b. Plot c. Stagecraft d. Theme e. Imagery f. Setting g. Language h. Symbolism

VI. Analyze the Cultural and Historical Contexts of Literature and their Contemporary Relevance as Appropriate