Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
ENG 4650 - American Authors
Senior-level course in English studies, giving concentrated attention to a particular author or set of authors, and including a research-based capstone project and oral presentation.
Requisites: ENG 3070J and Senior only
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Speaking and Listening, Capstone: Capstone or Culminating Experience
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 12.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to critically engage with scholarship in English studies.
- Students will be able to recognize and evaluate the relevance of cultural or historical contexts, including their own, while critically interpreting texts.
- Students will be able to transfer and apply appropriate methods of literary or rhetorical analysis.
- Students will be able to synthesize knowledge about an author or theme from multiple scholarly sources in order to construct their own argument.
- Students will be able to communicate a sophisticated scholarly argument through writing and, when relevant, through other appropriate media.
- Students will be able to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of their scholarly arguments and use those reflections to improve their work.
- Students will be able to clearly, coherently, and convincingly communicate about a topic in English studies through oral presentation.
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