Course Overview and Objectives
First Semester: Language and Mass Communication
Students will
Second Semester: Literature—Texts and Contexts
Students will
Required Literary Texts
1984, by George Orwell
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Love Medicine, by Louise Erdrich
Other texts as determined by instructor
Assessment Overview Semester One 2012
Minor
In-Class Compositions and Metacognitive Reflections 20%
Reading Checks and Discussion 10%
Major
Semester Project: Mass Communication 30%
Creative Writing Piece 10%
Two Critical Essays 20%
Final Exam 10%
Details, due dates, etc. will be provided by course instructor.
First Semester: Language and Mass Communication
Students will
- examine different forms of communication within the media.
- show an awareness of the potential for educational, political or ideological influence of the media.
- show the way mass media use language and image to inform, persuade or entertain.
Second Semester: Literature—Texts and Contexts
Students will
- consider the changing historical, cultural, and social contexts in which particular texts are written and received.
- demonstrate how the formal elements of the text, genre, and structure can not only be seen to influence meaning but can also be influenced by context.
- understand the attitudes and values expressed by literary texts and their impact on readers.
Required Literary Texts
1984, by George Orwell
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Love Medicine, by Louise Erdrich
Other texts as determined by instructor
Assessment Overview Semester One 2012
Minor
In-Class Compositions and Metacognitive Reflections 20%
Reading Checks and Discussion 10%
Major
Semester Project: Mass Communication 30%
Creative Writing Piece 10%
Two Critical Essays 20%
Final Exam 10%
Details, due dates, etc. will be provided by course instructor.