Specific Guidelines and Criteria for Courses Submitted in

LITERATURE

Specific guidelines and criteria in Literature are as follows:

1. Courses must be at the 200 level with the written composition requirements as prerequisites;
2. Courses must present major intellectual and aesthetic ideas;
3. Courses must cover multiple genres and multiple historical/literary periods and represent diversity;
4. Courses must include substantial in class/out of class writing that:
   • Encourages the development of critical thinking skills and requires students to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate knowledge;
   • Re-enforces and advances the skills from written composition.
   • Is a significant determinant of the final grade;
5. Courses must consider the subject in its relation to other disciplines and its application to human concerns.

The following course titles suggest content appropriate for general studies:

World Literature I or II

English Literature I or II

American Literature I or II

The following course titles suggest content NOT appropriate for general studies:

Single Author courses

Single Genre courses

Single Period courses