B)Comparative Data (Strongly Recommended but Not Required)

MOTION:That the course “ENGL 3066 Get Smart: Strategies for Understanding Culture” be added to the English Studies curriculum.

A)Descriptive Data:

Course Code / ENGL 3066
Course Title / Get Smart: Strategies for Understanding Culture
Course Prerequisite / 3 credits of ENGL at the 1000 level; 6 credits of ENGL at the 2000 level, except ENGL 2001, 2002 or 2011.
Course Corequisite / Click here to enter text
Antirequisite / ENGL3035 Literary Theory and Critical Practice
Total Hours /  36 hours 72 hours Other Click here to specify (
Breakdown of Hours / Choose an item from this drop down menu
 Other Three hours lecture per week
Course Credits /  3 credits 6 credits  Other Click here to specify
Course Description
(Restricted to 50-75 words, present tense and active voice) / The goal of this course is to reflect on critical reading strategies, textual practices, and language itself. Students engage in active discussion of metafictional texts (i.e. those that reveal their own inner workings as texts) and theoretical readings. Combining primary and secondary readings, the course addresses such issues as the constitution of literature and culture, the relation of literature to criticism, critical analysis and evaluation.
Course Grouping or Stream / Does this course belong to a Group or Stream?
 No  Yes Click here to specify
Program Implications / Does this course have program implications?
No Yes Click here to specify
Cross-Listing or Cross-Coding /  Cross-Listed - this course may be credited towards
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 Cross-Coded - this course is cross-coded with
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Learning Expectations/
Outputs
(6-8 points, visible, measurable and in active voice) / 1. analyze the primary material, both literary and theoretical, using strategies of close reading.
2. locate theories historically, distinguish between them, and evaluate their limitations and benefits to literary study.
3. assess the relative value of applying one literary theory as opposed to another to a particular work.
4. identify the ideological assumptions which frame or are revealed within a particular work of theory.
5. construct and sustain analytical arguments that use literary theory in clear, coherent prose and proper essay format.
6. apply literary theories to formulate cogent arguments about literary texts in discussion and debate as well as in written assignments.

B)Comparative Data (Strongly recommended but not required)

Please list course numbers and titles. Course descriptions are NOT necessary.

University / Equivalent Course(s) and Titles / Non-Equivalent but 50% or more overlap
Brock / Click here to enter text. / 3Q91, 3Q92, 3Q93, 3Q94 Literary Theory
Carelton / Click here to enter text. / ENGL 3605 Modern/Contemporary Literary Theory
Guelph / Click here to enter text. / EN 3090 History of Literary Criticism
Lakehead / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text.
Laurentian / Click here to enter text. / ENGL 2626 Critical Approaches
McMaster / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text.
OCAD / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text.
Ottawa / Click here to enter text. / EN 3375 Critical Theory
Queen’s / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text.
Toronto / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text.
Trent / Click here to enter text. / ENGL-3601H-A Theory & Criticism
Waterloo / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text.
Western / Click here to enter text. / 2210G Contemporary Theory and Criticism
Wilfrid Laurier / Click here to enter text. / EN 301 Literary Theory
Windsor / Click here to enter text. / 26-383. Topics in Literary or Cultural Theory
York / Click here to enter text. / AP/EN 3000 Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory

C)Statement of Need:

In the interest of teaching and scheduling flexibility the six-credit ENGL 3035 Literary Theory and Critical Practice is being banked and replaced with this three-credit option.

D)Statement of Resources:

No new resources are need.

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