Literature Courses: Common Course Goals and Outcomes



·        Students will learn to analyze literary texts composed within and across a variety of periods or genres.
·        Students will demonstrate an awareness of how literary texts inform and are informed by socio-political, economic, cultural, historical, and biographical factors.
·        Students will learn to recognize important literary trends, noting key distinctions and continuities among literary texts.
·        Students will compose a literary analysis essay of at least seven (7) pages in length which demonstrates their knowledge and understanding of the literature covered in the course and their mastery of the course outcomes.