English B21 Student Learning Outcomes

 

Student Learning Outcomes/Course Goals: By the end of the semester, students in ENG B21 will be able to do the following:

• Read and think critically about works of African-American literature.
• Recognize and differentiate between the major genres of African-American imaginative literature: poetry, drama, and prose fiction.
• Identify and discuss both themes and technical matters in African-American literature using appropriate critical terminology.
• Evaluate the logical relationship between form and content.
• Write critical essays that demonstrate knowledge of African-American literary works in all three major genres.
• Use MLA format in identification, pagination, lineation, quotation, citation, and bibliography.