Harrisburg Area Community College. English 207: Introduction to Literature Summer I 2015 Online (CRN: 6232) Course Syllabus

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1 O Hop 1 Harrisburg Area Community College English 207: Introduction to Literature Summer I 2015 Online (CRN: 6232) Course Syllabus Instructor: Dr. Suzanne E. O Hop (see first Discussion Board entry for more on me ) Contact Information Office Address: 735 Cumberland St., Lebanon Campus, Office 106F, Lebanon, PA Office Phone: Fax Number: SEOHOP@ehacc.hacc.edu All questions received by will be answered within two business days! Office Hours Online Contact Times: While you will find me online often, the guaranteed contact times will be Monday and Thursday mornings from 9am-10am unless otherwise posted in the Announcements section of the course website. Class Hours No proctored exams or on-campus meetings are required. Course Description for English 207 (3 credits) English 207 is a course designed to help students understand and increase awareness of human experience through literature. The major literary types poetry, fiction, and drama are defined and illustrated through examples drawn from English and American literature as well as other literatures of the world. Prerequisites The prerequisite for this course is eligibility for enrollment in English 101 and completion of any reading courses required by the College Testing and Placement Program. Learning Outcomes As a result of successfully completing this class, a student will be able to Convey an understanding of great literature in general, by articulating the interplay of its characters, style, structure, tone and themes. Demonstrate a working knowledge of a wide range of works in the major literary genres. Convey a sense of the relevant history, geography, and culture that influenced the works studied. Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of race, gender, and class as well as religious, political, and ethnic difference on literature. Apply knowledge, reading skills, and values learned from the course in reading similar works. Use library and other information sources to research relevant literary criticism, history, and culture. Required Materials Kennedy, XJ and Dana Gioia. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing (Portable). 12th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, ISBN: About the Course Warning: This course is reading and writing-intensive!

2 O Hop 2 This class, while online, is a closed-entry and closed-exit class. What this means to you is that you must treat the class as you would a regular face-to-face class and keep-up with the schedule. It is not entirely self-paced. And, because discussion is a vital element in understanding the works, it is imperative that you stay on-pace with the rest of the class. Class will include directed self-study combined with reading, interactive activities (quizzes and tests), library research, a literary project, and online writing through the Discussion Board. You MUST check in at least two times each week to be in compliance with my attendance policy (see below). Moreover, the best way to ensure that you don t fall behind or miss-out on anything is to check-in once-a-day during the work week (M-F) whenever possible. Quizzes must be completed by 9am on the day a module is due! The course is divided into 3 major units short story, poetry and drama. Each unit will consist of work related to the language of literature, the application of literary theory, and an exam. Attendance You must log-in at least twice each week to be in compliance with my attendance policy as well as for optimum success in the class. (Learning Modules will be posted on Monday and Thursday at 9am, so plan to check-in on Mondays and Thursdays so that you have the greatest amount of time to complete the work for that Module). Learning Modules close at 9am on Mondays and Thursday. The only exception to this is the week of the 25 th which is the Memorial Day holiday. That week, the module will close and open at 9am on Tuesday (instead of Monday); the module will still be due the following Thursday (5/28). As per Administrative Policy 661, Instructor may reduce course grades after unexcused absences exceed 10% of the total class hours that will take place through the course semester. In addition, Instructors may drop a student from class with the concurrence of the division administrator when unexcused absences exceed 15% of the total class hours that will take place throughout the semester and when the excessive absences preclude the possibility of the student completing the stated objectives for the course. Additionally, federal law demands that attendance in online classes be defined as actual interaction with the course content (for instance, ing me in D2L to discuss content; submitting an assignment or assessment in D2L; participating on the Discussion Board; etc.). Simply logging-in to a class does not constitute attendance. Hence, if you have not submitted assigned work for more than 7 days without contacting me to discuss extenuating circumstances, and because I do not accept late work, I will assume that you have dropped the course, and, in compliance with AP 661 and the federal guidelines, I will process a drop form. To repeat: 7 days with no completed work and no contact with me to discuss extenuating circumstances WILL result in me DROPPING you from the class. Because online students have more flexibility of hours, I do not anticipate a problem with attendance. However, if extenuating circumstances do come-up, please contact me as soon as possible to discuss the situation and to comeup with some other options. I will NOT consider requests for extensions after the due-date unless there are documented reasons for not being able to complete the work. Withdrawal from the Course Please call or should a situation develop that would require you to withdraw from the class, especially during the last 3 weeks of the class. We may be able to figure out an alternative or, at the very least, we can fill-out the necessary paperwork to formally withdraw you from the class. As per my attendance policy, though, if you do not submit work for over 7 days (or have not contacted me to discuss your situation), I will automatically withdraw you from the class. Please keep in mind that F grades and W grades have the potential to affect your financial aid. Contact your advisor to see if this applies to you. For Drops during the Add/Drop period, please go to for refund dates.

3 O Hop 3 Incompletes In accordance with Policy 667, an I grade will only be awarded to students who request it, and if it is determined by the instructor that, due to extenuating circumstances, a student needs additional time beyond the semester to complete the course work. An I grade must be made-up within the eight week of the ensuing fall or spring semester (as dictated by the instructor) or the grade will become an F. Late Course Work I expect your assignments to be turned-in on time. may be turned-in for the duration that a Learning Module is officially Open. In general, Learning Modules are open from Monday mornings until the following Thursday when a new module posts. Once a Module has closed, though, no assignments can be submitted unless you have contacted me previous to the due date to request an extension due to extenuating circumstances. Assignment due dates are listed in the syllabus, within the Learning Modules, and on the Course Calendar. A Note about Please be aware that quizzes and tests are released at a specific time and for only a specific time-period. They may be taken only one time. Please note that quizzes must be completed by 9am on the day the module is due no exceptions. Researched work must follow MLA manuscript specifications and documentation standards. Smaller writing assignments (journals and discussion postings) will be graded within a one week time frame. All assigned work is calculated in your final grade and is important for the building of particular skills and/or knowledge. All reading must be done to be successful in this class as well as any activities embedded in the Lecture notes (such assignments are necessary practice or knowledge for a future graded assignment). Your postings to the Discussions are meant to be careful responses to questions posed by me. In order to get fullcredit for a Discussion assignment, you must post the required number of times indicated on the Discussion prompt, and you must fully develop your answer in complete sentences without the use of slang or e-speak. The Discussion is a place to respond to each other s ideas and learn from one another. It is, in essence, our community. With that in mind, please follow the Core Rules of Netiquette (click on link). Likewise, Journals are meant to be careful reflections on assigned reading. You must comment on each assigned work for the week (no summary) and must pay careful attention to the requirements of the journal for that week. A rubric will be used to grade your journal entries and will be given to you in Learning Module 2. Tutoring Services Tutoring Services for online students are available through You will find a link within D2L for their services. Online Class and D2L Issues For general questions about online classes, including whether or not online classes are right for you, please go to Learning.cfm. Also useful is the Frequently Asked Questions section relating to technical issues D2L Help The D2L s Help Desk s number is

4 O Hop 4 My Statement on Academic Honesty The spirit of inquiry and authenticity of ideas is expected from our college community. This community of learners should be honorable, ethical and respectful as each member strives to do all assigned work to the best of his/her own abilities and maintains the highest standards of academic honesty. Academic dishonesty, on the other hand, includes but is not limited to the following behaviors: Allowing any outside source/person to complete assigned work or examinations (tests); Completing assigned work/homework or tests for another; Using or giving unauthorized assistance during an assignment or test; Obtaining unauthorized materials such as a copy of a test, an answer key, or another s course work; Bribing an authority in order to gain academic advantage; Misusing or altering college documents such as transcripts or records; Falsifying or inventing information; Failing to give credit to another for borrowed words or ideas (plagiarism). Depending on the severity of the act, Administrative Policy 594 states that a faculty member who finds a student in violation of academic dishonesty may lower a grade, fail a particular assignment or even dismiss a student from the course. In addition, harsher institutional penalties may be imposed. The severity of the penalty in this class will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Also note that My Comp Lab is equipped with a plagiarism detection program to assist instructor s in finding potential cases of plagiarism. STUDENTS IN NEED OF ACCOMMODATIONS: Students with disabilities who are in need of accommodations should contact the campus disability coordinator listed below. Coordinators for each campus are listed here: EEOC POLICY 005: It is the policy of Harrisburg Area Community College, in full accordance with the law, not to discriminate in employment, student admissions, and student services on the basis of race, color, religion, age, political affiliation or belief, gender, national origin, ancestry, disability, place of birth, General Education Development Certification (GED), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic history/information, or any legally protected classification. HACC recognizes its responsibility to promote the principles of equal opportunity for employment, student admissions, and student services taking active steps to recruit minorities and women. The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act ( PHRAct ) prohibits discrimination against prospective and current students because of race, color, sex, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, handicap or disability, record of a handicap or disability, perceived handicap or disability, relationship or association with an individual with a handicap or disability, use of a guide or support animal, and/or handling or training of support or guide animals. The Pennsylvania Fair Educational Opportunities Act ( PFEOAct ) prohibits discrimination against prospective and current students because of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, handicap or disability, record of a handicap or disability, perceived handicap or disability, and a relationship or association with an individual with a handicap or disability. Information about these laws may be obtained by visiting the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission website at Assessment Everything is based on percentages, not points. Quizzes and Library 20% (a series of online reading-comprehension and literary application quizzes; a series of assignments finding and summarizing articles related to literary theory)

5 O Hop 5 Discussion Board and Journals 20% (a series of postings on the Discussion Board/Journal section of D2L responding to various works) Tests 60% Short Story Exam (20%) Poetry Exam (20%) Drama Exam (20%) Grading A=90-100% B=80-89% C=70-79% D=60-69% F=59% and Below Course Outline (This is a brief outline of what we will be covering) Learning Module 1 and 2: 5/16-5/28 Learning Module 3: 5/28-6/1 Learning Module 4: 6/1-6/4 Learning Module 5: 6/4-6/8 Learning Module 6: 6/8-6/11 Learning Module 7: 6/11-6/15 Learning Module 8: 6/15-6/18 Learning Module 9: 6/18-6/22 Learning Module 10: 6/22-6/25 Learning Module 11: 6/25-6/29 Learning Module 12: 6/29-7/2 Navigating the Course and Unit 1: Short Story Part 1 Unit 1: Short Story Part 2 Unit 1: Short Story Part 3 Unit 1: Short Story Part 4 Unit 1: Short Story Part 5 (Unit 1 Test Due) Unit 2: Poetry Part 1 Unit 2: Poetry Part 2 Unit 2: Poetry Part 3 Unit 2: Poetry Part 4 (Unit 2 Test Due) Unit 3: Drama Part 1 Unit 3: Drama Part 2 (Unit 3 Test Due)

6 O Hop 6 English 207: You are free to read ahead if you so-choose, but please be aware that content/assignments are only released on a by-module basis and selections are subject to additions and deletions All reading assignments can be found below and on the first page of each learning module, including reading from the text and links to online reading. The first page is titled Introduction, Learning Goals, and Assignment. Additionally, during the Poetry Unit, more reading (text and online) is embedded in the Key Terms section of the modules. Short Story Unit May 26 th -June 11 th (Learning Modules 1-6) Learning Module 1 and 2 (Due Thursday, May 28 th by 9am) a Story on pp (stop after 1 st paragraph) "Desiree's Baby" by Kate Chopin (online reading) "The Storm" by Kate Chopin (pp of the text) "Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin (pp of the text) Section on ""Formalism" on p of the text Section on "Gender Criticism" on p of the text Section on "Reader-Response Criticism" on pp of the text 1. to Me 2. Introduce Yourself Discussion Board (2 posts for full-credit) 3. Complete Desiree s Baby quiz 4. Desiree s Baby Discussion Board (2 posts for full-credit) 5. Complete Storm quiz 6. Complete Story of an Hour quiz Learning Module 3 (Due Monday, June 1 st by 9am) The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. LeGuin (pp ) "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson pp in the text "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne (pp of the text) Section on "Historical Criticism" on pp of the text Section on "Sociological Criticism" on p of the text Section on "Mythological Criticism" on p of the text Online Supplemental Literary Criticism: An Overview (online reading) A Tutorial on "Young Goodman Brown" (online reading) 1. Complete Discussion Board (2 posts for full-credit) 2. Complete Young Goodman Brown quiz 3. Complete The Lottery quiz 4. Complete The Ones Who Walk Away quiz Learning Module 4 (Due Thursday, June 4 th by 9am)

7 O Hop 7 The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe (pp ) "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway (online reading) "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" (pp of the text) Section on "Biographical Criticism" on pp of the text Section on "Psychological Criticism" on pp of the text Online Essays on Charlotte Perkins Gilman (online reading) "Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper'" (online reading) 1. Discussion Board (2 posts for full-credit) 2. Complete Hills Like White Elephants quiz 3. Complete The Yellow Wallpaper quiz 4. Complete Tell-Tale Heart quiz Learning Module 5 (Due Monday, June 8 th by 9am) "A & P" by John Updike on pp "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates on pp "Greasy Lake" by T.S. Boyle on pp and Analysis Section on "Cultural Studies Criticism" on pp Other (Please do not skip...) Inspiration Behind "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" (online reading) Also, see Learning Module 5: Using the HACC Library Assignment--do not skip this reading! 1. Complete Discussion Board (2 posts for full-credit) 2. Complete the Using the HACC Library Assignment 3. Complete A & P quiz 4. Complete Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? quiz 5. Complete Greasy Lake quiz Learning Module 6 (Due Thursday, June 11 th by 9am) a Poem on pp Complete Discussion Board (2 posts for full-credit) 2. Short Story Exam Poetry Unit June 11 th -June 25 th (Learning Modules 7-10) Learning Module 7 (Due Monday, June 15 th by 9am) Writing as Discovery: Keeping a Journal on pp "To His Coy Mistress" pp and Tutorial on "To His Coy Mistress" (online reading) "My Papa's Waltz" pp and Tutorial on "My Papa's Waltz" (online reading) "Daddy" pp and Plath: Essays on "Daddy" (online reading) "Those Winter Sundays" p. 677 and Close Notes on "Those Winter Sundays" (online reading)

8 O Hop 8 "On My First Son" p "The Convergence of Twain" pp and Analysis of "The Convergence of Twain" (online reading) Dulce et Decorum Est" pp and Reflection on "Dulce et Decorum Est" (online reading) Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" p "Ballad of Birmingham" p. 800 "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" p. 864 and The Villanelle (online reading) "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" on p "Money" on p. 783 "The Unknown Citizen" on p. 702 "Metaphors" on p. 775 "We Real Cool" on p. 833 "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" on p "Harlem" on p "The Road Not Taken" on p. 899 "To Lucasta" on p. 709 and "If Richard Lovelace Became a Free Agent" on p. 958 "Lonely Hearts" on p Journal on Poems 2. Complete Poetry Quiz Learning Module 8 (Due Thursday, June 18 th by 9am) The Sonnet (online reading) and "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day" p. 771 "I'm Nobody, Who Are You" p and "This Consciousness That Is Aware" (online reading) A Dream within a Dream" pp "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" pp "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning (online reading) "The World is Too Much with Us" p. 909 and "The World Is Too Much With Us" (online reading) "Richard Cory" pp and "Richard Cory" (online reading) "anyone lived in a pretty how town" pp The Author to Her Book" p. 689 "Sir Patrick Spens" pp "How Do I Love Thee" p "Kubla Khan" pp "The Wind" p Journal on Poems 2. Complete Poetry Quiz Learning Module 9 (Due Monday, June 22 nd by 9am) The Ballad (online reading) and "Bonny Barbara Allan" pp Sestina (online reading) and "Sestina" pp "The Second Coming" p. 915 and Interpretation of Yeats (online reading) "Nothing Gold Can stay" p. 909 "Ulysses" pp , Analysis (online reading) "Cinderella" pp and About Anne Sexton (online reading)

9 O Hop 9 "Men at Forty" p. 941 "Aunt Jennifer's Tiger's" p. 678 "Rites of Passage" p. 703 "We Wear the Mask" p. 992 The PowWow at the End of the World pp "Quinceanera" pp Essays on Hughes (online reading) "The Mother" p "Easter Wings" on p. 882 "My Last Duchess" pp and An Analysis (online reading) "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" on p and Internal Rhyme in "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" (online reading) " The Names" pp "Ars Poetica" p "Care and Feeding" pp "One Art" pp "Not Waving but Drowning" p "The Flea" on pp and Conceits, John Donne (online reading) 6. ""Because I Could Not Stop for Death" on p "Funeral Blues" on p "A Red, Red Rose" on pp "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I died" on p "Annabel Lee" on p "I Felt a Funeral in My Brain" on pp "Pied Beauty" on p Journal on Poems 2. Complete Poetry Quiz Learning Module 10 (Due Thursday, June 25 th by 9am) Read " a Play" on pp Read Trifles on pp Types of Drama (online reading) Guide to Drama (online reading) 1. Complete Discussion Board (2 Posts for full-credit) 2. Poetry Exam 3. Optional Extra-Credit Discussion Board Brief Drama Unit June 25 th -July 2 nd (Learning Modules 10-12) Learning Module 11 (Due Monday, June 29 th by 9am) "A Doll's House" pp Complete Discussion Board (2 Posts for full-credit) 2. Complete Trifles quiz

10 Learning Module 12 (Due Thursday, July 2 nd by Midnight absolute latest!) No outside reading this module! 1. Complete Discussion Board (1 post for full-credit) 2. Complete Drama Exam 3. Optional Goodbye Discussion Board O Hop 10