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English - Literature
Tampa - Undergraduate - BA |
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CIP Code:
23.0101 |
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Program Mission Statement:
The Department of English at the University of South Florida is a community of teacher-scholars and writers whose mission is to promote learning in language, composition, literature, critical theory, pedagogy, and professional, technical, and creative writing. The Department at both the undergraduate and graduate levels promotes the development of life-long skills in language, critical thinking, reading, writing, and research; embraces intellectual and human diversity; and fosters comparative and interdisciplinary approaches.
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Graduates of this program will be able to demonstrate the following:
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OUTCOME
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- Knowledge and understanding of a broad range of works in British and American literature.
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Methods of Assessment
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- The requirements of this major track are distributed in a way to insure that students cover a wide range of British and American literary works. Teaching faculty of these courses assess student performance in these courses by written examinations and assigned literary essays, which are evaluated, graded, and returned to the students.
Through its graduation certification process, the Department monitors the students' successful completion (with a minimum grade of C-) of these required specific content courses.
Departmental course evaluations by students provide assessment data.
The Department will compile annual data on graduation completion rates, acceptances into graduate programs and law schools, and hiring of English majors to teach in the public education system, grades 6-12.
The Department will create an exit survey for graduating seniors in order to collect data on their assessment of the degree to which the Literature major has achieved its goals and served their needs.
The Department will create a similar survey for alumni who graduated during the last 5 academic years (Fall 2003 to Fall 2008).
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OUTCOME
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- Understanding of British and American literature in its historical and cultural context
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Methods of Assessment
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- The course titles and descriptions reflect the inherent importance of the historical\cultural context of the works studied. Faculty teaching these courses assess student achievement of these goals by including in their classes several written assignments that address this aspect of the literature. These assignments are evaluated, graded, and returned to the students, whose final grades assess and reflect their level of achievement.
Through its graduation certification process, the Department monitors the students' successful completion (with a minimum grade of C-) of required historically based courses.
Student assessment data will be collected through course evaluations and through the exit surveys in Outcome#1.
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OUTCOME
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- Understanding of various literary genres covered by British and American literature and the conventions and devices utiilzed in these genres.
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Methods of Assessment
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- Faculty teaching these courses assess the level of student competence in this area by continuous evaluation of the students' application of this knowledge in classroom discussions and written assignments that interpret and analyze the literature.
Student assessment data will be collected through course evaluations and through the exit surveys in Outcome#1.
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OUTCOME
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- Pursuit of specific literary areas of particular interest to themselves
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Methods of Assessment
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- Students have room within their literature requirements for selection of topics of special interests. Examples: Modern European Novel (LIT 3144),Bible as Literature (LIT 3374), African-American Literature (AML 3604), etc. The Department monitors scheduling trends to identify areas of particular interest to students and to assess the success of specific-area courses. Data collected on class evaluations and exit and alumni surveys (See Outcome #1) provide additional insight.
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OUTCOME
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- Understanding of and familiarity with the literary critical heritage, both historical and contemporary, relevant to British and American literature
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Methods of Assessment
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- Literary Criticism (ENG 4013) is a required course for Literature majors. Faculty teaching this course will meet once a year to share their syllabi, course content, grade spreads, and class evaluation results in order to assess the successes and problem areas in this field.
Faculty teaching ENG 4013 will also assemble a portfolio of duplicates of representative student essays produced in each class as additional data to assist them in their assessment of student achievement in the area of literary theory.
Student assessment data will be collected in the course evaluations and in the exit and alumni surveys (See A. Outcome #1).
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OUTCOME
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- Facility with application of various critical modes in the interpretation of literary works
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Methods of Assessment
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- Faculty teaching ENG 4013 will assemble a portfolio of duplicates of representative student essays, both excellent and deficient, produced in each class as additional data to assist them in their annual group assessment of student achievement in the area of literary theory. Student assessment data wil be in the course evaluations and in the exit and alumni surveys (See A. Outcome #1).
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OUTCOME
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- Ability to interpret literature at various levels of depth and from various perspectives.
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Methods of Assessment
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- In their annual group assessment, teachers of ENG 4013 will examine the assembled portfolios of student essays and share their own evaluations of students' ability to interpret literature with depth and from multiple perspectives. Course evaluations and exit surveys for graduating seniors and alumni surveys (See A. Outcome #1) will provide significant assessment data.
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OUTCOME
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- Insight into the reciprocal dynamic between literature (art) and life.
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Methods of Assessment
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- In their annual group assessment,teachers of ENG 4013 will examine the assembled portfolios of student essays and share their own evaluations of students' ability to consider the mutual interaction of literature and life.
Course evaluations and exit surveys for graduating seniors and alumni surveys (See A. Outcome #1) will provide significant assessment data.
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OUTCOME
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- Effective written communication of literary interpretation, analysis, and insights.
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Methods of Assessment
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- Since Literature courses always require analytical and interpretive essays, the most direct method of assessment will be the evaluated, edited, and graded assignments that are returned as feedback to the students. Literature professors often refer students with significant writing deficiencies to register in LIN 3670, English Grammar and Usage, and\or ENC 3310, Expository Writing.
Some Literature professors may choose to include in their classes group activities of peer review of student papers.
The proposed new major program (2010-2011) includes the new required course ENG 3014, Literary Studies, which specifically addresses the issues involved in writing interpretive and analytical essays on literature. Faculty teaching this course will meet annually to share syllabi, course content, grade spreads, and portfolios of representative student essays from each class.
Class evaluations and exit surveys (See A. Outcome #1) will provide assessment data.
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OUTCOME
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- Effective oral communication of literary interpretation, analysis, and insights in both group discussions and individual presentations
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Methods of Assessment
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- The Department will encourage and collect data on student participation in conferences, research forums (especially programs sponsored by USF's own Office of Undergraduate Research ), discussion panels, etc.
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OUTCOME
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- Familiarity and facility with research methods and written formats specific to the discipline of literature
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Methods of Assessment
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- All formal essays required as class assignments will follow the MLA format and require evidence of research that is properly cited. Professors will assess student competence in research methods and sources through the evaluation of class assignments, especially any required final research paper.
Exit surveys for graduating seniors and alumni surveys (See A. Outcome #1) will provide significant assessment data.
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OUTCOME
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- Experience with publishing/presenting literary articles and topics
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Methods of Assessment
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- The Department will collect data on all literary publications by English majors. Submissions to Thread, the student-run literary publication of the English Department, will provide significant data on the publishing efforts of English majors.
Exit surveys for graduating seniors and alumni surveys (See A. Outcome #1) will provide significant assessment data.
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