ENG-102 Introduction to Reading Literature

ENG-102 invites students to learn, practice, and develop the critical reading skills that enable one to understand, interpret, and engage with a variety of literary, academic, and popular texts. Through the study of literature, students will explicitly develop critical reading skills that transfer across disciplines. This course carries SUNY General Education Humanities credit.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Placement at the ENG-101 level or higher or completion of ENG-095

Lecture Contact Hours

3

Lab Contact Hours

0

Other Contact Hours

0

Department

• Humanities

Grading Scheme

• Letter

SUNY Gen Ed Credit

• Yes

Semesters Course Will Be Offered

• Fall
• Spring
• Winter
• Summer

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Students will use a variety of critical reading strategies to analyze and interpret literary works.
2. Students will locate and select relevant passages and sources to write literary analyses that make an interpretive claim supported by textual evidence.
3. Students will reflect on how they engage with texts in order to better understand themselves as learners and readers.
4. Students will evaluate information from traditional sources (such as primary and secondary sources) and emerging technologies in order to select, use, and responsibly cite credible, relevant texts.