Introduction to Narrative

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

Course specific student learning outcomes:

• The ability to read critically and discuss the aesthetic, rhetorical, or cultural qualities in texts.

• The ability to develop convincing, well-supported print or digital projects.

• The ability to understand the relationship of literature or rhetoric to history or culture.

• The ability to incorporate research into a print or digital project.

• The ability to understand and implement literary or rhetorical theories.

MAC student learning outcomes

• Critically analyze claims, arguments, artifacts or information.

• Construct coherent, evidence-based arguments.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Reading reflections/questions	30%
Midterm exam	30%
Final exam	40%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93.0 and above	A
90.0 – 92.9	A-
87.0 – 89.9	B+
83.0 – 86.9	B
80.0 – 82.9	B-
77.0 – 79.9	C+
73.0 – 76.9	C
70.0 – 72.9	C-
67.0 – 69.9	D+
63.0 – 66.9	D
60.0 – 62.9	D-
Below 60.0	F

Attendance/Participation:

You will be marked present in a synchronous online meeting only if you keep your camera turned on for the duration of the meeting. If you face extenuating circumstances that prevent you from leaving your camera on, you must communicate these to me before our class meeting and must still participate in synchronous activities and discussions during the class meeting.

OR

Attendance in this asynchronous course will be gauged through your timely completion of all required activities, including submitting drafts, engaging in peer review, posting to the Discussion Board, and completing readings, quizzes, and all other activities by their deadlines. Missed work can be completed according to the Late Work policy below. You should expect to visit our course Canvas site every day to submit work if you hope to be successful in this course.

State law requires that students be allowed two absences due to religious holidays; please notify me at least 48 hours prior to your anticipated absence. Intercollegiate athletes should provide official documentation of anticipated absences early in the semester. Absences for religious holidays and documented athletic events might be treated as exceptions according to the Late Work policy below.

If you have extenuating circumstances such as a chronic illness, an injury requiring prolonged medical treatment, prolonged psychological issues, etc., you should make your instructor aware of these circumstances as soon as possible and keep your instructor informed until you are able to return to class. You should also contact the Dean of Students Office, which can review documentation and notify multiple instructors on your behalf, especially if hospitalization or distress prevent you from doing so yourself. You should be aware, however, that the Dean of Students Office will not override any individual instructor’s attendance policy and that decisions about whether and how to accommodate students in distress are made by individual instructors. The Dean of Students office is located at 210 Elliott University Center and can be reached at 336-334-5514 or deanofstudentsoffice@uncg.edu.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Title: The Great Gatsby, ISBN: 9798350500134, Edition: 24, Required: REQUIRED.

• Title: Their Eyes Were Watching God, ISBN: 9781269365284, Edition: 37, Required: REQUIRED.

• Readings for this course (poems, essays, stories, articles) will be made available via canvas during the semester.