German Literature: Advanced Intermediate Topics

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

CIC College Writing

• Analyze written texts to understand how they relate to particular audiences, purposes, and contexts as a way to inform one’s own writing.
• Create and revise written texts for particular audiences, purposes, and contexts.
• Through oral and written reflection demonstrate an awareness of one’s writing choices as well as how one’s own writing contributes to ongoing conversations in the relevant discipline.

Course Specific SLOs

• Understand and describe different kinds of texts and genres
• Discuss and analyze literary texts
• Understand historical and cultural contexts
• Interpret and evaluate how sociocultural history is presented in texts
• Apply methods of literary analysis
• Compare cultural narratives
• Communicate ideas in both written and oral forms
• Produce analytical writing

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Attendance and Class Participation	15%
Homework and Quizzes	20%
Speaking Tasks	25%
Written Tasks	25%
Final Project	15%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93–100	A
90–92	A-
88–89	B+
83–87	B
80–82	B-
78–79	C+
73–77	C
70–72	C-
68–69	D+
63–67	D
60–62	D-
0–59	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance is required; absences will impact the final grade. Regular participation is essential to success.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Computer with reliable internet access