ENGL C1002H - Introduction to Literature - Honors

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    Difficulty
    6.4Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    ENGL C1000 or equivalent
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    ENGL 102H helps students to develop and refine their critical thinking and writing skills beyond the level achieved in ENGL 101 as those skills apply to literary analysis in academic writing. The course emphasizes theselectionandanalysisoftextualevidence and the application of logical and traditional reasoning,inquiry-drivenresearchfocusing on literature and literary analysis to produce thoughtful arguments. Writing skills are taughtusingliteraturefromdiverseperspectives (both fiction and non-fiction) and literary criticism as subject matter. Students also receiveinstructioninliteraryresearch,apply revision strategies to refine their work, and completeafullydocumentedresearchpaper. Studentsdevelopabroaderunderstandingof the human condition through the study of literature from a range of time periods and cultures.Thehonorscoursewillbeenhanced inoneormoreofthefollowingways:1.Acceleratedstandardsofreadinglevels,emphasizing major writers; 2. Accelerated standards ofcriticalthinking,includingcriticalwriting and problem-centered research; 3. Introduction to and emphasis on types or schools of literary criticism, including professional models of such.