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ENGL 3281 - VIEW COURSE PROPOSAL – NEW COURSE

Approvals Received:

Department on 10-14-04 by Jayne Hacker (hackerje@umn.edu)

Curriculum Committee on 10-29-04 by Karen Van Horn (vanhornk@umn.edu)

Approvals Pending:

Curriculum Committee > Campus Assembly > Catalog > PeopleSoft Manual Entry

Effective Status:

Active

Effective Term:

1069 - Fall 2006

Course:

ENGL 3281

Institution:

UMNMO - Morris

Career:

UGRD

College:

MDHU - UMM-Humanities, Div of

Department:

233 - UMM-Humanities, Div of-Adm

General

Course Title Short:

The Literature of Slavery

Course Title Long:

The Literature of Slavery

Max-Min Credits
for Course:

4.0 to 4.0 credit(s)

Catalog
Description:

A study of fictional and non-fictional writing about chattel slavery in the United States. Readings include nineteenth-century works written to oppose or support slavery and twentieth-century works written to understand slavery and its effects.

Additional Course
Information
(for catalog
production):

offered when feasible

Grading Basis:

Stdnt Opt

Honors Course:

No

Delivery Mode(s):

Classroom

Years most
frequently offered:

Other frequency

Term(s) most
frequently offered:

Fall

Component 1:

DIS (no final exam)

Auto-Enroll
Course:

No

Graded
Component:

DIS

Academic
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0 credit(s)

Financial Aid
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0 credit(s)

Repetition of
Course:

Repetition not allowed.

Course
Prerequisites
for Catalog:

1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212

Course
Equivalency:

No course equivalencies

Consent
Requirement:

No required consent

Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based or
non-course-based)

1131

Editor Comments:

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Proposal Changes:

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History Information:

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Assessment
and Goals:

Students will demonstrate in discussion and writing assignments their understanding of course concepts. Those concepts include the role of fiction as political argument, the role of literature in representing and understanding historical conflict, and the influence of power dynamics of race, gender and sexuality on writing about slavery.

Rationale for
Changes or
Exceptions:

THE COURSE COVERS AN AREA THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY A VARIABLE TOPICS COURSE.

General Education

Faculty
Sponsor Name:

Gretchen Murphy

Requirement
this course fulfills:

HDIV - HDIV Human Diversity

Provisional
Approval:

No

Regular
Approval:

Yes; date: Oct 14, 2004