GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE PROPOSAL*

Department ______EPML_________________________ Date  10-18-01

__X__ Original Submission

____ Resubmission                   Date of Original Submission __10-18-01______
Date of Implementation __Spring 2003_

__X__ Course is currently listed in the catalog

____ Course is not currently listed in the catalog
Comments: 

I.    Proposed Course Information

Discipline Prefix  ______FREN___     Course Number _____341__

Course Title A Survey of French Literature I: The Middle Ages through the Enlightenment

Credit Hours __3__       Prerequisite Course  French  202 or equivalent

If Cross-Listed:

        Secondary Prefix ____________________     Course Number ________________

Course Description

A study of representative works and literary movements in French literature from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment.  Students will learn to use the methods and language of literary analysis.  Prerequisite: French 202 or equivalent.  3 credits.

General Education Goal(s) for which course is designed: ______3___________
 
Please attach the following :

(1) a completed General Education Course Planning Matrix.

(2) a proposed syllabus in the format presented in the Faculty Handbook. The syllabus should indicate in some detail how the course will satisfy each of the nine (9) required General Education Course Criteria AND each of the student outcomes specified for this goal.

II.       Required for a Major, Minor, Concentration (please specify):  Required for major in Modern Languages, concentration in French.  French 341 OR French 342 required for minor in French.

III.     Rationale for Course:

This course gives students an understanding of our cultural heritage as revealed in French literature, its movements and traditions, through reading, understanding, analyzing, and writing about the major works of French literature from the Middle Ages through the eighteenth century.  These literary works have shaped our thinking and provided a record of human experience.  Knowledge of literature and of the techniques and vocabulary of literary analysis is important to the development of all educated citizens because it allows them to ponder the universal values and experiences embodied in literary texts; to explore the particular social and cultural perspectives and practices--those of the past as well as the present--reflected in literary texts; to analyze and interpret the subtleties of human emotions and relationships as represented in literary texts; and to study the aesthetic and stylistic uses of language.

IV.     Resource Assessment

A.    How frequently do you anticipate offering this course?  once every three or four semesters

B.    How many sections of this course do you anticipate offering each semester?   one( semesters in which it is offered)

C.    What class size do you anticipate for this course? 25

D.    Describe anticipated staffing for the course, including any changes in existing faculty assignments:   No staffing changes are anticipated.

E.    Estimate the cost of required new equipment:   None.

F.     Estimated cost of and description of additional library resources:  None

G.   Will this course require additional computer use, hardware or software? If so, please describe and estimate cost:   No.

V. Approvals

 

Date Rec’d

 

Signature Date

 

Approved

1. Dept Curriculum Committee Chair

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2. Department Chair

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The Department Chairs of programs that may be affected have been notified:

Department:________________________ Date Notified:________________

Department:________________________ Date Notified:________________

Department:________________________ Date Notified:________________

3. School Dean

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4. School Curriculum Committee

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5. General Education Committee

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6. Educational Policy Committee

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7. Faculty Senate Chair

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8. Registrar

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9. Date forwarded to Provost and VPAA  __________

Proposals must be submitted to the General Education Committee by December 7, 2001 in order to be included in next year's catalog.

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