International Learning Community

Class: English 2342.XPR Humanities 1302.XPR

Office: Spring Creek Honors Institute Spring Creek Honors Institute

Telephone: 972-881-5803

Classroom: Prague, Czech Republic

Class Time: Maymester

PART I

Course Title: Humanities 1302.XPR

Credit Hours: 3 lecture hours

This course explores the Czech culture through its expression in the arts. Using the international setting of Prague, students engage in experiential and cooperative learning. This field-based education includes response papers, workshops, research, and oral participation.

Course Title: English 2342 Literature II: Poetry and Drama (sophomore level)

Credit Hours: 3 lecture hours Prerequisite: English 1302

This course offers an interdisciplinary study of the Czech people and culture through its literature. Using the international setting of Prague, the students engage in experiential learning, visiting museums, cultural sites, and concerts to examine the daily lives of the people. This field-based education captures the dynamics of themes, characters, symbols, perspectives, and setting from the literature and the lives of oral and written communication.

Course Competencies: Students will:

A. be introduced to a selection of various genres of literature and to a variety of influences affecting the culture, arts, and history of the Czech people

B. be able to interpret literary and other artistic works in terms of dominate social, political, cultural, and religious overtones of each period

C. be able to demonstrate critical thinking skills in written and oral discussion

D. develop rhetorical strategies for presenting an analysis of the literature and the correct documentation procedure

E. be encouraged to relate literature and the arts to their experiences

F. use traditional and non-traditional resources to enhance their study with particular emphasis on the use of a city as text

Instructional Strategy:

Emphasis is upon close reading of the literature, discussion, reading of critical analysis, and written responses to the works in relation to the other disciplines of music, architecture, film, economics, politics, and history.

Other course requirements: five response papers, a research paper and presentation, a collaborative presentation, and an evaluative synthesis of the course. Keeping a journal is encouraged.

Method of Presentation: Class discussion, lecture, audio-visual presentation, oral presentation, guest lecture, interdisciplinary and inter-cultural perspective, research, observation of cultural patterns, people, and events.

PART II

1. Course Textbooks and Supplies

Readings in packet

A notebook/journal

2. Policies

A. Attendance: Students are required to attend all scheduled activities

because of state requirements for the hours in the course

B. Late papers and make-up work: Papers will be turned in at times

scheduled.

C. It is a policy of CCCC to provide reasonable accommodations for

qualified individuals who are students with disabilities. This college will adhere to all applicable Federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations as required to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the faculty member and/or the Services for

Students with Disabilities at 972-881-5950 in a timely manner to arrange for appropriate accommodations.

D. Evaluation: A relationship between competency completions and grades

emerges from scores on essays and exams. The following grading system will be used:

Cumulative Point System

Research Paper 350 _____ 900-1000 = A

Presentation 50 _____ 800-899 = B

Seminar Participation 150 _____ 700-799 = C

Final Collaborative Exam 150 _____ 600-699 = D

Response Papers 5 X 60 _____ 0-599 = F

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