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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Focuses on the literature of the 20th Century, with attention given to the eras and events of the World Wars, American-European interconnections, modernism, the decade of the twenties (including the Harlem Renaissance), the Depression, post-World War II issues and realities, the Cold War with the Soviet Union, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the Sixties, environmentalism, post-modern and contemporary life, multiculturalism, and global perspectives. Genres studied are poetry, short story, novel, drama, essay, and lyrics.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Surveys the literature of the African-American people, including the influence of African origins, oral tradition, the diaspora, slavery, the post-Civil War era, the Harlem Renaissance, the civil rights movement, and recent and contemporary periods. Focuses on oral and written texts representing interests, aspirations, and experiences of African-Americans. Includes a selection of works taken from slave narratives, early literary publications, novels, short stories, poems, autobiographies, and plays. Uses a chronological or thematic approach.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Introduces formal written and oral literatures by Native Americans through a wide variety of texts from different tribes, regions, and individual authors. Examines world views and major thematic currents of Native American literatures; distinctive characteristics of Native American writing; characteristics it shares with Euro-American writing; and characteristics of oral literature.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Features reading and analysis of works by Latin American writers from a wide range of countries, races, and classes, giving attention to literary styles, historical background, and the unique voices and perspectives of authors from this region. Uses a chronological, regional, or thematic approach.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Focuses on the achievements and perspectives of women writers through critical analysis of their literary works and literary strategies. Uses a chronological, stylistic, or thematic approach.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Features exposure to and analysis of science fiction through the reading of representative works that explore the history and typology of this literary genre. Uses a chronological, thematic, or stylistic approach.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Focuses on the genre of detective fiction, its history, and conventions through reading and critical analysis of representative works and authors. Uses a chronological, thematic, or stylistic approach.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Introduces environmental literature, which addresses the relationship between human beings and the natural world, as well as the place of humans in the natural world. Includes a focus on not only human interaction with pristine wilderness, but also with cityscapes and toxic environments. Uses chronological, regional, or thematic approaches to current issues in the field. Introduces ecocriticism as an interpretive tool that includes attention to issues of environmental justice. Explores the link between environmental problems and economic and social justices. Uses critical reading, field trips, discussion, reflective writing, and critical writing in order to explore how our understanding of the natural environment has been socially constructed and how these constructions both benefit and burden particular groups. Explores the relationship between literature and social action.
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4.00 Credits
4 class hrs/wk, 4 cr. Explores the philosophy and history of emergency services. Presents the history of loss of life and property in fire, major medical emergencies, and natural disasters. Covers the responsibility of emergency services in a community, the roles and responsibilities of a paramedic and firefighter, an overview of the ICS system, and the organization and function of emergency services agencies and allied organizations, education, and certification. Includes sources of professional literature, awareness and identification of hazardous materials, emergency services apparatus, fire behavior, detection and protection systems, cultural diversity, harassment in the workplace, survey of professional career opportunities and requirements, and development of a resume. (Offered via distance education.) FE 205B Resumes and Job Search Correspondence 1 class hr/wk, 1 cr. Shows you how to apply for the job you want. Covers composition and analysis of all written correspondence used in applying for employment, including applications, resumes, and other employment-related communications. (Offered via Distance Education.)
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4.00 Credits
4 cr. Introduces the art of cinema. Emphasizes the feature length film. Focuses on ways in which a person can come to understand the meaning of a movie. Includes a weekly film screening lab that accompanies the lecture.
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