Course Description

Generic Course Description:

In this course students will be introduced to novels, plays, and poems from the twentieth century and earlier. This course will develop creative and analytical skills and will provide students with strategies for writing clearly and persuasively.

Specific Course Description:

In the 01 and 02 sections of English 1483/93 students will be provided with an introduction to literature as well as being offered instruction on how to write to convince others to attend to what you have to say.
  This website is to be consulted constantly, and is considered the authoritative version of what is required by way of reading, writing assignments, and attendance.

To pass the class:

  You are expected to attend every class, and to have completed the assigned reading for that class.
  You are required to take notes in class.
  You are expected to bring a charged laptop computer to every class.
  You will NOT use your phone during the class period.
  By Acadia University Senate policy you will NOT use any device, including your computer or your phone, to record all or any part of any of your classes without obtaining permission from the professor before you start recording.
  You are expected to bring the appropriate course text to every class. Repeated failure to do so will lead to a grade penalty of as much as 5%.
  You are required to submit all major assignments. Failure to submit even one will result in a course grade of F (Cf. Acadia University Academic Calendar 2024-2025, Course Assessment and Evaluation, The Syllabus/Course Outline p 43).