English 150 Introduction to Drama

Introduction:

This statement describes the knowledge, skills, and competencies expected of a student successfully passing ENGL 150. The following objectives build upon the competencies and skills developed in ENGL 110. This statement is limited to outcomes and should not be read as a pedagogical directive of how to teach.

Composing and Process: an English 150 student should:

• Develop personal opinions into public statements suitable to the anticipated rhetorical situation.
• Develop and use flexible, practical strategies to research, revise, and edit persuasive public statements.
• Evaluate the authenticity, logic, and persuasive force of information, arguments, and sources in the work of others and in their own writing.

Academic Discourse: a student passing English 150 should be able to demonstrate an understanding of academic discourse in the following ways:

• Identify and understand the development and use of academic conventions and practices specific to literary analysis.
• Integrate the conventions and practices of literary critical discourse in their own writing.
• Compose a persuasive, critical argument making use of primary and secondary sources.

Research Practices and Conventions and Documentation Theory: a student with a good understanding of research and documentation should:

• Formulate research questions and develop a plan of investigation.
• Limit topic scope, define research objectives, and clarify a thesis informed by genre conventions and reader expectations.
• Accurately document sources and use notes in a minimum of one academic, documentation style.

Knowledge of Drama: an acceptable knowledge of drama requires the following:

• Identify and distinguish various dramatic genres, forms, and styles.
• Identify and explain factors (historical, cultural, economic, political) that effect dramatic expression.
• Recognize common, critical terms specific to the dramatic effort and the study of drama.