ENGL 4498 Senior Seminar Research in English

A seminar research tutorial in preparation for ENGL 4499.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

18 hours of English or permission of instructor; students graduating in a fall semester must take this course the previous fall.

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus: every other fall day

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Develop a project concept, which may require a review of literary scholarship and review techniques by which scholars analyze and synthesize themes, ideas, and style.
2. Research the relevant criticism in order to prepare materials for the spring semester completion of the project.
3. Discuss the aesthetic and philosophical nature of literary art and literary criticism.
4. Review relevant social and historical parallels.
5. Demonstrate mastery of academic requirements for formal research papers and conference presentations.
6. Demonstrate mastery of editing and revision techniques.
7. Learn to meet deadlines.