ENGL 319 - Moby Dick and Literatures of the Ocean

Units: 4; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C
This course will explore Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick, or the Whale”, alongside a range of contemporary literary and cultural texts dealing with oceans. This course fulfills the pre-1900 American Literature requirement for English majors.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area C requirements.
Prerequisites: Requires completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3, and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

analyze and interpret literary genres represented by a range of texts;
write in clear and cogent prose;
demonstrate knowledge of key English language texts, including multicultural works;
use critical theory to examine literary texts;
conduct research relevant to the discipline of English studies and analyze connections among literary works and social issues;
demonstrate university learning outcomes for C4;
Beyond familiarizing ourselves with one of the most canonized texts in American literature, participants will leave this course with an alternative vision of literary studies that encourages us to make historical works present and responsive to our unique and diverse experiences on this shared planet.

UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes

demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.