Fall 2023 | ENGL 1501W Section 001: Literature and Public Life (18425)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year RegistrationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 08:00AM - 09:55AMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 211
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A service-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Class Description:
This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A serviceÂ-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Grading:
- 55% Special Projects
30% Reflection Papers
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
60% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities This course has a service-learning option that requests 20-25 hours over the semester. Non-service learning students will develop independent projects that request a similar time investment. - Workload:
- 20-100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: Written work for this class takes the form of short informal essays and an oral history project. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18425/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Fall 2023 | ENGL 1501W Section 002: Literature and Public Life (32073)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year RegistrationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 115
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A service-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Class Description:
This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A serviceÂ-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Grading:
- 55% Special Projects
30% Reflection Papers
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
60% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities This course has a service-learning option that requests 20-25 hours over the semester. Non-service learning students will develop independent projects that request a similar time investment. - Workload:
- 20-100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: Written work for this class takes the form of short informal essays and an oral history project. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32073/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Fall 2023 | ENGL 1501W Section 003: Literature and Public Life (19116)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year RegistrationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 01:25PM - 03:20PMUMTC, East BankVincent Hall 113
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A service-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Class Description:
Meaning/practice of citizenship. Historical themes, contemporary issues in American public life: access of citizenship, tensions between social duties and individual freedoms, role of moral values in public life. Diverse literary materials. Optional service-learning component.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19116/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2017
Fall 2023 | ENGL 1501W Section 004: Literature and Public Life (19117)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year RegistrationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 08:00AM - 09:55AMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 115
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A service-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Class Description:
Meaning/practice of citizenship. Historical themes, contemporary issues in American public life: access of citizenship, tensions between social duties and individual freedoms, role of moral values in public life. Diverse literary materials. Optional service-learning component.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19117/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2017
Fall 2023 | ENGL 1501W Section 005: Literature and Public Life (19118)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year RegistrationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 115
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A service-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Class Description:
Meaning/practice of citizenship. Historical themes, contemporary issues in American public life: access of citizenship, tensions between social duties and individual freedoms, role of moral values in public life. Diverse literary materials. Optional service-learning component.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19118/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2017
Fall 2023 | ENGL 1501W Section 006: Literature and Public Life (32074)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year RegistrationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 04:25PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 335
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A service-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Class Description:
Meaning/practice of citizenship. Historical themes, contemporary issues in American public life: access of citizenship, tensions between social duties and individual freedoms, role of moral values in public life. Diverse literary materials. Optional service-learning component.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32074/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2017
Fall 2023 | ENGL 1501W Section 007: Literature and Public Life (34687)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 04:25PMUMTC, East BankPeik Gymnasium G55
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (17 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A service-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Class Description:
- Literature and Public Life: Gender, Race and Citizenship. Our section of this class will explore race, gender and citizenship and consider questions of public life through literature. We will read a broad selection of non-fiction, poetry, and fictional works that question gender, citizenship, race, and economic and social justice. This writing-intensive course requires you to respond to social justice issues in writing--and to encourage your own participation in public life, a service-learning option will give you the chance to collaborate with others on projects that serve the common good. Students will ultimately complete a project of their own devising. Likely course texts include work by authors such as Ta-Nehisi Coates, bell hooks, Sherman Alexie, Audre Lorde, Sophocles, and Claudia Rankine.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students who have sufficient free time to complete the required 24 extra hours (outside of class time, in addition to our normal reading and writing requirements) of off-campus service learning work.
- Workload:
- The class is a service learning course, which requires, among other things, two hours of service work in the community outside the university (service learning FAQ here http://www.servicelearning.umn
.edu/info/FAQ.html ). This extra outside work is in addition to our normal class reading, writing, and discussion assignments. This is a required 24 hours of extra work outside the classroom over the course of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34687/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 November 2017
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