SYLLABUS
COURSE SYLLABUS (Fall 2014)
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Course Prefix and Number: FYE 191.10
Course Title: Gender, Race, Metaphor
Instructor: Edgar G. Foster (Ph.D.)
Required Texts and Other Materials: Sylvan Barnet and Pat Bellanca, A Short Guide to College Writing (fifth edition). ISBN: 9780205238613; Cornel West, Prophesy Deliverance (Westminster John Knox Press, 2002). ISBN: 978-0664223434. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot (Broadway, 2011)—summer read.
Course Description: This FYE course will explore the social relationship between gender, race, and texts. It will examine why metaphors have been called “dangerous things.” Students will discover the social import of metaphors by means of select readings, films, guest speakers and experiential learning. The approach to these issues will be practical and theoretical. Three credit hours with no prerequisites.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES for FYE:
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
describe the key elements of their own transition to university life describe the thinking and living habits essential to personal and academic success find, evaluate and use information proficiently communicate clearly and precisely, both orally and in writing, on the section topic clearly articulate LR’s Common Learning Goals, Mission, and Values
Specific Course Objectives: (1) Provide acculturation for first year students; (2) Students will learn how to write a research paper on race and metaphor; (3) Students will develop the ability to grasp the conceptual relationship between metaphors and common social categories; (4) Help students to develop a working knowledge of philosophical nomenclature; (5) Students will learn how to think deeply and seriously about race and gender; (6) Students will give class presentations on gender and race.
Manner of Evaluation: unit quizzes (20%), experiential learning and acculturation (20%), two formal papers drafted and revised which will total at
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Course Prefix and Number: FYE 191.10
Course Title: Gender, Race, Metaphor
Instructor: Edgar G. Foster (Ph.D.)
Required Texts and Other Materials: Sylvan Barnet and Pat Bellanca, A Short Guide to College Writing (fifth edition). ISBN: 9780205238613; Cornel West, Prophesy Deliverance (Westminster John Knox Press, 2002). ISBN: 978-0664223434. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot (Broadway, 2011)—summer read.
Course Description: This FYE course will explore the social relationship between gender, race, and texts. It will examine why metaphors have been called “dangerous things.” Students will discover the social import of metaphors by means of select readings, films, guest speakers and experiential learning. The approach to these issues will be practical and theoretical. Three credit hours with no prerequisites.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES for FYE:
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
describe the key elements of their own transition to university life describe the thinking and living habits essential to personal and academic success find, evaluate and use information proficiently communicate clearly and precisely, both orally and in writing, on the section topic clearly articulate LR’s Common Learning Goals, Mission, and Values
Specific Course Objectives: (1) Provide acculturation for first year students; (2) Students will learn how to write a research paper on race and metaphor; (3) Students will develop the ability to grasp the conceptual relationship between metaphors and common social categories; (4) Help students to develop a working knowledge of philosophical nomenclature; (5) Students will learn how to think deeply and seriously about race and gender; (6) Students will give class presentations on gender and race.
Manner of Evaluation: unit quizzes (20%), experiential learning and acculturation (20%), two formal papers drafted and revised which will total at