SFE11218 English: Critical Analysis 1 (Autumn 2018)
Facts about the course
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible faculty:
- Avdeling for økonomi, språk og samfunnsfag
- Course Leader:
- Johanna M. Wagner
- Teaching language:
- English
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is affiliated to the following study programme
Teaching semester
Bachelor's Programme in Society, Language and Culture: 1st, 3rd or 5th semester (autumn).
Content
The student's learning outcomes on passing the course
Knowledge
The student has:
- knowledge of how to work on, evaluate and analyse texts and issues in the humanities, with particular focus on literature studies
- knowledge of the intellectual investigation processes practised in the humanities
- knowledge of the internet and library as research components
Skills
The student is capable of:
- focusing on the critical thinking, reading and writing required to succeed in his or her continued studies
- recognising and discussing arguments and ideas
- seeing the relationship between overriding and subordinate ideas and identifying the patterns in which the arguments are structured
- using effective methods for understanding academic material
- writing works, taking part in discussions and presenting analyses and interpretations of texts
- distinguishing between authorial methods of idea development, finding similarities and differences between authorial perspectives, recognising authorial implications and questioning authorial assumptions and intentions.
General competence
The student is capable of
- performing a more critical analysis of written material to understand both direct and underlying content in written texts
Teaching and learning methods
Workload
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
- One written assignment.
Required coursework must be approved before the student can sit the exam.
Exam
Individual written exam (5 hours)
Permitted aids: English dictionary.
Grade scale A-F.
Examiners
Course evaluation
Feedback from our students is vital in order for us to be able to offer the best possible courses and study programmes. The course is evaluated every semester.
The results are considered by/in teacher groups, the head of studies and the local programme committee.
Reading list
The reading list may be subject to change until the start of the semester.
Graff, Gerald og Cathy Birkenstein. They Say, I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing. W.W. Norton and Co., 2010. ISBN: 978-0-393-93361-1
Gardner, Janet E. Writing about Literature: A Portable Guide. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004.
ISBN: 0-312-41282-7