This course provides a survey of the genres (poetry, fiction, and drama), themes, and values of literature. 

Assignments include readings, analytical and interpretive essays, online discussions, and maintaining an online reading log (blog).

Learning objectives for the course include:

• A general education Arts & Humanities goal: Students will understand the diversity and complexity of the human experience through study of the arts and humanities.
• A general education Information Literacy goal: Students will recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, organize, critically evaluate, and effectively use information from a variety of sources with intellectual integrity, with the following learning outcomes.
•  A general education Writing Intensive goal: Students will refine their understanding and practice of reading and writing as integral parts of researching, learning, discussing, and presenting academic materials, with the following learning outcomes:
  Read extensively and respond critically in written discourse;
  Use writing to learn course content by practicing writing as an integral, on-going part of the course and applying writing conventions of MLA style manual.