Learning objectives that UAlbany students are expected to attain through their course of study within their academic program.
- Students will develop sophisticated, disciplinary interpretive, analytical, and critical practices by:
- Applying modes of close reading and textual analysis
- Understanding and applying theoretical models when interpreting texts and distinguishing between different critical approaches to textual interpretation
- Understanding and responding to scholarship published in this discipline
- Understanding and describing characteristic features of literary-historical periods
- Understanding and describing characteristic features of a genre or literary form
- Students will gain a proficiency in written and oral expression in disciplinary forms, as demonstrated by:
- The ability to identify a pertinent issue and support an analytic argument about it amidst conflicting viewpoints
- The ability to effectively revise drafts in response to constructive criticism
- The ability to apply disciplinary genre conventions including argumentative strategies, organizational structures, citation practices, and acceptable forms of evidence
- The ability to apply discipline-specific research strategies, including the use of library resources (i.e., electronic indexes), and the ability to evaluate appropriate sources (discerning primary from secondary sources, scholarly from popular, etc.
- The ability to respond to and offer further oral interpretations of texts supported by textual evidence during group or class discussions