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Introduction to Literature offers students content and skills that are valued in many fields. It is the first course in the English Literature major and is also regularly recommended to students in Education programs. The skills in reading, interpretation, research, and essay writing taught in this course remain useful throughout a student鈥檚 program of study and beyond, as attributes in postgraduate study, general employability, and lifelong learning.

Introduction to Literature is designed as a foundation course in literary and cultural studies. It introduces students to basic skills of reading, interpretation, research and essay writing. Through studies of literary forms, the course develops self-directed learning skills and a familiarity with the tools of critical analysis.

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. demonstrate academic literacy skills by competently using a vocabulary of critical terms to apply to the reading of texts and their relevant textual features;
2. utilise learned discipline-based information literacy in identifying appropriate secondary sources for use in researching a response to an essay task;
3. explain the importance of specific cultural and historical circumstances for the production and reading of literary forms;
4. communicate clearly in writing for different purposes by planning and submitting two essays and maintaining a learning diary;
5. demonstrate ethical research and inquiry skills by comprehending and applying norms and practices of academic integrity;
6. demonstrate the capacity for interpersonal communication in classroom or discussion board activities.