SLO'S, PLO's, ILOs

Institutional SLOs

English/Journalism SLOs

Written and Oral Communication

Students will demonstrate the interactive nature of communication involving speaking, writing, listening and reading. Evidence will be the student’s ability to make a clear, well-organized verbal presentation employing appropriate evidence to support the arguments or conclusions and to write a clear, well-organized paper using documentation and quantitative tools when appropriate.

PLO 1:

Analyze written text to identify underlying logic and point of view

Develop a well-organized paper which develops cogent main ideas stated in a thesis and which has adequate support for statements made.

Information Competency

Students will demonstrate information competency by combining aspects of library literacy, research methods and technological literacy. It includes consideration of ethical and legal implications of information and requires the application of both critical thinking and communication skills. Evidence will be the ability to find, evaluate, use, and communicate information in all its various formats.

PLO 2:

Utilize diverse sources of information, to research a topic.

Attribute quotes and other information gleaned from print and electronic sources, according to MLA style

Problem Solving

Students will demonstrate the ability to solve problems by examining, selecting, using and evaluating various approaches to developing solutions. Evidence will be the ability to observe and draw reasonable inferences from observations, distinguish between relevant and irrelevant data, define problems, analyze the structure of discipline or profession-based problem solving frameworks and to use such frameworks and strategies to develop solutions.

PLO 3:

Evaluate arguments for validity, objectivity and soundness

Argue a point after having gathered and synthesized relevant information, data and evidence.

Aesthetic Responsiveness

Students will demonstrate aesthetic responsiveness by taking a position on and communicating the merits of specific works of art, music and literature and how those works reflect human values. Evidence will be written or oral communications that articulate a personal response to works of art, explain how personal and formal factors shape that response and connect works of art to broader contexts.

PLO 4:

Critique text in terms of style and relate a text to the period in which it was written.

Ethics and Values applied to decision-making

Students will demonstrate facility in making value judgments and ethical decisions by analyzing and formulating the value foundation/framework of a specific area of knowledge in its theory and practice or in a professional context. Evidence will be the ability to identify own values, infer and analyze values in artistic and humanistic works as well as scientific and technological developments and to engage in values-inflected and ethical decision-making in multiple contexts.

PLO 5:

Distinguish fallacies in arguments and be able to recognize the validity or lack of validity of various points of view.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOME MATRIX

List Course No. , Course name and Outcomes

PLO 1

PLO 2

PLO 3

PLO 4

PLO 5

English 21:

• Produce an essay of at least 250 words, which has a thesis, an introduction, body, and conclusion. Sentence structure will be diversified.
• Self edit and correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors in his/her essays.
• Differentiate fact from opinion, identify and paraphrase the main ideas and supporting points in a reading, generalize meaning by recognizing and interpreting inferences, and predict meaning of vocabulary through contextual clues in readings.

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English 28:

• Produce a 350-500 word essay, utilizing standard rhetorical modes and maintaining unity and coherence.
• Evaluate the elements of an expository essay in terms of logical fallacies and the judgments and assumptions of the author.
• Produce a 1,000 word research paper which supports an argument.

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English 101:

• Produce a unified essay of 1,000 words that shows a mastery of critical thinking, logical organization, and mechanics.
•  Analyze and evaluate academic articles and literature
• Produce a 2,500 word research paper which utilizes library research materials and documents evidence.

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English 102:

• Produce a 3 to 5 page essay demonstrating the ability to use literary analysis.
•  Produce a 3 to 5 page essay comparing and contrasting two literary works.
•  Produce an analytical research paper on a literary work.

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English 103:

• Produce unified essays of 6,000 to 10,000 words that show a mastery of critical thinking, logical organization, and mechanics.
• Analyze and evaluate academic articles and literature.
• Utilize library research materials and document evidence.
• Write a clear, well-organized analytical research paper employing appropriate evidence to support the arguments or conclusions using documentation and deductive and inductive reasoning skills.

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English 127:

• Students will read significant contemporary and classical poets, classify and analyze their poems, distinguish various poetic forms, and compose original poetry that employs literary tropes and varied techniques.

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English 203:

• Plan and write an essay of 2000+ words, which is an analysis of themes and languages used in Western and non-Western literary genres and major periods from the beginnings of various civilizations to the 1600s.
•  Produce a 2,500 word research paper which utilizes library research materials to analyze and compare concepts in readings like the Classical 'hero', in ancient literature.

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English 205:

• Plan and write an essay of 2000+ words in which the student is asked to analyze themes and languages used in British poetry and prose.
• Produce a 2,500 word research paper which utilizes library research materials and documents evidence, in which the student is asked to research a literary period or a literary trend.

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English 206:

• Plan and write an essay of 2000+ words in which the student is asked to analyze themes and languages used in English poetry and prose.
• Produce a 2,500 word research paper which utilizes library research materials and documents evidence on subjects regarding literary themes, historical periods, or literary genres in modern English literature.

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English 208:

• Write a critical essay analyzing the use and effects of journalistic influences in passages from a selection of short stories, representative of a movement in American literature (early twentieth–century realism).

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English 240:

• Analyze literary works using literary terms to dissect plot, theme, and characters.
•  Analyze and discuss films identifying techniques that convey plot, theme, and characters.
• Compare and contrast films and books showing deductive and inductive reasoning skills.

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Speech 101:

• Construct a speech mapping outline which includes an introduction, body, and conclusion with works cited attached.
•  Demonstrates the ability to deliver a well-structured speech to the class including the use of presentational aids.
• Demonstrate an ability to adapt a speech to the audience by conducting an audience analysis.

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Speech 102:

• Research, write, and deliver a 7 minute Persuasive speech, with the use of oral citations for support and backing
• Distinguish and interpret the rhetorical concepts of logic, fallacies, critical thinking, and argument.

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Speech 151:

• Demonstrate the ability to plan, research, and participate in the writing and presenting of an ad hoc committee symposium.

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