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ENGL-3694: Topics in World Novels

Description: Rotating-topics course in world novels, either translated into, or originally written in, English. Emphasis on critical reading of novels written from different historic, intellectual, and cultural contexts. Formal and aesthetic analysis to identify themes, traditions, and values that cross periods and national boundaries. May be repeated once with different topics.

Pathways: 1A Discourse Advanced, 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: COMM-1016 or ENGL-1106 or ENGL-1204H

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: up to 6 credit hours

Sections Taught: 2

Average GPA: 3.13 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 39.08%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.27%

Su Fang Ng201920.0%30.0%40.0%0.0%10.0%0.0%2.621
Smith Evan Lavender201877.2%13.7%0.0%0.0%4.6%4.5%3.651

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