This course exposes students to poetry from different countries and cultures, to important aspects of poetic language, and to diverse poetic forms. Students will read, discuss, and write about poetry, and strive to understand what poetry portrays of human experience. Students will also write poems about their own experience. In doing so, students will learn how poems are built or structured.

Prerequisite- Corequisite
Prerequisite: ENG 110 College Writing I

Credits: 3
Hours: 3 Class Hours

Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the conventions and methods of literature and literary analysis.
2. Recognize and analyze nuance and complexity of meaning through critical reflections on texts.
3. Use a multi-stage writing process to write effectively using tools and/or forms appropriate to the discipline.