• No scheduled class meetings except for the Final Exam

• Exchange class discussion comments with other students on course Message Board

• Submit papers via Campus Cruiser & receive them the same way, with grades and comments inserted by Professor Roth

 
--Fulfills both GE DIV & GE HUM requirement

--ENG 226 may be taken without taking ENG 225

--Prerequisite: ENG 122/ENG 125 or permission of department chairperson

Read what some students have said about Dr. Roth’s online classes:

• "I was able to fit the class and work into my busy schedule more easily plus I didn't have to deal with my long commute to the college."

• "I can attend class at midnight in my pajamas eating a tuna sandwich instead of running to the class after work wearing the same clothes all day and skipping dinner."

• "Dr. Roth offered me a lot of individual help whether over the phone or through e-mails. I appreciated his speedy replies to all my messages and the help and clarification he provided.  He was just an e-mail away!"

• "The main thing I liked about the course was the fact that I got an opportunity to voice what I really thought. Normally, I just sit in the back of the class and listen, while I'm burning inside trying to get up the courage to raise my hand and open my mouth!"
• "This course has been a wonderful experience -- it introduced me to some wonderful literature I may never had occasion to read on my own and the dialogue with my contemporaries and the Professor was stimulating and very enjoyable."

About Professor Roth’s Online World Literature II Course:

Short of extensive world travel, what better way is there to learn about the practices and beliefs of people from across the globe than to read of their experiences in great stories, poems, and novels?  This course--an online version of the regular World Lit II course--surveys literature from many parts of the world. Students learn of the history, culture, and values of countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Carribean, thereby discovering the common humanity of all people. We read (and discuss online) such world classics as Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," Kafka's "The Metamorphosis," Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and Garcia Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold and a story by Rabindranath Tagore.  We also read such highly praised modern works of fiction by women as Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood and Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things as well as stories by Clarice Lispector (Brazil) and Rosario Ferre (Puerto Rico).  Some of the literature is available online, and links to websites and detailed online study guides provide biographical background, social and historical contexts, and even critical perspectives on many of the authors we study.  Best of all, the Message Board enables students to discuss these diverse readings with each other online, making thiscourse a truly global education experience.

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