English 2332 Online
Instructor Kevin Eubanks
Office Phone (940) 498-6218 (E-mail is the best way to contact the instructor.)
Office Address 206 Corinth (inside 201)
Office Hours online or in-person conferences by appointment
E-mail Use the Canvas messaging system for all course communications. If Canvas is inaccessible, email the instructor at keubanks@nctc.edu
Required Text
All course readings are available online. Some of the readings are pdf documents, so you will need to have Adobe Reader (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. installed on your computer.
Course Description
Study of selected masterpieces of world literature from the ancient world through the Renaissance; reports and essays. Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENGL 1301.
Course Requirements
- Two major online examinations (see the Assignment Description link in the Important Information module).
- One researched offline essay (1000 words-- see the Assignment Description link in the Important Information module).
- Answers to sets of analysis questions (see the Assignment Description link in the Important Information module).
- Participation in discussion forums (see the Assignment Description link in the Important Information module).
- Online quizzes over course readings
Time Requirement (very important) About 6 hours per day, Monday through Thursday
Computer Requirements
- A computer with an internet connection
- Word-processing software (such as Microsoft Word)
- Adobe Reader
Grading Policy
- online unit exams: 20% each for 2 exams
- offline essay: 20%
- reading quizzes: 15% total (The three lowest quiz grades will be dropped.)
- discussion posts:15% total
- analysis questions: 10%total
Last day to drop with a grade of "W": June 28
Policies for Late Work
- Quizzes: Quizzes cannot be taken after the deadline.
- Online Unit Exams: One point will be deducted for each minute over the time limit. All sections of the exam must be completed before midnight on the due date.
- Discussion Participation: No credit will be given for any discussion posting submitted after midnight on the due date.
- Analysis Questions Submissions: No credit will be given for any set of analysis questions submitted after midnight on the due date.
- Offline Essay: For Units One and Two, ten points will be deducted for each day after the due date (beginning at midnight on the due date). For Unit Three, no late essays will be accepted.
Policy for Technical Problems
If you experience technical problems (such as a computer crash during a unit exam or problems with submitting an assignment), send an email to the instructor immediately. (If Canvas is unavailable, send the email to keubanks@nctc.edu.) Describe as specifically as possible what you were doing when you experienced the problem. Include any error messages that appear.
Academic Integrity
Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test or quiz, plagiarism, and collusion. See See Student Handbook“Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct [FLB- (LOCAL)]” #18. Disciplinary Actions [Student Handbook, p. 164, #5] “When cheating, collusion, or plagiarism has occurred beyond any reasonable doubt, the instructor may give the student or students involved an ‘F’ on a particular assignment or for the course. [See Scholastic Dishonesty FLB (Local).] The instructor shall make a written report of the incident and of the planned action to his Department Chair. The Department Chair shall report the incident and action to appropriate instructional dean who shall review the case, notify the student and, if necessary, take further action. This may involve either probation or suspension of the student or students in question. If such disciplinary action is deemed necessary, the Dean of Student Services shall be notified, and the action shall be taken through that office.”
Cheating includes the following behaviors:
- Taking a quiz or exam together with another student
- Communicating with another student by phone, texting, or social media during an exam
- Using someone else's notes to take an exam
Students are encouraged to study together prior to exams; however, during an actual exam, students must write their own responses using only their own notes. Exam responses that are overly similar in wording to responses from other students will be considered evidence of cheating.
Plagiarism is the presentation of another person’s work as one’s own, whether intentionally or not. Since research is prohibited for the offline essay assignment and for the exams, use of any outside materials in those assignments will automatically constitute plagiarism.
Collusion is excessive, unauthorised collaboration on analysis questions, discussion posts, or the offline essay. Students are encouraged to discuss ideas with others and to let others proofread writing assignments; however, the actual wording of assignments should be the students' own.
A person who cheats, plagiarizes, or colludes with another will receive a zero for the particular assignment, and may receive an F for the course. All three sections of an exam constitute a single assignment. Therefore, a zero on one section will also result in a zero on the other two sections.
Disability Policy
The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students who have a documented disability. A disability is anything that can interfere with learning, such as a learning disability, psychological challenge, physical illness or injury. Accommodations may include extra time on tests, tests in a distraction reduced environment, volunteer note taker in class, etc. On the Corinth Campus, go to room 170 or call 940-498-6207. On the Gainesville Campus, go to room 110 in the Administration (100) Building or call 940-668-4209. Students on the Bowie, Graham, Flower Mound, and online campuses should call 940-668-4209 to arrange for an intake appointment with OSD. North Central Texas College is on record as being committed to both the spirit and letter of federal equal opportunity legislation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, ADA Amendments Act of 2009, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112).
Course Objectives Students who successfully complete English 2332 will be able to:
- Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions.
- Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions.
- Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
- Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.
Course Summary:
Mon Jun 5, 2017
Prerequisite Verification Form Here
Tue Jun 6, 2017
Discussion: Leadership in the Odyssey (See the assignment description in the Important Information Module.)
Odyssey Analysis Questions (See the assignment description in the Important Information Module below.)
Odyssey Reading Quiz
Wed Jun 7, 2017
Discussion: fate and free will in Oedipus (and beyond)
Oedipus Analysis Questions
Oedipus Reading Quiz
Thu Jun 8, 2017
Discussion: "The more things change. . . ." Sex and gender then and now
Lysistrata Analysis Questions
Lysistrata Reading Quiz
Mon Jun 12, 2017
Apology Analysis Questions
Apology Reading Quiz
Discussion: Is ignorance bliss? Socrates and Oedipus
Tue Jun 13, 2017
Catullus Analysis Questions
Catullus Poems Reading Quiz
Discussion: Catullus and Top 40 Radio
Discussion: Ovid and Ancient Roman "Family Values"
Metamorphoses Analysis Questions
Metamorphoses Reading Quiz
Wed Jun 14, 2017
Ancient World Exam: Part One, Terms
Ancient World Exam: Part Three, Online Essay
Ancient World Exam: Part Two, Quotations
Unit One Offline Essay
Thu Jun 15, 2017
Discussion: Medieval Values
Lanval and Laustic Analysis Questions
Lanval and Laustic Reading Quiz
Medieval Lyrics Analysis Questions
Medieval Lyrics Reading Quiz
Mon Jun 19, 2017
Discussion: Images of Hell in Dante and in popular culture
Inferno Analysis Questions
Inferno Reading Quiz
Tue Jun 20, 2017
Decameron Analysis Questions
Decameron: Reading Quiz
Discussion: Oh, Those Poor Adulterers--Courtly Lovers Today
Wed Jun 21, 2017
Discussion: Gawain--perfectionist or sinner?
Sir Gawain Analysis Questions
Sir Gawain: Reading Quiz
Thu Jun 22, 2017
Discussion: "what thing . . . women desire most"
Wife of Bath Analysis Questions
Wife of Bath: Reading Quiz
Mon Jun 26, 2017
Middle Ages Exam: Part One, Terms
Middle Ages Exam: Part Three, Essay
Middle Ages Exam: Part Two, Quotations
Unit Two Offline essay
Tue Jun 27, 2017
Discussion: Modern Machiavellians (Let's get pragmatic.)
Discussion: Petrarch (Let's get poetic.)
Prince Analysis Questions
Prince: Reading Quiz
Rime Sparse Analysis Questions
Rime Sparse reading quiz
Wed Jun 28, 2017
Discussion: "The Praise of Folly" and fools today
Praise of Folly Analysis Questions
Praise of Folly Reading Quiz
Thu Jun 29, 2017
Discussion: Gender Relations in Heptameron
Heptameron Analysis Questions
Heptameron: Reading Quiz
Mon Jul 3, 2017
Discussion: Who are the "Barbarians" anyway?
Of Cannibals Analysis Questions
Of Cannibals: Reading Quiz
Wed Jul 5, 2017
Discussion: Don Quixote, Idealists and Realists
Don Quixote Analysis Questions
Don Quixote reading quiz
Thu Jul 6, 2017
Renaissance Exam: Part One, Terms
Renaissance Exam: Part Three Essay
Renaissance Exam: Part Two Quotations
Unit Three Offline essay