TIFFIN UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES
Minimum Course Content Guide
Course Number: HUM 510
Course Name: Introduction to
Graduate Humanities
Prerequisite: BA
Course Description: This course orients
students to humanities as a field of study, reviews graduate level writing and
MLA documentation style, and reviews research methods. Students will also receive initial
instruction in the use of various technologies needed to participate in Tiffin
University’s online programs, including but not limited to Moodle, Word,
discussion boards, live chats, turnitin.com, etc. Offered every semester. (3 hour)
Goals:
- To
introduce students to Tiffin University’s M.Hum. program and help them
consider their course of study in the light of their personal and professional
goals
- To introduce
students to graduate level study in the humanities
- To introduce
students to leading questions in the humanities
- To
familiarize students with the discourse and vocabulary of humanities
studies
- To
review graduate level writing, including the nine basic writing errors,
thesis development, MLA documentation style, and the research paper
- To familiarize students
with online instruction and the various technologies supporting it
Evaluations:
Weekly discussion board posts
(2-3 pages), a short paper describing their chosen course of study and reasons
for it, and a 12-15 page final paper.
Minimum Topic Outline:
- Review
of TU’s M.Hum. program and concentration offerings
- Exposure
to the central questions driving humanities study today
- Instruction
in the nature of graduate writing conventions in the humanities
- Research
skills such as the location and evaluation of secondary sources
- MLA
documentation style
- Development
of critical thinking skills
- Interdisciplinary
synthesis writing
- Thesis-driven,
argumentative writing
Potential Textbooks:
Alcoff &
Mendieta, eds. Identities: Race, Class,
Gender, and Nationality.
Hart, Christopher. Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research
Imagination.
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Style Manual and
Guide to Scholarly Publishing. Third Edition.
Lead Instructor: Hariclea Zengos
Carnegie Units (135 hours):
Reading 30 hours
Discussion Boards 45 hours
Research 20 hours
Writing 35 hours
Live Chats 8 hours
Total: 138
Reviewed: May 2012
Updated: Sept. 2012
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