LIT 180 - Mythology

1. Understand vocabulary, concepts, and content associated with world mythology
   1. Read myths from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia
   2. Define terms and concepts associated with the study of mythology
   3. Discuss historical context of myths
2. Assess assigned reading by focusing on underlying concepts from the study of mythology
   1. Examine the relationship between myths and historical contexts
   2. Apply academic theories and scholarship to the reading and understanding of mythology.
   3. Compare and contrast themes, motifs, and messages of myths across time and place
3. Interpret assigned reading with emphasis on implicit meaning and literary criticism
   1. Discuss how multiple interpretations can exist simultaneously
   2. Evaluate the cultural messages suggested by authors of myths
   3. Interpret myths by focusing on at least one critical approach, including formalism, psychoanalytic, feminism, historical, cultural studies, and archetypal, as well as others
4. Evaluate mythology’s continuing relevance to the human condition
   1. Examine multi-cultural and global perspectives
   2. Correlate assigned texts with contemporary culture and material from other disciplines
   3. Reflect on how mythology continues to shape identities
5. Create effective writing to demonstrate understanding of course goals
   1. Generate writing as an active process, using planning, researching, drafting, revising, and editing
   2. Apply standard rules of grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling
   3. Produce analyses and interpretations through written assignments
6. Integrate standard college-level documentation practices
   1. Understand definitions and consequences of plagiarism
   2. Identify reasons for documentation
   3. Integrate sources effectively within the given context
   4. Document sources using MLA style