| General Information |
| Professor: |
Elizabeth Oakes |
| Course: |
ENG 520 |
| Course Title: |
Intro To Grad Studies |
| Student Grade: |
A |
| Post Date: |
10:19:33 PM 12/16/2007 |
| Overall Rating: |
Good  |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Content: |
 Multiple Choice
Matching
 True/False
Fill in the Blank
Essay
Problem Solving
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| Mandatory Final: |
Yes |
| Cumulative Final: |
No |
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| Other Information |
| Textbook Required: |
Yes |
| Extra Credit Available: |
No |
| Attendance Required: |
Yes |
| Quantity of Notes: |
Few/None |
| Difficulty: |
Moderate |
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| Additional Comments |
Dr. Oakes is a fantastic professor. She truly has a passion for what she teaches. The first part of the semester was basically an introduction to the different areas of emphasis available in the English program. We had several guest speakers who talked about their particular areas and gave advice on doctoral programs. The class seemed pretty easy until midway through the semester.
During the first week of school we were given a list of literary terms, literary periods, schools of literary criticism, and people we needed to know about. We had two separate quiz / exams on the literary terms toward the end of the semester. These were interesting because there were more definitions than terms available on the matching quiz. I plan on using that technique when I teach! We did a lot of group presentations in the class on the schools of literary criticism, literary periods, and the book The Courage to Teach. These were a great way to boost grades.
We had to write one short paper on a chapter of The Courage to Teach. Toward the end of the semester we had to write a "faux conference" paper on Emily Dickinson's "My Life had stood" and present it to the class. We also had "faux" oral exams where we had to stand in front of the class and be questioned about all we had learned in the semester.
Finally, the final was not too hard. We had to list all of the periods of British and American literature in order, providing the dates. The remainder of the final was matching and multiple choice over the literary periods and schools of literary criticism.
Wow! That was a lot, but it was a really good class. I look forward to taking her Shakespeare class.
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