LIT 2400 Children's & Adolescent Literature

Children's and Adolescents' Literature focuses on reading, analyzing and evaluating various literary genres for children and adolescents. Students will examine the literary elements and values presented in classic and modern picture books, fiction, fairy tales and poetry. Children's books that have won the Newbery and Caldecott Awards will be studied and discussed.

Prerequisites: NONE

Course Outcomes

• Orally present ideas from group work and written assignments.
• Present ideas about select pieces of literature in writing.
• Carefully read and critically analyze a variety of texts.

Credit Hours: 3

• Classroom: 3 hours

• Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences
• Department: Literature

• Repeatable Credit: No
• Offered Online: No