Thomas A. RyanMonday, Wednesday, Friday 11:00-11:50

202 CH310 Preston Hall

Phone: 272-2692 or 272-2758Email: ryan@uta.edu

Web: http://www.uta.edu/english/TAR/tar.html

Course Web Site: http://www.uta.edu/english/TAR/romantics.html

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 10:00a.m-11:00 a.m.

Course Prerequisites: Six hours sophomore literature

Text:The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol. 2, part 1 , Abrams et al., eds. (This text is optional. It conveniently gathers together most of the works we shall study. All the works we shall study can be found on the Internet and in many different texts, readily available in used bookstores and libraries.) 

Course Description: The primary focus of this course will be the major British Romantic poets. This semester the class will try to take advantage of the Internet and other learning and teaching aids made possible by computers. Students will be encouraged to explore the literary, artistic, musical, cultural, and historical milieus of the works we shall read and to share their discoveries with the other students in the class through email, contributions to the course web page, and short reports.

Course Learning Goals/Objectives: The goals of this course are to broaden and deepen the student's knowledge of the British Romantic poets, to introduce the student to the use of the computer in literary exploration, research, and communication, and to improve the student's writing skills.

Attendance and Drop Policy: Attendance in class and class participation are important. It is extremely important that you read the assigned material before coming to class. I will give reading quizzes, if necessary, as an incentive. If for some reason you cannot continue in the class, please remember to officially drop the course. It is now against University policy for faculty members to drop students.

Course Requirements: In addition to a Midsemester and a Final Examination, four (4) explications (each three to five pages in length) will be required on poems to be assigned during the semester. These explications may be submitted electronically. Please be sure to acknowledge and correctly document the primary and any secondary sources you use. Due dates for the explications are

September 21

October 22

November 12

December 3.

Course Evaluation and Final Grade: The two examinations will count fifty percent, the four essays will count forty percent, and attendance and class participation--both in-class and online--will count 10 percent.

Student Evaluation of Teaching: Toward the end of the semester, I shall ask your opinion on the success of the course by having you complete the Student Evaluation of Teaching Survey.

Americans with Disabilities Act: The University of Texas at Arlington is on record as being committed to both the spirit and the letter of federal equal opportunity legislation; reference Public Law 93112: The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. With the passage of new federal legislation entitled Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA], pursuant to section 504 of The Rehabilitation Act, there is renewed focus on providing this population with the same opportunities enjoyed by all citizens. As a faculty member, I am required by law to provide "reasonable accommodation" to students with disabilities, so as not to discriminate on the basis of that disability. Student responsibility primarily rests with informing faculty at the beginning of the semester and in providing authorized documentation through designated administrative channels.

Academic Dishonesty: It is the philosophy of the University of Texas at Arlington that academic dishonesty is a completely unacceptable mode of conduct and will not be tolerated in any form. All persons involved in academic dishonesty will be disciplined in accordance with University regulations and procedures. Discipline may include suspension or expulsion from the University. "Scholastic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts." (Regents' Rules and Regulations, Part One, Chapter VI, Section 3, Subsection 3.2,

Subdivision 3.22)