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Literature for Children and Adolescents

Course Title

Literature for Children and Adolescents

Course Description

This is a survey course introducing literature for children and adolescents with emphasis on criteria for identifying high quality fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Students will develop familiarity with a broad range of books for all ages and the implications of developmental characteristics for book selection. Theory and research about reader response, gender, and multiculturalism will be examined. Students are expected to read a substantial number of books for children and adolescents.

CORE: Literature & The Arts

Academic Level

Undergraduate

Course Type (Core Curriculum)

CO, COLA

Instructor Consent Required

No

Credits (Min)

4

Repeatable

No