Overview
This course introduces the student to children’s literature, its history and development, and its rich variety of forms and techniques. The required reading is not exhaustive but acquaints the student with some of the more important and representative forms, authors, and works of children’s literature.
Note: Since this is a senior course, we expect students to have good reading and writing skills as well as the basic critical tools and knowledge of literary forms and techniques that are acquired in an introductory university English literature course like Athabasca University’s English 211 and 212. Students who do not have the recommended credits in an introductory English literature course may experience significant difficulty with the essay assignments and examinations.
Evaluation
To obtain credit for English 305, you must submit three essays of varying lengths and write two examinations, each of three hours duration. To receive credit for the course, you must obtain a minimum grade of D (50 percent) on each exam and a course composite (or final) grade of at least D (50 percent)
The weighting of the course assignments is as follows
| Activity | Weight |
| Essay 1 | 10% |
| Essay 2 | 15% |
| Essay 3 | 25% |
| Midterm Online Exam | 25% |
| Final Online Exam | 25% |
| Total | 100% |
The midterm and final examinations for this course must be requested in advance and written under the supervision of an AU-approved exam invigilator. Invigilators include either ProctorU or an approved in-person invigilation centre that can accommodate online exams. Students are responsible for payment of any invigilation fees. Information on exam request deadlines, invigilators, and other exam-related questions, can be found at the Exams and grades section of the Calendar.
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
Digital course materials
Links to the following course materials will be made available in the course:
Abrams, M. H., and Geoffrey Galt Harpham. A Glossary of Literary Terms. 11th ed., Cengage Learning, 2013.
Bourgeois, Paulette. Franklin in the Dark
MacDonald, George. The Princess and the Goblin
Opie, Iona, and Peter Opie, eds. The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes
Physical course materials
The following course materials are included in a course package that will be shipped to your home prior to your course’s start date:
Babbitt, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting
David, Alfred, and Mary Elizabeth Meek, eds. The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Other Fairy Tales
George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves
Hautzig, Esther. The Endless Steppe
Jacobs, Joseph, ed. English Fairy Tales
Kipling, Rudyard. Just So Stories
Kogawa, Joy. Naomi’s Road
Lee, Dennis. Alligator Pie
Le Guin, Ursula. The Tombs of Atuan
Lewis, C. S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh
Montgomery, L. M. Anne of Green Gables
Munsch, Robert N. The Paper Bag Princess
Paterson, Katherine. The Great Gilly Hopkins
Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet
Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Russell, David L. Literature for Children
Richler, Mordecai. Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are
Sutcliff, Rosemary. The Eagle of the Ninth
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit
White, E. B. Charlotte's Web
Other Material
The course materials include a Course Information, a Study Guide, and online readings.
Challenge for credit
Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.
Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
To receive credit for the ENGL 305 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent) on each part of the examination.
| Activity | Weight |
| Take Home Essay | 50% |
| Written Exam | 50% |
| Total | 100% |
Challenge for credit course registration form