Student Learning Outcomes
Course Level
Outcomes
CLO 1:� Distinguish the different genres of folk
literature from one another
CLO 2:� Evaluate the historical evidence for a select
legend
CLO 3:� Explain how folk literature differs from
literature
CLO 4:� Analyze folk tales according to the cultural
functions of folk literature
CLO 5:� Identify folklorists and authors of literary
fairy tales and their works.
CLO 6: �Compare the motifs found in folk tales with
those in literary fairy tales and films
CLO 7:� Create an original urban legend that
incorporates the typical features of the genre
Module Learning
Outcomes
Upon completing Module 1: Introduction to Folk Literature, students will be able to:
- MLO 1:� Identify different types of folk
genres (aligns with CLO 1)
- MLO 2:� Evaluate the historical evidence
for Lady Godiva (aligns with CLO 2)
- MLO 3:� Discriminate among different folk
genres (aligns with CLO 1)
- MLO 4:� Explain how folk literature
differs from literature (aligns with CLO 3)
Upon completing Module 2: The Trickster in International Folk Literature, students will be able to:
- MLO 5:� Identify tricksters from
different cultures (aligns with CLO 4) �
- MLO 6:� Identify and describe the
functions of folk literature (aligns with CLO 4)
- MLO 7:� Analyze trickster tales using
Bascom�s functions of folklore (aligns with CLO 4)
Upon completing Module 3: The Fairy Tale, students will be able to:
- MLO 8:� Identify folklorists and the
works they compiled (aligns with CLO 5)
- MLO 9:� Identify common motifs in fairy
tales (aligns with CLO 6)
- MLO 10:� Explain how folkloric versions of
"Little Red Riding Hood" differ from those in literary tales or
film (aligns with CLO 6)
- MLO 11:� Explain how folkloric versions of
"Beauty and the Beast" differ from those in either literary
tales film (aligns with CLO 6)
Upon completing Module 4: The Folkloric and Literary Fairy Tale, students will be able to:
- MLO 12:� Identify authors of literary
fairy tales and their works (aligns with CLO 5)
- MLO 13:� Identify common motifs in
literary fairy tales and compare them with those found in folkloric fairy
tales (aligns with CLO 6)
- MLO 14:� Explain how the fairy tale
"Bluebeard" differs from Angela's Carter's short story (aligns
with CLO 6)
Upon completing Module 5: Urban Legends, students will be able to:
- MLO 15:� Identify the characteristics and common
motifs in urban legends (aligns with CLO 7)
- MLO 16:� Discuss the use of urban legends
in movies (aligns with CLO 7)
- MLO 17:� Discuss the characteristics of
urban legends (aligns with CLO 7)
- MLO 18:� Write their own urban legend
(aligns with CLO 7)
Each
of the student learning outcomes listed above is associated with its
appropriate module in the course. Students fulfill the student learning
objectives by completing the learning activities for each module. Students will
then demonstrate their level of knowledge of the learning objectives by taking
the quiz for the module and writing a blog entry.
