1 SPRING 2012 COMPOSITION II SYLLABUS (RHETORIC) Course and Section: ENGL 1302-4540 Instructor: Dr. Joyce M. Palmer Days/Time: MW 5:35-6:55, Eastfield, E-mail: [email protected]; Room C224 (3 credit hrs) [email protected] Telephone: 515-992-0331 Office Location: By appointment Arts, Language & Literature Division Office Hours: By appointment G138 972-860-7124 Textbooks: Required:  Inventing Arguments. 3rd Edition. Eds. Mauk and Metz. (ISBN-10:0840027753; ISBN-13:978-0840027757); and  Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. (Note: This is the EFC common book for Spring 2002.) Recommended:  MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th Edition;  A thesaurus arranged in alphabetical order (ex: one by Roget);  A dictionary (ex: Webster’s); and  A book of quotations arranged alphabetically by topics (ex: Bartlett). Prerequisite: English 1301 and successful completion of Texas Success Initiative (TSI) Reading and Writing standards. Catalog Course Description: ENGLISH 1302 Composition II (3). In this course students refine the writing, research, and reading skills introduced in English 1301. A related goal is the development of critical thinking skills. Writing assignments emphasize argumentation and persuasion. Students will also write a formal research paper. (3 sec.) (Coordinating Board Academic Number 2304015135) Student Learning Outcomes for English 1302:  Students will read and analyze research materials and document in appropriate MLA style;  Students will compose academic prose that demonstrates clear purpose, logical organization, and relevant support through evaluation and synthesis; and  Students will establish a clear, controlling idea that serves as a claim statement in an essay.2 Course Evaluation: Assignments will be composed of quizzes/tests, Blackboard postings, in-class writing, formal essays, classwork/homework, and participation. In addition, you will be assigned an argumentative research project due near the end of the semester. In addition, students should avail themselves of service opportunities in the community (details to be announced). Assignment Percentage Rhetorical Analysis Number 1 5% Rhetorical Analysis Number 2 5% Works Cited Page(s) 5% Argumentative Essay Number 1 10% Argumentative Essay Number 2 10% Argumentative Essay Number 3 10% Argumentative Essay Number 4 10% Research Paper and Related Materials 25% Blackboard Postings/Participation 10% Quizzes (lowest or missing quiz will be dropped) 10% Service Points (possible extra credit points) Grand Total: 100% Grading Scale: A=90-100 B=80-89 C=70-79 D=60-69 F=below 60 Note: Incompletes are given only in rarest of cases and are awarded solely at the instructor’s discretion. Course Policies: 1) Attendance Policy: You are expected to be in attendance for every class meeting, on time, with supplies/text(s)/handouts/binder, and prepared to participate. Please read the following carefully:  If you are late, you are late (enough said!);  Three tardies count as an absence.  You are allowed no more than two absences per semester. If you are not here or if you are not on time, then you cannot participate to the fullest extent possible. More than two absences, without circumstances I deem dire enough to be extenuating, will result in the loss of five points from your semester average for each subsequent absence. Here and elsewhere, remember that communication beforehand with me is imperative.  All assignments must be typed unless stated to the contrary.  There are no make ups on quizzes; however, I will drop the lowest and/or missing quiz. 2) In order for you to be able to participate fully in class discussion and activities, reading and writing assignments are expected to be completed prior to the beginning of class unless otherwise indicated on assignment. 3) Written assignments are required to be submitted by the due date/time. Computer, Internet, printer, paper, ink problems due not excuse you from due dates. No work will be accepted more than ten minutes after class is scheduled to begin. Do not ask me “just to go print” as that plan never seems to work out. All assignments are due at the beginning of class unless this syllabus or your beloved instructor specifically announces otherwise ahead of time. Dogs eating your homework, doctors’ appointments, absences from class, and so forth do not constitute acceptable excuses. I will be the sole judge of whether there are any extenuating circumstances, and I do not anticipate doing so. RESEARCH PAPERS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE DATE INDICATED (NO EXCEPTIONS OTHER THAN DEATH, AND THEN YOU WILL NOT CARE) AS I HAVE DEADLINES WITH EASTFIELD. 4) I reserve the right to make changes to the syllabus/course agenda as the need arises. ACADEMIC HONESTY & PLAGIARISM3 Scholastic dishonesty is a violation of the Code of Student Conduct. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion. As a college student, you are considered a responsible adult. Your enrollment indicates acceptance of the DCCCD Code of Student Conduct published in the DCCCD Catalog at http://www1.dcccd.edu/cat0506/ss/code.cfm Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on tests, plagiarism and collusion. Cheating includes copying from another student’s test or homework paper, using materials not authorized, collaborating with or seeking aid from another student during a test, knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, or soliciting the contents of an unadministered test, and substituting for another person to take a test. Plagiarism is the appropriating, buying, receiving as a gift, or obtaining by any means another’s work and the unacknowledged submission or incorporation of it in one’s own written work. Collusion is the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work for fulfillment of course requirements. Academic dishonesty is a serious offense in college. You can be given a failing grade on an assignment or test, can be failed for the class, or you can even be suspended from college. In any written paper, you are guilty of the academic offense known as plagiarism if you partially or entirely copy the author’s sentences or words without quotation marks. For