ENGL 1302 Fall 2011 Syllabus R. Ramos 1 ARTS, LANGUAGE, AND LITERATURE DIVISION ENGLISH 1302: COMPOSITION II SYLLABUS Fall 2011 Course Name/Number ENGL 1302 Instructor: Dr. Rufel Ramos Section/Days/Time/Room: - 4012 MW 12:30pm-1:50pm C279 - 4024 TR 12:30am-1:50pm L303 Instructor Office & Phone: Instructor Office Hours: Instructor E-mail: Instructor Back-up Email: Instructor Back-up Website: G136, 972-860-7361 M-F 10am-11am [email protected] [email protected] www.rowenasworld.org Division Office Location/Hours G138 (Dr. Ramos’ mailbox located here) Division Phone/Fax 972-860-7124, 972-860-8342 Division Office Hours: M-F 8am-5pm Division Email: [email protected] DCCCD CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION: ENGL 1302 Composition II (3 credit hours) 1. Prerequisite: English 1301 and have met Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standard in Reading and Writing. 2. Description: 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 Lec.) REQUIRED TEXTBOOK/RESOURCES: 1. Kirszner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell. Practical Argument. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martin’s, 2011. ISBN-10: 0-312-57-92-9 2. Recommended Writing Reference: University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL): http://owl.english.purdue.edu 3. Basic office supplies: Thumbdrive/ flashdrive to save files, paper, pen/pencil, folder/binder to keep all your paper stuff together. CORE CURRICULUM INTELLECTUAL COMPETENCIES: 1. Reading – analyze and interpret a variety of printed materials, books, documents, and articles (above 12th grade level). 2. Writing – produce clear, correct, and coherent prose adapted to purpose, occasion, and audience (above 12th grade level). 3. Critical Thinking – think and analyze at a critical level. 4. Computer Literacy – understand our technological society, use computer-based technology in communication, solving problems, acquiring information. EXEMPLARY EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (EEOs): 1. To understand and demonstrate writing and speaking processes through invention, organization, drafting, revision, editing, and presentation. 2. To understand the importance of specifying audience and purpose and to select appropriate communication choices. 3. To understand and appropriately apply modes of expression, i.e., descriptive, expositive, narrative, scientific, and self-expressive, in written, visual, and oral communication. 4. To participate effectively in groups with emphasis on listening, critical and reflective thinking, and responding. 5. To understand and apply basic principles of critical thinking, problem solving, and technical proficiency in the description of exposition and argument. LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to 1. Refine Writing Skills A. continue to use the process of writing including inventing, drafting, revising, and editing. B. write paragraphs or essays suitable for a specific audience or purpose. C. support a position logically in your writing. D. respond in writing to meanings and values encountered in readings using analysis and synthesis. E. write argument and/or persuasion that supports a position. F. write a formal research paper that incorporates various resources (such as books, interviews, articles, TV programs) and adheres to appropriate standards of format and documentation. 2. Refine Reading Skills A. read a variety of writings (ranging from student to professional works). B. recognize the author's purpose and follow the author's line of argument and formulate generalizations about key concepts in readings. C. recognize patterns in readings, such as comparison/contrast, cause and effect. D. identify rhetorical and/or literary devices. E. differentiate between primary and secondary resource materials. 3. Refine Research Skills A. use the various services of a college or public library. B. find and use a variety of sources to support your purpose in both expository and persuasive writing. C. paraphrase, synthesize, and summarize information from sources. 4. Build Critical Thinking Skills A. identify problems and propose and evaluate ways to solve them. B. recognize and use inductive and deductive reasoning. C. recognize fallacies in reasoning. D. draw defensible conclusions from information found in various sources. E. comprehend, develop, and use concepts and generalizations. F. distinguish between fact, inference, and opinion. 5. Improve Attitudes Towards Communications Skills A. write with increased confidence. B. understand the value of writing in your life as a way to learn, record, communicate, and understand. C. be aware that effective reading, writing, speaking, and listening are essential humanizing skills in our culture.ENGL 1302 Fall 2011 Syllabus R. Ramos 2 COURSE POLICIES ATTENDANCE POLICY Attendance and success in the course are related because class participation is part of the learning process and will affect your final course grade. You are expected to attend every class (or access eCampus at least weekly if entirely online) and be ready and willing to work. If your absences exceed three days of class sessions, I may advise you to drop the course (if this occurs before the drop date), or you may be given a grade of “F” for Participation & Discussion. Please understand that this is not meant to penalize your unfairly but is meant to encourage participation in order that you may receive maximum benefit from the course, including the maximum possible grade. An absence, however, is excused due to illness, car problems, family emergencies, or religious obligations (absence due to religious holy day[s]). Please inform the instructor before or immediately after the absence so that the instructor can excuse the absence. You are required to complete any assignments or take any examinations missed as a result of the absence within the timeframe specified by the instructor. While contributing to class discussion: Please understand that your mere presence in class (either in person or on screen) does not automatically give you an “A” for Participation & Discussion. Thus, during discussion and lecture, please refrain using your cell phone and/or MP3 player. Also, disrespectful comments (even if you didn’t mean