1 Arts, Language, & Literature Fall 2011 - English 1301 – 4022 – Room L303 T-TH 8:00 – 9:20 a.m. Composition I YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING EVERYTHING ON THIS SYLLABUS Instructor: Kassandra Buck Office: C277 Phone: 972-860-7046 Email: [email protected] OFFICE HOURS: If you are unable to meet during posted office hours, please see me to make an appointment. MW 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. MW 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. T-TH 10:00 – 11.30 a.m. T-TH 4:00-5:30 p.m. Note: All matters associated with this course are subject to change at the instructor‘s discretion. Any changes will be communicated to students in writing. COURSE DESCRIPTION: English 1301: Composition I (3 credit hours) Prerequisite: One of the following must be met: 1. Developmental Reading 0093 AND Developmental Writing 0093; 2. English as a Second Language (ESOL) 0044 AND 0054; or 3. Have met Texas Success Initiative (TSI) Reading and Writing standards. This course focuses on student writing. It emphasizes reading and analytical thinking and introduces research skills. Students practice writing for a variety of audiences and purposes. Coordinating Board Approval Number (3 Lec): 2304015112 REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS: Kirszner & Mandell. Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide. 2009 MLA Update. 11th ed. Bedford/St. Martins, 2010. ISBN: 9780312488413 RECOMMENDED TEXT: Strunk, William and E.B. White. The Elements of Style. 4th ed. New York: Longman, 2000. ISBN: 0-205-30902-X INTELLECTUAL COMPETENCIES:  Reading—ability to analyze and interpret a variety of printed materials, including books, documents, articles, above 12th grade  Writing—ability to produce clear, correct, and coherent prose adapted to purpose, occasion, and audience, above 12th grade  Critical Thinking—think and analyze at a critical level  Computer Literacy—understand our technological society, use computer-based technology in communication, solving problems, acquiring information.2 STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon completion of the English program at Eastfield College, students should be able to: - Understand and demonstrate the importance of purpose and audience. - Produce unified, coherent and developed essays above the 12th grade level. - Participate effectively in groups. - Understand and apply the basic principles of critical thinking, problem solving, and technical proficiency in the development of exposition and argument. - Understand and appropriately apply modes of expression, i.e., descriptive, expositive, narrative, scientific, and self-expressive, in written, visual and oral communication. - Analyze and interpret a variety of printed materials – books, short stories, articles. - Understand and demonstrated proficiency as dictated by the writing process – planning, drafting, shaping, revising, editing and proofreading. - Use computer-based technology in communication, solving problems, acquiring information. - Understand and utilize vocabulary above the 12th grade level. - Understand the basic principles of research. GRADING SCALE: A = 90 – 100 B = 80 – 89 C = 70 – 79 D = 60 – 69 F = 0 – 59 METHOD OF EVALUATION: Essays 40% Response Papers 20% Quizzes 10% Timed Writing 15% Final Exam 15% WRITING EXPECTATIONS: Students will compose essays that adhere to grammatical and stylistic standards of academic American English and that follow Modern Language Association (MLA) style. Essays will need to adhere to stylistic, topic, and length requirements designated for each assignment. Essays will be graded according to students‘ ability to follow specific assignment guidelines, grammatical instruction, and MLA style requirements. - Essays: Students will be required to write several essays during the course of the semester. Essays include in and out of class papers, peer reviews, rewrites and timed writing. Unless otherwise directed, all essays must be in MLA format, typed, double-spaced, 800 – 1000 words. Please use Times New Roman font. Final essays should be typed or printed on one side. Two-sided is unacceptable. Please keep a copy of your drafts and final essay on a disk, flash drive or CD. Also keep a copy of each graded essay. REMEMBER: Each paper will be submitted to the instructor in a thin colored folder. - Responses Papers: Students will be required to write several reading responses during the course of the semester. They are designed to allow you to critically respond to literature and media. Responses are to be typed, double-spaced, 500-700 words, no longer than two pages in length, and in MLA format.3 FINANCIAL AID STUDENTS: If you are receiving Financial Aid grants or loans, you must begin attendance in all classes. Do not drop or stop attending any class without consulting the Financial Aid Office. Changes in your enrollment level and failing grades may require that you repay financial aid funds. Failure to contact the instructor will result in your name being submitted to the Financial Aid Office as a ―non-attendee.‖ All students receiving financial aid must open an Email account through NetMail. See directions in this syllabus for opening an Email account. Financial Aid Statement for Distance Learning Classes: If you are receiving Financial Aid grants or loans and are enrolled in a Distance Learning class, you must show participation in this class prior to the certification date by either e-mailing or contacting the instructor or logging on to eCampus. Do not drop or stop attending any class without consulting the Financial Aid Office. Changes in your enrollment level and failing grades may require that you repay financial aid funds. ACADEMIC HONESTY & PLAGIARISM 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,