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Syllabus 1 ENGL1301 Fall 2010 Dr. Patricia Cearley Course Syllabus English 1301 (3:3:0) College Composition I English Division of Arts and Sciences Internet South Plains College Second Summer 2011 Dr. Patricia CearleySyllabus 2 ENGL1301 Fall 2010 Dr. Patricia Cearley Syllabus English 1301 College Composition I Spring 2011 No exceptions to the following syllabus exist. Professor Information • Professor: Dr. Patricia Cearley • Office: CM 106, Levelland Campus • Office Phone: 806-716-2444 • Cell Phone: 806-891-1192 •Fax: 806-894-8667 or 894-5932 • Office Hours: By appointment • Email: [email protected] Purpose This course includes a grammar review and a study of the principles of good writing, methods of paragraph and theme development; frequent essays; and collateral readings in literature and the other humanities. International students who do not have a TOEFL score of 550 must enroll in ENGL0301 or 0302. All students enrolled in ENGL1301 must be in compliance with TSI requirements. The purpose of English 1301 is to help students understand and apply the standards for correctness in formal thought and the written English language. Because thought and language, as Plato observes, are the same, ENGL1301 serves as a formal study of the primary concern of every academic endeavor. The primary purpose of ENGL1301 is to help students think well by teaching them to write and read well. Objectives By the end of the course, a student should be able to do the following: • To understand and apply the standards of correctness in formal thought and the written English language • To be able to write a unified, coherent, complete, and ordered essay of at least 500 words • To know the rhetorical modes of writing and to use the rhetorical modes in shaping a 500-word essay • To know the basic rules of formal logic in shaping an argumentative essay Textbooks Every student should purchase the following textbooks: - Kirszner and Mandell: Patterns for College Writing, 11th edition - Hacker: A Writer’s Reference, 7h editionSyllabus 3 ENGL1301 Summer II 2011 Dr. Patricia Cearley - A collegiate dictionary (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language is preferred, but any collegiate dictionary is acceptable) Grade Evaluation Assignments Possible Number of Points Assignment 1 25 points Assignment 2 50 points Assignment 3 50 points Assignment 4 100 points Assignment 5 100 points Assignment 6 100 points Assignment 7 50 points Assignment 8 50 points Assignment 9 100 points Final Examination 100 points Bulletin Board Postings (3 posts a week for 5 weeks) 75 points Weekly Tests (15 tests at 10 points each) 150 points Total Number of Possible Points 1200 points Final grades will be determined as follows: A 950 - 854 points B 855 - 759 points C 760 - 664 points D 665 - 569 points F 570 - 0 points A. The final grade for this class is an accumulated grade, NOT an average for the semester work. If a student receives an accumulated grade of 1079 points, that student will receive a B for the semester, not an A. The professor will not round up any grade, especially the final grade, no matter what the circumstances. A student should not write and ask the professor to do so. B. To receive an A, B, C, or D, a student must submit all assignments (not counting Bulletin Board postings and weekly tests). The failure to submit any assignment will result in a student's receiving an F for the semester. A student must submit assignments in order. If a student submits any assignment out of order, that assignment will neither be graded nor acknowledged, and the student must resubmit the assignment in order. C. All assignments must be completed and submitted by midnight on or before the due date before a student will receive credit for the assignment. Any assignment submitted late will have the grade reduced ten percent of the total possible points for every day the assignment is late. After seven days, the assignment will be given the grade of zero. All assignments will be evaluated according to the following criteria:Syllabus 4 ENGL1301 Summer II 2011 Dr. Patricia Cearley - Use of the conventions of standard grammar - Use of the appropriate method of development - Use of the principles of unity, coherence, and completeness - Use of logical, factual arguments to advance the thesis of the assignment Course Requirements Throughout the semester, the following will be required of all students in this class: - Class Discussion - Major Examinations - Reading Tests - Weekly Bulletin Board Postings - Assignments - Blackboard Extra Credit and Makeup Work A student should not ask when he or she may make up the final examination or any assignment. Absence Policy According to the South Plains College Student Guide, "Punctual and regular attendance is required of all students attending South Plains College. There are no excused absences. Students are responsible for all class work covered during absences from class" (20). In addition, the South Plains College General Catalog has the following information on Class Attendance: Whenever absences become excessive and, in the instructor's opinion, minimum course objectives cannot be met due to absences, the student should be withdrawn from the course. In addition, an instructor is required to notify the Office of Student Services when the student has missed every class day during any 14 consecutive calendar-day period, excluding holidays. When an unavoidable reason for class absence arises, such as illness, an official trip authorized by the college, or an official activity, the instructor may permit the student to make up work missed. The student is responsible for completing work missed within a reasonable period of time as determined by the instructor. If a student misses the final examination, it may not be made up. No extra credit work will be given. No weekly tests may be made up. No retakes or rewrites to raise any grade will be allowed.Syllabus 5 ENGL1301 Summer II 2011 Dr. Patricia Cearley Students are officially enrolled in all courses for which they pay tuition and fees at the time of registration. Should a student, for any reason, delay in reporting to a class after official enrollment, absences will be attributed to the student from the first meeting of the class. A student who does not attend a class and does not


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