Course Syllabus
Instructor: First and Last Name
Email: Professor.Name@coconino.edu
Office Hours: By appointment at Lone Tree or via Zoom. Email to request a meeting.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: ENG 101 requires practice in writing, rhetoric, and reasoning, with emphasis on using the writing process to compose college level essays. Prerequisites: *ENG 099 and *RDG 099 or placement. General Education: Composition. Three lecture.
COURSE GOALS: To introduce fundamental writing principles used for various audiences and purposes, with an emphasis on academic audiences. To develop writing, rhetoric, and reasoning skills through the analysis and evaluation of texts, and to apply these skills to formal writing tasks while practicing the writing process. Translation: we’re going to do a bunch of reading and writing, and of practicing how to do those things in the context of higher education.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Textbooks:
- Everything’s an Argument 8th Edition ISBN-978-1-319-05626-1
- The Little Seagull Handbook ISBN-10: 0393602648 ISBN-13: 9780393602647
- Access to Canvas and ability to perform basic computer and word processing tasks
course outcomes
The course outcomes are to be able to do the following:
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- analyze and evaluate academic and other non-fictional print and electronic texts;
- apply strategies for generating ideas, organizing, drafting, revising, and editing;
- compose writing in non-fiction genres, making rhetorical choices appropriate to context, purpose, and audience;
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identify and employ academic genre conventions, including thesis statements, organization patterns, paragraph
and sentence structures, grammar, and punctuation; - critique your own and other students’ writing through the peer-review process;
- revise and edit writing for coherence, conciseness, clarity, diction, and conventions of Standard Written English;
- research, evaluate, analyze, and document sources;
- integrate evidence to support their own ideas, using quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing;
- and choose and apply an academic documentation style to suit purpose and audience.
Online Class Expectations and Student REsponsibilities
Online classes revolve around weekly activities, assignments, quizzes, readings, responses, and other interaction. Your attention, focus, and care are essential to your success in this course, but you can choose when you’ll devote time to it (while meeting deadlines, of course).
Suggestions for success in an online course: Schedule your time. This is a 3 credit hour course, so plan to spend about 9 hours a week doing work for English 101. Remember, you need to read and complete all the content that would be presented in a classroom setting, plus the content that is usually assigned as homework in a traditional classroom. Be nice, but productively share your knowledge and perspective. Practice giving constructive criticism. Log in early, log in often, and do stuff in the course shell. Remember: in an in-person class I can see you, in an online class I can only see your activity in Canvas. Ask lots of questions. Ask them of each other and of your instructor.
What to expect from me: If you email me through CCC email or Canvas Inbox, I’ll respond as soon as I can, within 24 hours or 48 hours on the weekend. If I’ll be away for longer, I’ll let you know ahead of time. I will respond to written work as soon as possible, depending on the timing of other assignments.
A note on deadlines: Most major deadlines are on Sundays at 11:59 PM. Discussions have two deadlines each week. Your first weekly post is usually due Thursdays at 11:59 PM, and your follow up replies to classmates are usually due on Sundays. There will probably be deviations from this once or twice so keep an eye on directions and due dates!
Course Policies
Classroom Etiquette/Standards of Conduct: I expect that you come to this course ready to learn and ready to listen and share your ideas. Please refer to the rules of netiquette for tips on how to post and respond respectfully. I will follow Procedure 503-03 Disruptive Behavior in the Classroom if issues arise.
Academic Dishonesty Procedure: Academic dishonesty is a violation of the Student Code of Conduct as defined in Procedure 503-01. When a student commits an act of academic dishonesty, the instructor is responsible for determining the grade for the course or assignments. Incidents of academic dishonesty are reported to the Dean of Student development and Community Engagement for adjudication and follow up.
A note on cheating/plagiarism - According to the Writing Program Administrators association, "plagiarism occurs when a writer deliberately uses someone else’s language, ideas, or other original (not common-knowledge) material without acknowledging its source." This includes "submitting someone else’s text as one’s own" as when someone cuts and pastes all or a portion of a paper together from other sources, even if they change some words. It also includes "attempting to blur the line between one’s own ideas or words and those borrowed from another source," as when someone quotes a sentence from a source, but fails to acknowledge the copied material before or after the quote. Plagiarism also occurs when someone attributes the wrong sources to the wrong material. Plagiarism can be easily avoided by keeping track of sources, introducing quotes and paraphrases, and citing quotes, paraphrases, and information both in-text and in a citation page using an appropriate academic citing style.
*Anyone caught cheating/plagiarizing will receive an F in the course.
*If two students turn in the same work for an assignment, both will earn a “0” or F for that assignment and may receive an F in the course.
*We will discuss how to properly cite sources in class. If you are ever unsure about citing, ask me!
Attendance: As stated in Procedure 303-02, students must attend their classes and participate in a course-specific, academically related activity in online classes the first week of school or a grade of NS (no-show) will be recorded by their instructor, and they will be withdrawn from the course. Students will not receive refunds for classes in which they have received an NS grade. Students have the right to appeal a grade of NS through the Office of Registration and Enrollment Services.
Students must drop or withdraw from any class they do not wish to complete, and they are financially and academically responsible for all courses that they do not drop by published deadlines. The Office of Registration and Enrollment Services publishes instructions for students to follow when dropping or withdrawing from classes. Students are encouraged to discuss drop and withdrawal options with their academic adviser and the Office of Student Financial Aid (if a financial aid recipient).
Instructors may create specific class attendance requirements, as published in the class syllabus. Students may not be penalized for missing class for a religious observance, jury duty, military duty or other mandatory civic duty, representing the College in an official capacity, or participating on field trips for another class, if they have given the instructor reasonable notice. The instructor’s syllabus should define reasonable notice.
Late Work Policy: Weekly Assignments may be submitted up to a week late for a 10% penalty. Essays may be submitted up to 24 hours late with a 10% penalty. Any essay submitted more than 24 hours late will result in an "F" grade. The Final Essay for this class must be submitted on time because of the necessary grading time, no exceptions. *If you have a seriously extenuating circumstance that might necessitate you turning in work beyond these policies (except for the Final Essay), please email me, and I will work with you.
Final Exam Policy: CCC requires mandatory attendance for final exams or projects. Under no circumstances should students make travel, work, or other plans during the scheduled final exam period.
Course Content
Course Assessment
Course Assignments
Course Schedule
Grading Scale
Video testing requirements: At your instructor’s discretion, this online class may make use of the latest online proctoring technology with Proctorio1. An exam and/or quiz within this course may require online proctoring. Therefore, students will be required to have a webcam (USB or internal) with a microphone when taking an exam or quiz. Students understand that this remote recording device is purchased and controlled by the student. Setup information will be provided prior to taking the first proctored assignment. Proctorio runs right within your Chrome web browser, with only a Chrome Extension to make it work. You’ll be able to focus on acing your exams without having to come to campus for in-person
proctoring. For more information, visit our online proctoring student FAQ. More information on Proctorio can be found here: https://proctorio.com/students
*Instructor may add, delete, or modify this syllabus at any time, with reasonable written notice.
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