Course Name & Number

Composition I

ENGL 1301

Semester & Year

Fall 2017

Catalog Description

Intensive study of and practice in writing processes, from invention and researching to drafting, revising, and editing, both individually and collaboratively. Emphasis on effective rhetorical choices, including audience, purpose, arrangement, and style. Focus on writing the academic essay as a vehicle for learning, communicating, and critical analysis.

[Rev. Fall 2012 THECB]

Prerequisite:  Satisfactory placement test score or passing grade in ENGL 0305.

Instructor’s Name

Michelle Price

Office Phone #

940-686-8740

Instructor’s Office #

Rm 110 at PPHS

Office Fax #

E-mail Address

mprice@nctc.edu

Office Hours

appointment/M-F 8-8:45

Textbooks &  Materials

Required / Recommended

Required: Lundsford, Andrea, et al.  Everyone’s an Author w/Readings, W.W. Norton, 2nd Ed.  ISBN: 978-0-393-617467.

Recommended:  Lunsford, Andrea, et al.  The Everyday Writer with Exercises, Bedford St. Martin’s, 6th Ed.

ISBN: 978-1-319-11780-1

[Rev. Fall 2017]

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete English 1301 will meet the following learning outcomes:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative writing processes.
2. Develop ideas with appropriate support and attribution.
3. Write in a style appropriate to audience and purpose.
4. Read, reflect, and respond critically to a variety of texts.
5. Use Edited American English in academic essays.

[Rev. Fall 2017 THECB]

Core Objectives

Foundational Component Area:  Communication

Courses in this category focus on developing ideas and expressing them clearly, considering the effect of the message, fostering understanding, and building the skills needed to communicate persuasively.  Courses involve the command of oral, aural, written, and visual literacy skills that enable people to exchange messages appropriate to the subject, occasion, and audience.

• Critical Thinking Skills (CT)- to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information.

• Communication Skills (COM)- to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual communication.

• Teamwork (TW)- to include the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal.

• Personal Responsibility (PR)- to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making      [Rev. 5-2014  THECB]

Grading Policy & Procedures

Here is how to calculate your grade…

Writing Assignment I 20% 200 points

Writing Assignment II 20%   200

Writing Assignment III 20% 200

Daily Writing and Part. 15% 150

Group Project 15% 150

Final Exam 10% 100

A: 90-100

B: 80-89

C: 70-79

D:60-69

*note* If, any time, I suspect students are not reading the required material, I will administer quizzes. These quizzes will be configured into your grade for the daily writing. Also, daily writing exercises may not be made up if you are absent from class; one daily writing grade will be dropped at the end of the term.

Scholastic Integrity

Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but not be limited to cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.  See Student Handbook “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct [FLB- (LOCAL)]” #18.

Disciplinary Actions [Student Handbook, #5] “When cheating, collusion, or plagiarism has occurred beyond any reasonable doubt, the instructor may give the student or students involved an “F” on a particular assignment or in the course. [See Scholastic Dishonesty FLB (Local)] The instructor shall make a written report of the incident and of the planned action to his Department Chair.  The Department Chair shall report the incident and action to appropriate instructional dean who shall review the case, notify the student and, if necessary, take further action.  This may involve either probation or suspension of the student or students in question. If such disciplinary action is deemed necessary, the Dean of Student Services shall be notified, and the action shall be taken through that office.”

Plagiarism, which should be avoided at all costs, includes the following student actions:

1. Turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as your own;
2. Unintentionally or inadvertently turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as your own as the result of failing to document sources both internally and in the Works Cited;
3. Copying words, ideas, or images from someone without giving credit; Failing to put a quotation in quotations marks;
4. Giving incorrect information about the source of information, quotations, or images;
5. Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit;
6. Copying so many words, ideas, or images from a source that it makes up the majority of the student's work, whether or not the student gives credit.

[Rev. 3-20-2012–Plagiarism text added cb]

Attendance Policy

Because each day of instruction is important, attendance to each class meeting is imperative and mandatory. Regular attendance is mandatory.  This is a discussion-oriented class, and you must be present and ACTIVELY involved in these discussions.  Excessive absences will be detrimental to your grade.  Students who miss more than 3 classes will drop a letter grade.  Students who miss more than 4 will be dropped from the course.

Please arrive to class on time. Students who arrive to class more than 5 minutes late three times throughout the term will be counted absent on their 3rd tardy. If tardy behavior becomes a problem, the door will be locked so as to not distract from students entering the room late when class has begun. Please plan for traffic and construction.

Per NCTC policy, ALL INSTRUCTORS are required to take attendance every class meeting for reporting purposes.  [Rev. 5-2014]

ADA Statement

North Central Texas College does not discriminate on the basis of disability for admission or access to its programs.  The College is committed to providing equal access to its students with disabilities by providing appropriate accommodations; a variety of services and resources are made available through the ACCESS Department.  Students are responsible for notifying the ACCESS Department of their need for assistance.  Students with documented disabilities, such as mobility impairment, hearing or visual impairment, learning, and/or psychological disorders are eligible for services.  

Disability Accommodations

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students who have a documented disability. A disability is anything that can interfere with learning, such as a learning disability, psychological challenge, physical illness, or injury. Accommodations may include extra time on tests, tests in a distraction-reduced environment, volunteer note taker in class, etc.

On the Corinth Campus, go to room 170 or call 940-498-6207. On the Gainesville Campus, go to room 110 in the Administration Building (100) or call 940-668-4209.  Students on the Bowie, Graham, Flower Mound, and online campuses should call 940-668-4209 to arrange for an intake appointment with OSD.

North Central Texas College is on record as being committed to both the spirit and letter of federal equal opportunity legislation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, ADA Amendments Act of 2009, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112).

http://www.nctc.edu/StudentServices/SupportServices/Disabilityservices/DisabilitiesFacultyResources.aspx

[Rev. 7/25/2012 per Brent Wallace/Mary Martinson] 

EEOC Statement

North Central Texas College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, or disability in the employment or the provision of services.

Calendar or Course Outline (REQUIRED)

• The instructor must indicate general blocks (or units) of study or supply a detailed calendar of activity.
• Numbers of the specific Learning Outcomes and individual Core Objectives associated with each unit of study must accompany each unit of study or appropriate calendar activity.

Units of Study

• Block I: Readings

Students will read and analyze a variety of selections from the adopted textbook.

• Block II: Quizzes, Examinations, and the Final Exam

Students may be required to take quizzes or tests over assigned readings and/or related materials. The class MUST meet during the final exam week. A final exam, if given, may count no more than 25% of the semester grade.

• Block III: Compositions

Students will write a minimum of 5,000 words (20 pages) in a variety of compositions—formal and informal. As part of this required writing, students will produce a minimum of four graded assignments. At least two of these must use the complete writing process, which may consist of the following:

• Invention
• Drafting
• Peer Review
• Revision
• Final Draft

• Block IV: Grammar and Mechanics

Students will study grammar and mechanics in the adopted handbook in order to meet departmental standards. This study may be done by examination of units in the handbook or through writing as a process, according to the discretion of the instructor.

• Block V: Research

Students will utilize library and electronic resources. They will submit a written assignment, such as an annotated bibliography, a documented essay, or several short compositions, using MLA style documentation. Pages generated as part of this research block are included in the required writing stipulated in Block III.

Other Pertinent Information

Do not: text, accept incoming calls, or use your cell phone, ipod, ipad, laptop, or any electronic device during class. Please place all electronics under your desk, in your backpack, or in your purse, and do not use them during class. This includes: leaving class, going to the bathroom, and listening to music or texting from the bathroom during class time. Students who use their phones in class for any reason will be asked to leave class, and will be counted absent for the day.

Do not wear ear buds to class, even if your stereo device is turned off.

You may bring water to class. Do not bring a meal to class!  

Sleeping students will be awoken, asked to leave class, and counted absent for the day. A conference with me may, or may not follow the incident involving the sleeping student.

Our classroom is a safe environment for all learners. Be kind to each other at all times.

NOTE: If you are asked to leave class because of the above-mentioned behavioral issues, you will automatically be counted absent for the day. Consider your classroom audience, purpose, and occasion before making poor choices in our classroom.

Professionalism

Your college courses are also opportunities for you to learn what it means to be a “professional” in your field.  Therefore, I expect you to act like a “professional” student in this course.  Consider these suggestions:

• Prepare and participate meaningfully in online discussion boards.
• Be assertive. (An assertive student exhausts all available resources of information before contacting me. In other words, read the assignment sheet closely before e-mailing me to ask how many sources are required in your paper, and if you are unsure how to cite a source, look it up in your handbook or a credible, online source—such as The Purdue Owl or a handbook.)
• Consider the quality (and effort) of required drafts, notes, and daily assignments.
• Turn in writing assignments on-time and as assigned.
• Mind the quality and tone of email correspondence.

Tobacco-Free Campus

NCTC restricts the use of all tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, electronic cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco on campus property. NCTC is aware that tobacco use influences underage students, which cumulates unsightly tobacco litter and interferes with assuring clean air for all who come to NCTC. NCTC recognizes the health hazards of tobacco use and of exposure to second hand smoke. Information on a tobacco cessation program is available for students, faculty, staff who wish to stop using tobacco products. We would like to "thank you" for your help in making our campuses Tobacco-Free. For questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Vice President of Student Services at 940-668-4240.

[Rev. 5-2014]