Course Name & Number

Composition I

ENGL 1301

Semester & Year

Spring 2018

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

Marcia Little

Office Phone #

940-521-

0720

Instructor’s Office #

Graham

Office Fax #

E-mail Address

Office Hours

Use Canvas or mlittle@nctc.edu

M,W: 9:20-10

    11:20-noon

T, Th: 9-10

  11:20 - noon

  1:20 -1:45

W: Online: 8-9:30 pm

S: Online

8-9 PM

Textbooks &  Materials

Required / Recommended

Netflix subscription (You will have a minimum of 3 documentaries to watch. Each of these will be on Netflix.)

Lundsford, Andrea, et al.  Everyone’s an Author w/Readings, W.W. Norton, 2^nd Ed.  ISBN: 978-0-393-265293.

[Rev. Fall 2017]

Learning Outcomes

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

1. 1. Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative writing processes.
2. 2. Develop ideas with appropriate support and attribution.
3. 3. Write in a style appropriate to audience and purpose.
4. 4. Read, reflect, and respond critically to a variety of texts.
5. 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   (LO1,LO3, LO4, LO5)                                       100 pts

Writing Assignment II   (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)                              100 pts 

Writing Assignment III     (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)                            100 pts

Rough Drafts                  (LO1 and TW, COM)                                        25 pts.

Reflection Papers          (LO1 -LO5 and COM, CT)                                   25 pts

Class Discussion Boards   (LO1, LO3, LO5, CT, COM, PW, TW                  5-10 pts./each

Online Assignments    (LO3, LO 5)                                                       5-10 pts. each

Quizzes                      (LO 3, LO 5)                                                     10 pts/each

Professionalism Grade   (LO5, CT, COM, TW, PN)                                  50 pts each

Portfolios and letter of Reflection  (LO1-LO5, CT, COM, TW, PN                300 pts.     

To determine your score in the class, take your total points earned on each assignment, and divide it by the total points of all assignments. This number may vary from the above numbers since some numbers are permanent (number of essays, rough drafts, professionalism grade and Portfolio) the number of discussion boards, online assignments, and quizzes are determined throughout the course of the class). When you divide your total by the total points possible, the percentage will tell you your grade. (If you didn't know, Canvas does all of this for you.)

A= 90-100
B = 80-89
C = 70-79
D = 60-69
F = 0-59


                     

Evaluation of Writing Assignments: For you to get anything out of this course, you will have to apply the writing and strategies we work on to your own writing. Therefore, when I evaluate your writings, I will evaluate them by a clearly laid out set of “evaluation criteria,” which will be attached to each assignment. Please take note of these because they are what I am looking for when I am grading your writing. Once your essay is graded, be sure to open up the essay to see any comments I have written, in addition to the grade and the comments in the side box.

In addition, to my comments on your final draft, you will be editing and commenting on your classmate’s essays. Peer editing is a vital part of your grade for your rough draft.

Email Correspondence: I reserve 24  hours to reply to students’ emails. Emails constitute correspondence between instructor and student; therefore, remember your audience when sending emails.  Email correspondence may contribute positively or negatively to your professionalism grade.

Professionalism Grade: 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. This means that you should consider:

The quality of your participation in and preparedness for class (including your other classmates and me).

Your assertiveness. (An assertive student exhausts all available resources of information before contacting me. In other words, read the assignment sheet closely before emailing 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 in Purdue Owl)).

The quality (and effort) of your required drafts, notes, and daily assignments.

Turning in your writing assignments on time as assigned.

Your online participation.

Rough Drafts: For all writing tasks, you will be required to show evidence of the writing process by presenting several rough drafts, which is considered to be part of the writing assignment. I may require you to submit them to Canvas. If you do not show evidence of the writing process, I will not evaluate your Writing Assignment. In this summer course, your Portfolio will be considered your final essay, so anything prepared before that will be considered a draft.

Submitting Writing Assignments: The final copies of all writing assignments must be submitted to Canvas in the correct drop box and by the assigned time.  Drop boxes will CLOSE after scheduled time.

Since each writing assignment builds on the previous one, you may not skip any writing assignments and still pass the course. In other words, all writing tasks are required.

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. 1. Turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as your own;
2. 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. 3. Copying words, ideas, or images from someone without giving credit; Failing to put a quotation in quotations marks;
4. 4. Giving incorrect information about the source of information, quotations, or images;
5. 5. Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit;
6. 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.

1. Students who plagiarize in my 1301 course may fail the course with an “F”.

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

Attendance Policy

Since this is an online course, your attendance is based on your participation in online discussions, assignments, and quizzes or posts. Failure to post or log in to the class will negatively impact your grade.

Assignments will be due on Monday and Thursday, but there may be pertinent information posted on other days.

Also, be sure to check announcements and email on a regular basis. Online students have the tendency to focus on the calendar, but there may be information posted in other areas that is relevant to the course and your success in it.

Last day to withdraw from a course with a “W” is  April 5, 2018._______________.

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 course will be divided into four Modules. Each module will contain the assignments and prompts necessary for the essay that concludes the module.

Module One:
Weeks One-Five:
Love Essay

Module Two:
Weeks Six-Ten:
Freedom and Confinement Essay

Module Three:
Weeks Eleven-Fifteen
Journeys Essay

Week Sixteen:
Final

Other Pertinent Information

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]