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POLICIESCOURSE DESCRIPTION:
ENG 211
focuses on writing the college-level research paper and develops each student’s
mastery of communication, information literacy, and analytic skills with
emphasis placed on research and documentation methods. Students use writing,
reading, listening, and observations skills to understand, organize, receive,
and convey information. Using
research gleaned from diverse sources, students employ logic, reasoning, and
analysis to craft effective essays. Students
must have successfully completed or tested out of REA 017 or REA 018, ESL 011
or ENG 011.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of this
course, the student will be able to:
1. Address
a question using an appropriate research strategy To address these skills
goals, I have designed the course around a specific theme: horror and the
monstrous in art.
COURSE CONTENT
My courses are designed to
deal with adult issues often centering around controversial cultural and
historical conflicts. At times, the class readings, lectures, and discussions
may question ideas or beliefs that individual students hold dear. In addition,
the language used in the course may range from highly technical jargon to the
vernacular, including profanity. Students who wish to avoid such a classroom
environment should seek another section of the course.
TEXTBOOK AND REQUIRED
MATERIALS:
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
English 211 will be one of
the most challenging courses of your academic career because it moves quickly,
requires a wide range of academic skills, and demands more time than the
average course. We will complete four major essay cycles consisting of content
readings, skills readings, prewriting, drafting, peer revisions, and final
drafts. A breakdown of the assignments and relative point values is as follows:
Your grade is calculated by
adding the total points earned and then dividing them by the total points
possible. That average will then be plugged into the college's grading scale.
Be advised that you must complete all major papers in order
to pass the course. Even if your paper is too late to be accepted
under the late work policies, it must be completed by the end of the semester.
If it is not, then you will automatically fail for the course, regardless of
what your point total is.
MAJOR PAPER REWRITE OPTION
In order to allow students
to benefit from the three-step writing process and to turn in the best possible
work for evaluation, students will be permitted to revise the first two graded
major papers in the course for an entirely new grade provided the
assignment/essay was handed in on time and without plagiarism. Late or
plagiarized papers are ineligible for revision.
Note: Just turning in a
revision does not guarantee you will receive a higher grade. In the event that
the revised draft grade is actually lower than the original assignment, you
will receive the higher of the two grades; however, a higher revision grade
always replaces the original grade, so if you are prepared to work hard, your grade
will most likely benefit. See the class web page for more information on the
major paper rewrite. Please see the class web page's assignments section for
more explicit details.
COLLEGE POLICIES:
All College policies must be
followed and are a binding part of this syllabus. Details on the Student Code
of Conduct can be found at http://www.mc3.edu/policy/sa/conduct.htm.
PLAGIARISM AND ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:
Plagiarism constitutes a
serious breach of academic honesty and will not be tolerated. Unless I deem an
act of plagiarism or cheating an honest mistake, I routinely assign students an
"F" in the course for any act of academic dishonesty without the
option of withdrawing from the course. Especially egregious acts will receive
an "FX" with an additional notation of academic misconduct on the
student's transcript. Please note that submitting work from another class as
original work for this course constitutes academic dishonesty. For a full
discussion of the Academic Honesty policies, please see http://www.mc3.edu/policy/aa/ethics.htm.
All students in my English
courses will submit their papers to TurnItIn.com, a tool that checks your
papers against other sources. You will have a chance to see your report and
revise it before the final draft is due, should you choose
GRADE APPEAL
In
the interest of due process, the College provides an appeal process for a
student who believes that a recorded final grade does not accurately reflect
his/her academic performance in a course due to issuance of an arbitrary grade,
inconsistent grading practice, or mechanical error. The policy and procedure is
found at http://www.mc3.edu/about-us/policies/8581
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT
The
purpose of the Student Code of Conduct is to guide students to understand their
responsibilities in regard to appropriate behavior and respect for others in
the college community. The policy addresses classroom disruptions and removal
from the classroom for behavioral issues. It also provides the standards for ensuring the College provides due
process to students through the judicial process. The policy and procedure is
found at http://www.mc3.edu/about-us/policies/125
SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES:
Montgomery County Community
College (MCCC) welcomes qualified students with disabilities and endorses the
principles of nondiscrimination and reasonable accommodation as described in
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (504) and the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). To see if you are eligible for services and
reasonable accommodations in this course please review the policy on the
Disabilities web site at http://www.mc3.edu/policy/sa/disable.htm.
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
Regular attendance and
punctuality are expected. Students may miss four class meetings and remain in
the course. The fifth absence will result in either a required withdrawal from
the course (before the October 24, 2014, deadline) or an automatic F in the
course (after the October 24, 2014, deadline for withdrawal without a
signature). At the start of the
semester, each student will receive 12 points of extra credit for
attendance. Points lost for tardiness
or absences will initially be taken from this pool of points, giving students
the flexibility to miss two classes without injury to their grades. Each absence will subtract five points
from a student's total points scored for the semester. Each late arrival will
subtract two points from the total points scored. A point will be awarded for
each class attended. If a student knows he or she will miss a class, that
student should alert Dr. Halbert beforehand. Under special circumstances
(usually involving a documented medical emergency or a death in the family),
you may request permission to remain enrolled in the course if your absences
have exceeded four, but such circumstances are rare. Attendance will be taken
by sign-in sheet at the start of class: students arriving after the sign-in
sheet will be marked tardy. If you arrive late, please wait until the end of
class to sign the sheet. Failure to sign the sheet at all constitutes an
absence. Students who leave class early must ask for permission prior to the
start of class; if you leave without permission before I dismisses the class,
you will be marked absent for the whole period. Good manners suggest that if
you know you will miss a class meeting, you will contact me and let me know.
CLASS CANCELLATION:
In the event of inclement
weather or other emergency, the MCCC School Closing Code is 320 for day classes
and 2320 for evening classes. Announcements will be made on KYW (1060 AM) and
other local stations. In the event that I have to cancel a class, I will email
the class and post a message on Blackboard (assuming I have power at home to access
the Internet).
WITHDRAWAL POLICY, INCOMPLETES,
AND AUDITS:
Students are encouraged to
consult with their instructor and/or an academic advisor when initiating a
Course Withdrawal. The instructor’s permission must be requested and received
if requesting a withdrawal after 60% and before 75% of the course is completed.
After 75% of the course is completed, students may apply for an Excused
Withdrawal due to medical, catastrophic, or other circumstances beyond the
student’s control. Specific dates of deadlines for this semester can be found
at http://www.mc3.edu/adm-fin-aid/deadlines
Should you wish to withdraw
from the course, the deadline to withdraw without my signature is October 24,
2014 . If you do not formally withdrawal, you will receive an F for the course
even if you stop attending. After October 24, 2014, I will not sign any
withdrawal requests unless you have a documented emergency. If I have not
returned the first paper by this date, I will extend the deadline until one
week after that paper is returned.
The absolute last day to get my
signature is November 7, 2014. After that, all requests to withdrawal must be made directly to the Dean
of Arts and Humanities.
Applications for an
"Incomplete" will only be entertained in cases of documented medical
emergencies, incarceration, or military call-ups. Audits will not be permitted
unless you start the course as an audit student and can convince me that you
are willing to do all that work for no grade.
TURNING IN MAJOR PAPERS
When the final draft of a
major paper is due, you will need to do the following:
·
Submit the paper to the appropriate
dropbox on Blackboard as either an MS Word, Pages, or Rich Text Format
file. When required, a works cited
page should be included in the same file. This file is what will actually be graded, so make sure it matches the
same final version that you submitted in hardcopy.
·
Post a copy to the discussion board
in the "Final Draft" forum.
·
Submit the paper to Turnitin.com and
get a receipt. Papers not submitted to Turnitin.com receive zeros. See handout for log-in information.
LATE WORK
All work is due at the
beginning of class on the day listed for the syllabus unless otherwise noted. I
hate late work from students: it complicates my ability to grade or simply keep
track of your work. More importantly, it devalues the efforts of your
classmates who work very hard to meet their deadlines. To discourage late work,
I have the following policy:
Late work will kill your
grade, so don't do it. If you know ahead of time that you will not be able to
complete a task, contact me for an extension. I reserve the right to make an
exception to the late policy in the case of an extreme (and documentable)
emergency, but that almost never happens.
TUTORIAL SERVICES:
Tutorial Services: Free
subject-area tutoring, academic workshops, and study skills specialists are
available at Blue Bell Campus’s Tutorial Services in College Hall 180, across
from the Cafeteria. Tutorial Services helps students develop learning
strategies based on their unique learning styles with the goal of creating
successful students and independent learners. Contact them at
215-641-6452 or log into the portal and find us online at https://mymccc.mc3.edu/allcampusresources/academicaffairs/lal/Pages/default.aspx. Please note that Tutorial Services
houses the Writing Center where faculty-tutors are more than happy to assist
with revising papers.
CLASSROOM POLICIES:
As adults, students and the
instructor should know to do the following in class:
FINAL WORD:
I enjoy
teaching writing courses: I believe they can be the most empowering classes a
person can take in college because the skills you learn can help you in
virtually every part of your life. I took this job to help people discover
their potential: as long as you are willing to do the work, I will do
everything in my power to help you not only pass the course, but to be the best
writer you can be.
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