Please be sure to print/bookmark the syllabus on the Learning Web. Please note that there is a slight adjustment being made to the list of essays to be read for class.
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ENGL 1302 – Freshman Composition II
CRN 58746- Fall 2011
Central Campus – FAC, Room 317 | 8:00 - 11:00 am | T/Th
3 hour lecture course / 48 hours per semester/ 8 weeks
Instructor: Novella Brooks de Vita
Instructor Contact Information: n.brooksdevita@hccs.edu
English Office: 713-718-6671
Office location and hours
Please feel free to contact me concerning any problems that you are experiencing in this course. You do not need to wait until you have received a poor grade before asking for my assistance. Your performance in my class is very important to me. I am available to hear your concerns and just to discuss course topics. Feel free to come by my office anytime during these hours.
Course Description English 1302 is devoted to the improvement of students’ writing and critical analysis skills. Over the course of the semester, students will write various types of papers, including argument essays, expository essays, and essays of critical analysis. Students will practice research methods as well as oral presentation. Papers will vary from formal essays to ―journal‖ responses. This is a 3 credit Core Curriculum Course.
Prerequisites Satisfactory assessment score, satisfactory completion of ENGL 1301.
Your student learning objectives, should you choose to accept them, are to
• Apply basic principles of rhetorical analysis.
• Write essays that classify, explain, and evaluate rhetorical and literary strategies employed in argument, persuasion, and various forms of literature.
• Identify, differentiate, integrate, and synthesize research materials into argumentative and/or analytical essays.
• Employ appropriate documentation style and format across the spectrum of in-class and out-of-class written discourse.
• Demonstrate library literacy.
By the time you have completed English 1302, you will be able to: 1. generate and apply your own critical perspectives and the perspectives of other writers leading to argumentative writing 2. analyze and criticize elements of writing such as audience, tone, style, rhetorical situation, strategy, and purpose 3. research and write a thorough paper documented in MLA style.
SCANS or Core Curriculum Statement and Other Standards
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
Students master persuasive/argumentative writing, critical analysis of reading selections, and the research process. All elements of English 1302 require students to apply critical thinking and writing skills introduced in English 1301.
8 WEEK CALENDAR
• Week 1-2: Finding the Story
o Week 1: Diagnostic Essay. Introduction and listening skills development.
o Week 2: Comprehension, summary, developing analysis and first paper
topic.
• Week 3-4: Finding a Voice
• Week 5-6: Finding Proofs and Arguments
• Week 7-8: Final Project Development and Execution
FINAL & PORTFOLIO DUE ON ASSIGNED FINALS TESTING DATE
Instructional Methods
English 1301 is the prerequisite for English 1302 and is a core course.
With the assumption that students have passed the requirements taught in
Fundamentals of Grammar and Composition I & II, this course is taught with a focus on
students’ communication and analysis skills. One must keep in mind that English is
simply another form of communication, not an excessively lofty or impossible subject.
The goal of this course is to facilitate the ease with which students may communicate
academic and personal ideas to one another and to supervisory figures. As students’
comfort develops, ability to critically and objectively analyze information and
convincingly argue theories strengthens.
I, as instructor, must give you the necessary tools and support to nurture these skills.
While it is my responsibility to tap these skills within you, the student, it is your
responsibility to attend class and take every opportunity you are given to learn and grow
academically. We must all come prepared with homework, texts and assignments and
—always—our open minds.
Student Assignments
Assignments have been developed that will enhance your learning. Students will be
required to successfully complete the following:
The first researched essay for this class will be on material NOT from your reader. It will
be covered in the first days of class. Be sure to attend. While this is an out-of-class
essay, you must be in class to know what to write.
3 major essays:
• 1 Argumentative Essay: 10%
• 1 Analytical Essay: 10%
• 1 Expository Essay: 10%
In the breakdown of the grading: Each of the three essays is worth 10% of your final
grade. 5% will be assigned for the composition and 5% for the presentation of each
essay written on the assigned in-class date.
Journals and homework to be collected in a folder, checked and turned in during the last
two weeks of class.
• Journals and Assigned Homework: 20%
Homework essays are to be written on the assigned class reading, current events and
discussions, or an unanalyzed passage included in your assigned reading’s section of
the book. Quote at least once from the source of your choice and include a bibliography.
Work will not be accepted without the required quotes and bibliography.
• Daily class participation: 40%
• Final Essay: 20%
Instructional Materials
TEXT: Read, Reason, Write: An Argument Text and Reader. Seyler, ed. New: York: McGraw Hill. Ninth Edition. 2009. NOTE: The book has been updated, revised reading list to follow.
HCC Policy Statement - ADA
Services to Students with Disabilities
Students who require reasonable accommodations for disabilities are encouraged to
report to Dr. Becky Hauri at 713-718-7910 to make necessary arrangements. Faculty is
only authorized to provide accommodations by the Disability Support Service Office.
HCC Policy Statement: Academic Honesty
A student who is academically dishonest is, by definition, not showing that the
coursework has been learned, and that student is claiming an advantage not available
to other students. The instructor is responsible for measuring each student's individual
achievements and also for ensuring that all students compete on a level playing field.
Thus, in our system, the instructor has teaching, grading, and enforcement roles. You
are expected to be familiar with the University's Policy on Academic Honesty, found in
the catalog. What that means is: If you are charged with an offense, pleading ignorance
of the rules will not help you. Students are responsible for conducting themselves with
honor and integrity in fulfilling course requirements. Penalties and/or disciplinary
proceedings may be initiated by College System officials against a student accused of
scholastic dishonesty. “Scholastic dishonesty”: includes, but is not limited to, cheating
on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.
Cheating on a test includes:
• Copying from another students’ test paper;
• Using materials not authorized by the person giving the test;
• Collaborating with another student during a test without authorization;
• Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or
part the contents of a test that has not been administered;
• Bribing another person to obtain a test that is to be administered.
Plagiarism means the appropriation of another’s work and the unacknowledged
incorporation of that work in one’s own written work offered for credit.
Collusion mean the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written
work offered for credit. Possible punishments for academic dishonesty may include a
grade of 0 or F in the particular assignment, failure in the course, and/or
recommendation for probation or dismissal from the College System. (See the Student
Handbook)
HCC Policy Statements
Class Attendance - “Students are expected to attend classes regularly. Students are
responsible for materials covered during their absences, and it is the student’s
responsibility to consult with instructors for make-up assignments [NOTE: not all
assignments may be made up after the day they were due; missed in-class
assignments may not be made up.] Class attendance is checked daily by instructors.
Although it is the responsibility of the student to drop a course for non-attendance, the
instructor has the authority to drop a student for excessive absences after the student
has accumulated in excess of 12.5% of instruction [six hours of absence.]” Student
Handbook
HCC Course Withdrawal Policy
If you decide to withdraw from the course, be sure to withdraw formally, before the
official date. Students who have not formally withdrawn will receive a failing grade for
the course.
November 28 is the last day to withdraw with a W. After that, you will be assigned a
letter grade (A,B,C,D,F) for the course. Please talk to me and the registrar’s office to
withdraw if you find it
Remember to allow a 24-hour response time when communicating via email
and/or telephone with a professor and/or counselor. Do not submit a request to
discuss withdrawal options less than a day before the deadline. If you do not
withdraw before the deadline, you will receive the grade that you are making in the class
as your final grade.
Repeat Course Fee
The State of Texas encourages students to complete college without having to repeat
failed classes. To increase student success, students who repeat the same course
more than twice, are required to pay extra tuition. The purpose of this extra tuition fee is
to encourage students to pass their courses and to graduate. Effective fall 2006, HCC
will charge a higher tuition rate to students registering the third or subsequent time for a
course. If you are considering course withdrawal because you are not earning passing
grades, confer with your instructor/counselor as early as possible about your study
habits, reading and writing homework, test taking skills, attendance, course
participation, and opportunities for tutoring or other assistance that might be available.
Classroom Behavior
As your instructor and as a student in this class, it is our shared responsibility to develop
and maintain a positive learning environment for everyone. Your instructor takes this
responsibility very seriously and will inform members of the class if their behavior makes
it difficult for him/her to carry out this task. As a fellow learner, you are asked to respect
the learning needs of your classmates and assist your instructor achieve this critical
goal.
Use of Camera and/or Recording Devices
Please silence all phones and beepers. Calls and messages may be answered ONLY
with the instructor’s permission. Electronic devices (YES…THIS INCLUDES LAPTOPS,
PHONES AND MUSIC PLAYERS!) are prohibited unless they pertain to reasonable
accommodation, described below, or permitted in-class research. Those without a
documented disability must have the instructor’s approval before using any
recording or electronic device in class.
Students with documented disabilities who need to use a recording device as a
reasonable accommodation should contact the Office for Students with Disabilities for
information regarding reasonable accommodations.
Instructor Requirements
As your Instructor, it is my responsibility to:
• Provide the grading scale and detailed grading formula explaining how student
grades are to be derived
• Facilitate an effective learning environment through class activities, discussions,
and lectures
• Description of any special projects or assignments
• Inform students of policies such as attendance, withdrawal, tardiness and make-ups
• Provide the course outline and class calendar which will include a description of
any special projects or assignments
• Arrange to meet with individual students before and after class as required
To be successful in this class, it is the student’s responsibility to:
• Attend class and participate in class discussions and activities
• Read and comprehend the textbook
• Complete the required assignments and exams
• Ask for help when there is a question or problem
• Keep copies of all paperwork, including this syllabus, handouts and all
assignments
• Complete the class with a passing score
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