| Missouri Western State College Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Journalism Instructor: Steve Bennett Course description and objectives: Required materials: You will need a copy of the sixth edition of The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing by Rise Axelrod and Charles Cooper and a notebook to keep a journal. Recommended: I recommend you have a guide to style, grammar, and usage and a Attendance: You are expected to attend every class. This is especially important because we meet only once a week. When you miss one class, you miss a week’s worth of classes. If you must be absent, you are responsible for obtaining what information you need for assignments, notes, handouts, etc. Chronic lateness or leaving class early will count toward absences. Absences will affect your grade. Academic honesty: Your own work is critical for this course and turning in any Students with disabilities: Students with disabilities should notify me in writing by the second class meeting. We will then work out a course of study based on the disability. Grading: Your grade will be based on three papers written during the semester and one major, multi-genre research paper. All papers are due at the beginning of class on the due date. Any late paper will lose one letter grade for each day it is late. You must turn in all four papers to pass this class. The grading scale is: Papers: All papers, with the exception of certain parts of the multi-genre research paper, must be typed. Use an 11-point Times New Roman font. Staple your pages together. For your own protection, keep back-up copies of everything you turn in to me. Tentative Course Outline: |
Submitted on 8/20/2000 at 18.33.21.
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