English 108-90: College Writing and Research

Course Description and Goals: Please see the following internet site:

Attendance: Each Monday class represents one week of the semester or three class sessions. A single absence, therefore, constitutes missing one week of classes. Multiple absences will lower your grade. The third absence will result in an automatic "F."

Projects: Each student will be required to complete four projects in this class. It is an English Department requirement that the drafts of all essays be word-processed. For students without access to a word processor, MWSC has several computer labs on campus. Regardless of the computer used, saving each assignment on disk is essential since revisions will be made. Technical problems do not constitute a legitimate excuse for late work or unacceptable format.

Format: All papers submitted for credit are to be doubled spaced with one-inch margins. A heading in the upper left corner should include: student name, class, assignment description, and date of submission. Page numbers should be centered at the bottom of each page. To avoid lost papers being separated, a single staple in the upper left corner is sufficient.

Assignments: Students are advised to keep all materials and papers together in an organized fashion until the final grade for this class has been assigned. It will be the responsibility of the student to produce the material in question, in the event of a disputed grade.

Quizzes: Quizzes, given during the beginning of the class session, will cover the work assigned for that class period. There will be no opportunity to make up quizzes.

Late Work: Assignments are due at the beginning of the class period unless otherwise specified. Work not in on time will be penalized two letter grades. Work not turned in by the following class period will not be accepted.

Academic Honesty: Cheating, plagiarism, and knowingly furnishing false information in either the classroom or on paper constitute a violation of the Academic Honesty Policy as stated in the MWSC Student Handbook. Violations of this policy are grounds for a failing grade for the course and referral to the English Department Chair and the Dean of Students.

Disabled Student Policy: Any student enrolled in this course who has a disability that prevents the fullest expression of his or her potential to succeed in this course must notify me in writing as soon as possible so we may discuss the course requirements and options available.

Center for Academic Support: The Center for Academic Support provides trained tutors for students requiring additional reading and writing instruction. There is no cost to the ENG 108 student for using these services. The Center can be of assistance to the student in the following areas: proofreading a draft for mechanical correctness, writing a thesis statement, organizing ideas, and structuring ideas into an essay form. You are encouraged to make use of these services throughout this course.

Grading: The assignments for this semester include: