MISSOURI WESTERN STATE COLLEGE

Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of English

Fall 01

English 108: College Writing and Research

Section 92N - Wed. 6:30-9:20 SS/C 223

Section 93S - Sat. 9:00-11:45 SS/C 223

Mrs. Kathy Miller

Hours: by appointment

Phone: 816/271-4239

Email: kam9205@griffon.mwsc.edu

REQUIRED TEXT: McMahan, Elizabeth, et al. Literature and the Writing Process. Sixth ed.

College Writing and Research fulfills the students' General Studies composition requirement. The prerequisite

for ENG 108 is a grade of C or higher in ENG 104.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: English course objectives, goals, and sample papers are available at

http://www.missouriwestern.edu/eflj/genstud.asp.

ATTENDANCE: Attendance is strongly recommended for success in this course. You will receive a grade

for attendance figured in with other grades. Since this course meets just once a week, missing 3 periods or parts of

class time equaling 3 times will result in a failing grade for the entire semester.

HONESTY: Each student is expected to do his or her own work. If you violate this guide, you will receive

a failing grade on the assignment, possibly leading to a failure in the course. We will go over plagiarism

in class.

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: Any student enrolled in this course who has a disability which prevents

or hinders the completion of class requirements as stated, should notify me immediately. I will ask to see

documents on the nature of the disability.

ACADEMIC POLICIES: All assigned work is to be handed in at the beginning of the class period. Promptness

is a must. There will be NO make-up opportunities for missed in class writing assignments or quizzes. So, again,

attendance is a must. When a final draft of a paper is late, there will be an entire grade deduction for the late

paper. The paper will be considered late even if you are absent. All final copies of papers must be

word-processed. Double space, put your name in the upper right hand corner with a page number for every

page after one.

PORTFOLIO: Every student must keep a complete portfolio of all work done in this class.

Students will engage in exploratory journal writing and pre-writing exercises in which they will

learn how to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate the thinking of others in order to discover, develop, and test

their own ideas and points of view. Students will complete 5-6 writing assignments in ENG 108. Three of these

assignments will require research for which students will submit all notes and pre-writing exercises, and two

or three shorter papers.

GRADING POLICIES:

Grades will be figured on a point basis totaled throughout the semester.

90/100 = A

80/89 = B

70/79 = C

60/69 = D

59 and below = F.

TO BE GRADED:

1. Five or six major assignments of varying point values

2. Annotated Bibliography

3. Journal

4. Quizzes

5. Library Search Assignments

6. Attendance

7. Final