Missouri Western State College
Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Journalism
ENG104 College Writing and Rhetoric - Fall 2002
Section 04: 9:30-10:50 T Th, JGM 106
Section 09: 11:00-12:20 T Th, JGM 105
Section 13: 2:00-3:20 T Th, JGM 104
Section 16: 3:30-4:50 T Th, SSC 210
Instructor: Dennis Chepurnov
Office: SSC 222N
Office Hours: 12:30-2:00 T and Th, and 12:00-2:00 F ( by appointment)
Office Phone: 271-5812
e-mail: chepurno@missouriwestern.edu
Texts
Axelrod, Rise B., and Charles R. Cooper. Reading Critically, Writing Well. 6th ed. Boston: Bedford / St. Martin’s, 2002.
Huckin, Thomas N., and Christine A. Hult. The New Century Handbook. 2nd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.
Course Objectives
You can view MWSC’s common course goals and objectives for ENG 104 at this URL: http://www2.mwsc.edu/eflj/eng104.htm
Attendance Policy Attendance is expected. There will be no makeups for quizzes and in-class exercises
Students with Disabilities Policy
Any student in this course who has a disability that requires any special consideration should make an appointment to meet with me as soon as possible to discuss class requirements.
Assignments and Grading Policy
Four essays 100 pts each == 400 pts
Quizzes and exercises == 100 pts
500 pts total: A (500-450); B (449-400); C (399-350); D (349-300); F (299-0)
A late paper will lose one letter grade for each day it is overdue.
Revision
Policy
The first three essays may be revised and resubmitted before the deadline. You must conference with me before revising. Revisions must be submitted together with the previously graded drafts.
Academic Honesty Policy
You are expected to do your own work in this course. Any case of cheating/plagiarism will result in no credit (0) for that assignment and may result in a disciplinary action by the College.
Classroom Behavior Policy
As
stated in the MWSC Student Handbook, “Behavior which disrupts the classroom
environment or interferes with other students' ability to learn may be grounds
or justification for dismissal from the classroom” (30). Please turn off the
ringers of your pagers and phones, and refrain from sleeping, conducting
private conversations or using computers for other than assigned purposes until
after the class.
Tentative Calendar
T 8/20 Introductions, Course
Th 8/22 Read Ch 1 (1-7); “Annotating” (518–524)
T 8/27 Read Ch 2 (12-4); Lorde (24-7); Bragg (31-4)
Th 8/29 Read Ch 4(131-3); Staples (134-6); and NC (29-43)
T 9/3 Read Adler (145-9); Haines (167-70); and pp 172- 7
Th 9/5 Read Winckler (141-3); NC (44-52); NC (276-87)
T 9/10 Read Frazier(156-60); pp 177-80; and NC (116-117)
Th 9/12 Peer Editing – Essay 1
T 9/17 Essay 1 Due; Read Ch 5 (182-3); Quammen (184-8)
Th 9/19 Read Farley(194-8); and pp 240-1
T 9/24 Read Bailey (216-24)
Th 9/26 Read Ngo(228-31); and pp 242-6
T 10/1 Read NC (224-42)
Th 10/3 Peer Editing – Essay 2
T 10/8 Essay 2 Due; Read Ch 6 (250-2); Etzioni (253-7)
Th 10/10 Read Hyder (285-8); Kinsley (263-5); and pp 301-4
T 10/15 Read Ch 9 (445-7); Estrada (447-9); Prager(480-8)
Th 10/17 Read Statsky (500-4); Appendix One (545-8)
T 10/22 Read Romano (278-82); NC (77-85)
Th 10/24 Peer Editing – Essay 3
T 10/29 Essay 3 Due; Read Ch7 (313-5); King (315-19)
Th 10/31 Read Kozol (346-52)
T 11/5 Read Ch 8 (381-4); Samuelson (384-8)
Th 11/7 O’Malley (422-6); and pp 434-7
T 11/12 Last Day to turn in Revisions; Read Ryder (394-7); Hertsgaard(406-9); NC (183-86)
Th 11/14 Read Knutson (492-6); and pp 437-41
T 11/19 Read Newman (412-8)
Th 11/21 Peer Editing – Essay 4
T 11/26 Read handout (Violence on TV)
T 12/3 Essay 4 Due