Liberal
Arts and
English,
Foreign Languages, and Journalism Department
Fall
- 2002
11-12:20
TTH in JGM 106
Dr.
Jane Frick, Professor & Director
Prairie
Lands Writing Project
Email:
frick@missouriwestern.edu
Faculty
Web Page: www2.mwsc.edu/eflj/faculty/frick.html
Office:
SS/C 201 (Prairie Lands Writing Project)
271-4315
(MWSC)
232-3695
(home)
Office
Hours: TTH 9:30-10:30 & 1-2; W 1-3
Other
Times By Appointment
Course Syllabus for ENG 10815
College Writing and Research
Departmental
Course Description
ENG 108 students
will complete three formal research based projects in addition to other graded
and ungraded work. In these assignments, students
will learn how to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate the thinking of others in
order to discover, develop, and test their own points of view. Final drafts of
all formal writing assignments must be word processed. All students are expected
to be prepared for class and participate in class discussions related to
reading and writing assignments. In addition, students will keep complete
portfolios of all their writings. (See attached
handout and Web listing at #Course for
list of objectives and institutional competencies for this General Studies
course.)
Required Text:
Lunsford,
Andrea A., John J. Rusckiewicz, Keith Walters. everything's an argument: with readings. 2nd ed.
Hult, Christine A. and Huckin, Thomas
N. The New Century Handbook.
Class listserv: You will be joined to eng10810@list.mwsc.edu
Course Grade:
Points will be awarded for all projects. At the end
of the term, I will divide your points by the number of possible points and
award grades on the basis of the following percentages:
90-99%
Course Grade A
80-89%
Course Grade B
70-79%
Course Grade C
60-69%
Course Grade D
Below
60% Course Grade F
I
anticipate the following number of possible points for the term:
Up
to 100 possible points for in-class discussions and out-of-class
journaling/reflection, usually regarding our texts and/or
other assigned readings, which will be allocated in 5 - 10 points per activity.
No make-ups or late work will be accepted for these activities.
150 possible points for Research Project
# 1. (an
evaluation)
250 possible points
for Research Project # 2. (a
proposal)
250 possible points for Research Project
#3.
(an annotated bibliography for a
causal argument)
250 possible points for the Final Exam.
(a causal argument using sources from the annotated
bibliography - written in class during the final exam period.)
Attendance
Policy:
Come to class. There are no makeup points for
missing work completed in class.
Due
Dates:
Papers and projects are due at the beginning of
the hour on the assigned date. Late submissions will be lowered points
equivalent to one letter grade per day late.
Students
with Disabilities:
Any student in this course who has a disability
that prevents or hinders the completion of class requirements must notify me
immediately so that provisions may be made for any assistance which is needed.
Honesty
Policy:
It is expected that all students will submit
their own work and will document (MLA format) all sources and materials they
research. Plagiarism or cheating on papers or quizzes is not acceptable. The
first instance of plagiarism will result in a grade of 'F.' The
second instance will result in an 'F' for the course.
Course Plan
(Detailed assignments, handouts and
materials will be emailed to you as attachments on our class listserv. Reading
assignments (from everything's an argument
unless Hult appears before the reading assignment)
listed below should be completed prior to the class sessions on these dates.)
T
8/20 Course Introductions
and Establishing a Writing Community
Th 8/22 "Structuring Arguments"
91 – 108
T
8/27 "Part 1
Introducing Argument" 1 - 45
"Evaluations"
135 - 161
Th 8/29 "Cutting Edge" 416 - 422
"Men Seeking
Cosmetic Surgery: Two Women Give Their Views" 422 - 425
T
9/3 "Part 2 Lines of
Argument" 49 - 89
Th 9/5 "Sitcom Dads Rarely Know
Best, Study of TV Laments" 385 - 388
"Taco
T
9/10 "Suck Out Your
Gut" 425 - 428
"Turning Boys into
Girls" 428 - 432
"Selling Men's
Underwear Across the Decades" 432 – 436
Th 9/12 "Part
5 Conventions of Argument" 295 - 369
T
9/17 Hult
“Formulating Arguments” 127-152
Th 9/19 Research Project # 1 Due
T
9/24 No Class: Attend the
college’s annual convocation
Th 9/26 "Proposals" 190 – 215
T
10/1 "'People of Size'
Gather to Promote Fat Acceptance" 404 - 408
"Stripped of More Than My Clothes" 448 – 451
Th 10/3 "My Taxicab Confession"
467 - 471
"The Accountability
Matrix" 473 – 477
T
10/8 "Colleges Consider
Fairness of Cutting" 489 - 494
"Female
Athletes/Sexual Harassment" 502 – 506
Th 10/12 "Getting Product Placed in Film
and TV" 513 - 519
"As Bad As They Wanna Be" 519 – 526
"Cost of Hoop
Dreams" 526 - 529
T 10/15 Research
Project # 2 Due
Th 10/17 Hult “The
Research Project,” 155-347
T
10/22 "Causal
Arguments" 161 – 190
Th 10/24 "Joy of Women's Sports" 482
- 489
"Dropping Men's
Teams to Comply" 494 - 497
T
10/29 "Product Placement
in Movies--Is It Really So Bad?"511 - 513
"Business Postures
to Name New Team" 529 - 531
Th 10/31 "X Games" 531 - 535
"Shot on Ethnic
Grounds/Side Streets" 388 - 391
T
11/5 "Figurative
Language and Argument" 239 - 251
Th 11/7 "TV Alters
"Culture of Thin
Bites
"One
Picture/Thousand Diets" 408 - 416
T
11/12 "Visual
Arguments" 251 – 272
Th 11/14 Hult
“Document Design” 428-513
T
11/19 "Arguments in
Electronic Environments" 272 – 285
Th 11/21 No Class – I am at National Writing
Project annual meeting in
T
11/26 Research Project # 3 is due
T
12/03 Last Day of Class – Preparing to write the final exam
T 12/10 Final Exam – 11:30 – 1:20 p.m.