Missouri Western State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
English 108:12
& 108:13 • College Writing and Research
Instructor:
Susan Garrison
Home phone: (1-816-324-6272), cell: 816-262-1082
Office
Hours: By appointment
E-mail:
sgarrison@ponyexpress.net
Course Description &
Objectives:
Students will:
• Learn to write for different audiences and purposes focusing particularly on academic audiences and scholarly purposes.
• Learn to use active
reading and critical thinking.
• Learn to use writing
processes.
• Learn written
conventions.
Please
see the Internet site:
http://www.missouriwestern.edu/eflj/eng108.asp
for more details.
Attendance Policy:
In order to improve student learning
as well as to achieve compliance with federal financial aid policies, Western
has a mandatory attendance policy for all 100 and 200-level courses.
You will be given an excused absence
when acting as an official representative of the university, provided you give
prior written verification from the faculty/staff supervisor of the even.
All other absences will be deemed
unexcused. The maximum number of unexcused absences allowed for this class
before the midterm is three. Thus when you have four unexcused absences you
will be reported to the Registrar’s Office who will automatically withdraw you
from this class. The Financial Aid Office will reduce financial aid as
appropriate.
As far as I’m concerned, attendance is mandatory.
Because we are all adults and emergencies do happen, you may miss three classes
without being penalized. Each class you miss after that will lower your final
grade by five percentage points. (For example, if your final grade is 93% and
you have missed three classes, your grade will be lowered to an 88%.) You are
responsible for material covered or assignments given which you missed because
of absence, so ask another student to inform you of what happened while you
were gone. Quizzes or other graded assignments done in class the day you miss
cannot be made up.
Participation:
Come to class prepared to participate.
Students with Disabilities
Policy:
Any student in this course who has a
disability that requires any special consideration needs to meet with me as
soon as possible to discuss class requirements.
Academic Honesty:
Do your own work. In the event that you do turn in
an assignment using someone else’s work, you will receive zero points for that
assignment. A second offense means that you will fail the course. We will
discuss plagiarism and the importance of crediting your source in this course.
Center for Academic Support:
The Center for Academic Support is staffed by professionals and trained student tutors. It is an excellent resource for the English 108 student. There is no cost for the tutoring. The Center is located in LRC 213.
Journals:
You will keep a journal for the
entire semester. Sometimes we will write in it in class, sometimes at home. Do
not write anything in your journal that you do not want me to read. If you
write about hurting yourself, hurting others or other who are hurting you, I
have a moral and legal obligation to report it to the authorities. By the same
token, I will not read all of your journal entries. If you are having a
problem, do not depend on me to rescue you by reading about it in your journal.
I will occasionally pick up and give
participation points for the journal. Please use a new page each time you write
in your journal, date it, and “title” with the writing assignment.
Format:
All papers must be typed. The
English Department at MWSC has a policy that all drafts are typed. If you do
not have access to a computer at home, as a student you can use the computer
labs on campus. Make sure you have computer disks in case you have computer
problems. Always save your work on disk because you will make changes to it as each draft evolves.
Grading Policy:
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.
Assignments:
A tentative schedule is attached.
Your points in the class will be based on: