Syllabus ¥ Fall 2008
Dr. Kenneth
L. Rosenauer
Required Textbook
Kimball, The Web Portfolio
Guide
Course Description
EPR/ETC/JOU 401 is required for
the BA English/Journalism, Public Relations, and Technical Communications
majors. This is a workshop class for graduating seniors which includes
compiling a passing graduation portfolio consisting of a resume, cover letter,
and writings from majors courses, in addition to resume and job search
preparation. This course must be completed during the semester of graduation,
except for summer graduates who must complete the course in the spring semester
prior to graduation. This course will be graded on a pass/fail basis.
Course Objectives
Assignments
Portfolio requirements are on line
at http://staff.missouriwestern.edu/users/~kadkins/portfolio/sample.htm.
Communication
E-mail is the official medium for
communication at Missouri Western. You should check your Missouri Western email account at least every other day. This is how
professors will contact you if they need to, and it is how you will receive
information about campus events, scholarship and financial aid opportunities,
and other important campus information. Some departments have student listservs
to announce special events (like speakers or conference opportunities),
scholarship deadlines, and the like. When you send an email to a professor or
office on campus, you should send it from you Western email account, so that we
know it is campus business.
A note on e-mail etiquette: When you write an email to a professor, approach it
as correspondence in a professional setting. This means including an
informative subject line (at the very least, the course number), complete
sentences, correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling, a salutation, and a
signature. If you are including an attachment, you should tell the recipient
what it is.
Attendance
Students who are absent two consecutive class sessions OR a total of three class sessions throughout the term will
fail the course.
Academic Honesty
Academic honesty is required in
all academic endeavors. Violations of academic honesty include any instance of
plagiarism, cheating, seeking credit for another's work, falsifying documents
or academic records, or any other fraudulent activity. Violations of academic
honesty may result in a failing grade on the assignment, failure in the course,
or expulsion from the University. When a student's grade has been affected,
violations of academic honesty will be reported to the Provost or designated
representative on the Academic Honesty Violation Report forms.
Please see the 2008-09 Student
Handbook and Calendar for specific activities identified as violations of this
policy and the student due process procedure. This handbook is also available
online at http://www.missouriwestern.edu/handbook/index.pdf
Student Disability
Students with disabilities should
notify me in writing of their disability before the end of the first week of
class so that we can make any needed adjustments to the course.
Grading Policy
Credit for EPR/ETC/JOU 401 will be
awarded on a pass/fail basis. In order to successfully complete the course, a
student's graduation portfolio must receive a score of "1" or higher
on a scale of 0-3 when holistically scored. Students who receive
"0's" on their portfolios will be allowed to revise and resubmit for
a second holistic scoring prior to the end of the semester. Other course
requirements necessary to fulfill in order to receive a passing grade include:
(1) Submission of a professional portfolio
(2) Participation in peer critiquing sessions
(3) Submission of resume to Career Services for critiquing
(4) Review of graduation portfolio materials by Corla
Dawson, writing coordinator in the Center for Academic Support
(5) Attendance in class when scheduled to meet.