ENGLISH 112

Semester:

Instructor:

Office:

Telephone:

Office Hours:

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Handbook/rhetoric used by all English Department Faculty

College dictionary used by all English Department Faculty

Reader:   Selected by individual professor

OBJECTIVES:

This writing course is intended to enhance students’ writing and critical thinking skills.  In particular this course aims to increase students ability to construct cogent arguments, to investigate various methods of providing evidence to support these arguments, and to present all information in a reasoned and persuasive manner.  English 111 is a prerequisite for this course; both are required for graduation.  The objectives of the course are learning to:

• interpret readings accurately and support that interpretation in a well-structured and well-developed essay

• summarize and paraphrase others’ words and ideas while avoiding plagiarism

• draw inferences and understand the use of cause and effect 

• recognize false or invalid arguments  

• use logic to argue a point of view 

• quote directly from other sources  

• accurately document quoted material  

• prepare annotated bibliographies 

• further develop language usage, grammar, punctuation, and style.

 REQUIREMENTS

·                     daily reading assignments

·                     short/objective quizzes over the day’s reading assignment

·                     4 formal essays (multi-drafted)

·                     oral presentation(s)

·                     library activities

Students are responsible for completing all reading, writing, oral presentation, and library assignments.   In addition, any student given extra tutoring assignments will be expected to fulfill this task as part of the course requirements.  Final grades will be determined as follows:

ATTENDANCE:

The college’s attendance policy as described in the catalogue will be used in this class. Three absences for any reason are allowed.  For each absence beyond the third, your semester grade percentage will be penalized by 5%.  Generally there will be no exceptions to this policy, and any requests for exceptions must be made before a fourth absence is incurred. Students are responsible for all work missed due to an absence.

TARDINESS:

Tardiness is defined as arriving in the classroom after the roll has be taken. Three lates equal one class absence.

DEADLINES:

All assignments are to be submitted at the beginning of class on the due date.  Late papers will not be accepted unless prior arrangements have been made with the professor.   

All students must complete all the homework assignments.  Students who come to class unprepared may be asked to leave and will be counted absent for that day.

ESSAY FORMAT:

All major writing projects or formal assignments must be completed on a word processor in 12-point font.  Multiple page assignments must be stapled.  When final projects are submitted, they must be accompanied by all earlier drafts, notes, scribblings, etc.

CONFERENCES:

Individual conferences are for your benefit.  Please come to my office on time with your complete draft ready for discussion.  Each conference appointment you miss equals one class absence.  

PLAGIARISM:

Plagiarism, whether deliberate or otherwise, is the submission of someone else’s work as your own.  This is academic dishonesty and the college’s policy (found on page … of the NCWC catalogue) will be enforced.