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ENG 101 – COMMUNICATION ARTS I

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Course Syllabus

Instructor Information

Instructor: Benjamin Longfellow

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 937-974-7919

Course Delivery

Online, Open-enrollment

Credit Hours

3 Semester Hours

Course Prerequisites

Degree seeking students are placed in this course depending upon their ACT scores and/or results of the English Placement Examination (EPE) or the Accuplacer. Students with an ACT score of 18 or below who have not received credit for ENG 101 must take the EPE and, if they do not place into ENG 101, must complete ENG 099, Basic writing, with a grade of S prior to enrolling in ENG 101.

Course Time Limits

This course’s time limit to finish is a minimum of six (6) weeks to the maximum of one (1) year from the day you are enrolled.

Course Materials

Textbooks can be purchased from the Adams State University Bookstore. To order textbooks or obtain information about book titles, you may go to exstudies.adams.edu and click on the "Undergraduate" or "Educators K-12" icon. Click on the "Bookstore" link. Click on the button that reads "Graduation, Books, Clothing & Merchandise". Click on "Books" in the green navigation bar. Select "DISTLEARN" from the department menu. (http://adams.edu/students/sub/bookstore/)

Use Section Number: 1472 to order books from Bookstore site. This should provide the correct textbook information and ordering options.

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If you have questions, you can contact the Bookstore at 719-587-7981, email Loretta Martinez at [email protected] or send a mailed request to Adams State University Bookstore, 208 Edgemont Blvd., Suite 3140, Alamosa, CO 81101.

Required Textbook:

All required texts are attached inside the Learning Modules, with exception of Hacker's Rules for Writers.

Optional Textbook:

Elbow and Belanoff, A Community of Writers, or Stanford, Connections: A Multicultural Reader for Writers.

Catalog Description

A course designed to provide students with the reading, writing and critical thinking skills necessary to produce effective college-level expository writing.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. improve their ability to read and write effectively, accurately, and critically. 2. think independently, analytically, and creatively. 3. cultivate appreciation for diverse cultures, persons and ideas and increase their

understanding of their place in a multicultural framework; 4. practice distinguishing fact from opinion; 5. function effectively in groups; 6. respond to the aesthetic dimensions of human experience in the field of writing,

explore basic moral and ethical philosophies, and consider the place of writing in community involvement; and

7. develop writing-related technology skills.

Course Requirements

Email me at the address above with a statement that verifies that you (the student) have read the syllabus before starting the course.

All other assignments will be submitted through Blackboard as either a .pdf or .doc

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Grade Distribution and Scale

In alignment with ASU academic policies, no D may apply to a major or minor field.

Grade Distribution: Writing Prompts 15 x 25 points 375 points Discussions Short Constructed Responses 2 x 25 points 50 points Writing Process 150 points 50 Word Bio 25 points 8 Sentence Paragraph 25 points Thesis Statements 25 points Introduction Paragraphs 25 points Body Paragraphs 25 points Conclusion Paragraphs 25 points Papers 1150 points

Compare and Contrast Papers 2 x 50 100 points Analysis Papers Drafts 3 x 50 150 points Finals 3 x 100 300 points Narratives 150 points On Self 50 points Personal 100 points Response Papers 3 x 50 150 points Old Man Wings 50 points Case Benjamin Button 50 points Dover Beach / Dover Bitch 50 points Essay 200 points Young Goodman Brown Draft 50 points Young Goodman Brown Final 100 points The Things They Carried 50 points Creative Writing Assignment 100 points Poems 5 x 25 points 125 points Diction 25 points Imagery 25 points Lines 25 points Sounds 25 points Meter 25 points Sonnet 5 points Final 100 points

Total Points for class: 1950 points

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Grade Scale: 90-100% 1755 – 1950 points A 80-89% 1560 – 1754 points B 70-79% 1365 – 1559 points C 60-69% 1170 – 1364 points D 59 and below 0 – 1169 points F

ADA Statement

Students who need special accommodation to complete this class should contact the instructor and the Adams State University Counseling Center at 719-587-7746.

Academic Integrity

This course operates on the assumption of honesty, integrity, and fair play by all involved. When students commit academic dishonesty of any kind, this trust is violated, whether the student acted inadvertently or deliberately. Faculty members may fail the student for the particular assignment, test, or course involved. Any offense will result in a zero for the exam or exercise in question and will result in failure of the course on your third offense. Please refer to the ASU Student Handbook for more information: http://www.adams.edu/pubs