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Essential Objectives

Course Syllabus


Revision Date: 17-Nov-23
 

Spring 2024 | ENG-1061-VO06 - English Composition


Online Class

Online courses take place 100% online via Canvas, without required in-person or Zoom meetings.

Location: Online
Credits: 3 (45 hours)
Day/Times: Meets online
Semester Dates: 01-23-2024 to 05-06-2024
Last day to drop without a grade: 02-11-2024 - Refund Policy
Last day to withdraw (W grade): 03-24-2024 - Refund Policy
This course has started, please contact the offering academic center about registration

Faculty

Kathleen Moore
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Hiring Coordinator for this course: Cindy Swanson

General Education Requirements


This section meets the following CCV General Education Requirement(s) for the current catalog year:
VSCS Introductory Written Expression
    Note
  1. Many degree programs have specific general education recommendations. In order to avoid taking unnecessary classes, please consult with additional resources like your program evaluation, your academic program catalog year page, and your academic advisor.
  2. Courses may only be used to meet one General Education Requirement.

Course Description

In this course, students develop effective composition skills and research techniques. Students learn strategies for organizing, evaluating, and revising their work through extensive reading of a variety of essay styles and literary texts; apply writing and research techniques to their papers; and demonstrate proficiency in first-year college-level writing and information literacy.


Essential Objectives

1. Consistently apply an appropriate writing process that includes planning, drafting, revising, and editing.
2. Demonstrate in written work an awareness of the relationship among writer, subject, audience, and purpose.
3. Demonstrate writing proficiency with a range of rhetorical approaches to include narration, exposition, argument, and critical analysis and recognize the stylistic and structural strategies in the writing of others.
4. Discuss writing by authors from diverse (such as racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and gender) backgrounds to explore how perspectives and experiences may shape voice in composition.
5. Focus written work around an explicit central thesis, a position statement or proposition advanced by the writer that is arguable and supportable and develop the thesis systematically, using specific details and supporting evidence.
6. Compose written work that demonstrates effective use of sentence structure, paragraphing, grammar, syntax, punctuation, and spelling.
7. Demonstrate proficiency in research writing skills by completing one or more papers that:
a) Develop and support an arguable thesis;
b) Locate, evaluate, and incorporate appropriate scholarly and professional sources, including primary and secondary evidence as needed, to address an academic research question;
c) Appropriately acknowledge and document sources, using standard MLA or APA styles.


Required Technology

More information on general computer and internet recommendations is available on the CCV IT Support page. https://support.ccv.edu/general/computer-recommendations/

Please see CCV's Digital Equity Statement (pg. 45) to learn more about CCV's commitment to supporting all students access the technology they need to successfully finish their courses.


Required Textbooks and Resources

This course uses one or more textbooks/books/simulations, along with free Open Educational Resources (OER) and/or library materials.

Spring 2024 textbook/book details will be available on 2023-11-06. On that date a link will be available below that will take you to eCampus, CCV's bookstore. The information provided there will be specific to this class. Please see this page for more information regarding the purchase of textbooks/books.

ENG-1061-VO06 Link to Textbooks for this course in eCampus.

For Open Educational Resources (OER) and/or library materials details, see the Canvas Site for this class.

The last day to use a Financial Aid Advance to purchase textbooks/books is the 3rd Tuesday of the semester. See your financial aid counselor at your academic center if you have any questions.


Methods

  • Weekly reading and video assignments.
  • Quizzes
  • Weekly discussion forums
  • Periodic journals and homework assignments
  • Two major papers, plus drafts: Informational and Persuasive
  • Paired peer review on drafts
  • Use of feedback from your instructor and from Tutor.com or CCV Learning Center.

Evaluation Criteria

Discussion Forums - 25%

Homework and Journals - 10%

Quizzes - 15%

Peer Review (2) - 10%

Complete Drafts (2) - 15%

Final Essays (2) - 25%


Grading Criteria

CCV Letter Grades as outlined in the Evaluation System Policy are assigned according to the following chart:

 HighLow
A+10098
A Less than 9893
A-Less than 9390
B+Less than 9088
B Less than 8883
B-Less than 8380
C+Less than 8078
C Less than 7873
C-Less than 7370
D+Less than 7068
D Less than 6863
D-Less than 6360
FLess than 60 
P10060
NPLess than 600


Weekly Schedule


Week/ModuleTopic  Readings  Assignments
 

1

THIS SYLLABUS IS A PREVIEW FOR THE COURSE.

ACTUAL SYLLABUS CHANGES WILL BE ANNOUNCED AND WILL BE VIEWABLE IN THE CANVAS COURSE MODULES. PLEASE DO NOT RELY ON THIS SYLLABUS FOR YOUR TO-DO LIST!

· Course orientation

· Library orientation

· Plagiarism

· Organizing to achieve your goals

    
 

2

· Basics of Academic Writing

· Diction/Tone

· How to paraphrase and summarize

READ AND/OR DO

READ: Chapter 23: A Brief Guide to Writing a Research Paper AND the directions for both the Informative and Persuasive essays.

READ: MFW Diction and Tone

READ: Paraphrase and summarize reading TBA

    
 

3

· Informational Writing: What and How

· Outlining

· Thesis statements, part 1

DUE: Research Report

    
 

4

Persuasive Writing: What and How

Paragraphing Part 1

How's it going? (Journal)

DUE:Outline and Thesis Draft

    
 

5

· Debatable questions and thesis statements part 2

· Citation Part 1

· Paragraphing Transitions

    
 

6

· Citation Part 2 – Integrating Sources using MLA citation

· The basic grammar of sentences: Fragments and Run-ons

· Punctuation basics: Commas

DUE :Outline and Thesis Revised

    
 

7

Putting it all together:

* Integrating sources using summary, paraphrase, and quotation.

* Using quote sandwiches to introduce and explain evidence

* Using in-text citations

    
 

8

Review:

· The Basic grammar of sentences: Fragments and Run-ons

· Punctuation Basics: Commas

READ: MFW Chapter 24 - Editing for Grammar, Punctuation, and Sentence Style

    
 

9

Reading TBA

DUE: Draft informative

Discussion TBD

    
 

10

Reading TBA

DUE: Peer Review of Informative Essay

Discussion: What you learned about your own paper from conducting the peer review.

    
 

11

Reading TBA

Insights gained from the process of instructor feedback and peer review of your informative essay.

Questions about the process of constructing the persuasive draft

    
 

12

Reading TBA

Key concepts review

Due: Final informative essay

    
 

13

Reading TBA

Discussion of challenges and successes in crafting persuasive draft

DUE: Draft persuasive essay

    
 

14

DUE: Peer Review of Persuasive Essay

    
 

15

Due: Final Persuasive Essay

Farewell Discussion

    
 

Attendance Policy

Regular attendance and participation in classes are essential for success in and are completion requirements for courses at CCV. A student's failure to meet attendance requirements as specified in course descriptions will normally result in a non-satisfactory grade.

  • In general, missing more than 20% of a course due to absences, lateness or early departures may jeopardize a student's ability to earn a satisfactory final grade.
  • Attending an on-ground or synchronous course means a student appeared in the live classroom for at least a meaningful portion of a given class meeting. Attending an online course means a student posted a discussion forum response, completed a quiz or attempted some other academically required activity. Simply viewing a course item or module does not count as attendance.
  • Meeting the minimum attendance requirement for a course does not mean a student has satisfied the academic requirements for participation, which require students to go above and beyond simply attending a portion of the class. Faculty members will individually determine what constitutes participation in each course they teach and explain in their course descriptions how participation factors into a student's final grade.


Participation Expectations

Attendance is not graded.

Participation in the discussion forums each week is graded, as are all assignments.

It is not possible to pass the course without participating in the discussion forums.



Missing & Late Work Policy

  • Late assignments (such as drafts, final essays, homework assignments, and journals) can be submitted up to one week past the deadline but will lose 10%. After a week, it will no longer be accepted for credit. The exception is that final documents may not be submitted after the last day of class regardless of the deadline.
  • Late work is not accepted in the discussion forum. Interacting with classmates is an essential part of online discussions and cannot be made up after the fact.
  • Extensions will be granted only in extenuating circumstances. If a lengthy medical problem or other emergent personal issue will result in missing weekly discussions and/or assignments, please contact your instructor as soon as possible.
  • Students who know that they will not have course access for any given week should complete assignments and participation requirements prior to the absence. Please plan around any time off you have arranged so that you do not fall behind.
  • Please be aware of the Add/Drop dates for this course. If it turns out that this is not the right term for you take this course, I encourage you to discuss that with your advisor and make a decision about whether to continue or not based on your circumstances.
  • Please be aware that "Incomplete" grades are offered only to students who have been doing well in the course but face serious unexpected obstacles in the latter portion of the course that makes it difficult for them to complete their work. Students who have been doing poorly in the course are not eligible for Incomplete grades. The Incomplete options is offered at my discretion and is not a guarantee.
  • While attendance is not graded, students who miss three or more classes will fail the course.

Accessibility Services for Students with Disabilities:


CCV strives to mitigate barriers to course access for students with documented disabilities. To request accommodations, please
  1. Provide disability documentation to the Accessibility Coordinator at your academic center. https://ccv.edu/discover-resources/students-with-disabilities/
  2. Request an appointment to meet with accessibility coordinator to discuss your request and create an accommodation plan.
  3. Once created, students will share the accommodation plan with faculty. Please note, faculty cannot make disability accommodations outside of this process.


Academic Integrity


CCV has a commitment to honesty and excellence in academic work and expects the same from all students. Academic dishonesty, or cheating, can occur whenever you present -as your own work- something that you did not do. You can also be guilty of cheating if you help someone else cheat. Being unaware of what constitutes academic dishonesty (such as knowing what plagiarism is) does not absolve a student of the responsibility to be honest in his/her academic work. Academic dishonesty is taken very seriously and may lead to dismissal from the College.