Syllabus.

COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
COURSE: ENGLISH 100 COMPOSITION 1A
FALL 2009

Instructor: Ryan Flanagan

Materials:
-How to Write Anything by John J. Ruszkiewicz
-Dictionary + thesaurus of your choice

Contact information:
Office hours: See me or email for an appointment.
Class Web site: www.english100atCSN.blogspot.com

Course Description: English 100 Composition 1A
English 101 is designed to strengthen college-level writing skills, with particular attention to audience, purpose, and rhetorical situation. Students receive background in planning, drafting, and revising. Research is introduced as a means by which students can extend their understanding through the use of outside resources. Additionally, critical reading and thinking strategies are developed.

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

-Read, analyze, and integrate challenging material into original writing
-Use a process approach to write complete, coherent, and well-developed thesis-driven essays
-Employ appropriate documentation to support research-based essays
-Identify purpose, audience, and rhetorical situation
-Use appropriate technologies to prepare written assignments
-Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format

Late Assignments:
Assignments will be penalized 5% for each additional day after the due date. Assignments may NOT be handed in more than two weeks after the due date without instructor approval.

Missed Tests and In-class Essays:
Quizzes and in-class writing may be made up upon instructor approval only.

Attendance, Absences, and Tardies:
Discussions and peer review sessions cannot be made up. If you must miss a class session, email me, preferably in advance, and then contact a classmate to get notes, handouts, and assignment sheets. If you are unavoidably late for class, please enter the room quietly and join the classroom activity. If you must leave class early for some reason, please speak with me before class. Lateness will affect your participation grade.

You are allowed two unexcused absences. Every unexcused absence thereafter will result in 5 points deducted from your final grade. More than four absences will be grounds for failing the class.

Plagiarism:
Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in a failing grade in this course, and could result in dismissal from the college. We will review plagiarism in class, but please see me if you are at any time unsure of what plagiarism is.

Students with Disabilities:
If you have a documented disability that may require assistance, you may contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) for help with accommodations. The DRC is located in Student Services on all campuses, and the W. Charleston phone number is 651-5089.

For students who would like to earn some extra money, stop by the DRC to fill out a job interest card. The DRC hires note-takers, proctors, scribes, and research assistants on an as needed basis.

Course Requirements:
Performance evaluation (grading):
-Class participation: 10%
-Homework/Assignments/Quizzes: 10%
-Journals: 10%
-Essays: 70%

Quizzes:
May occur at ANY TIME, announced or unannounced, especially on assigned readings.

Scale
A = 90 – 100%
B = 80 – 89%
C = 70 – 79%
D = 60 – 69%
F = Below 60%

Tutorial Services:
Each student may be entitled to free tutoring (pending funding). To apply for this service, go to the Tutorial Services Office. This may or may not be available due to budget cuts. It is up to the student to pursue this.

Peer Revisions:
Be aware that your writing will be read and scrutinized by others.

E-mailing Assignments:
I generally do not accept assignments via e-mail. However, if special circumstances permit and I allow you to send me an assignment via e-mail, I am not responsible if it never reaches me.