Oakland Community College Online ENG 1510: Composition I No on-campus session is required Fall /29/13-12/16/13 SYLLABUS

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1 Oakland Community College Online ENG 1510: Composition I No on-campus session is required Fall /29/13-12/16/13 SYLLABUS Sections: R 1513 & R 1514 Semester Hours: 3 Credits Enter D2L (Desire2Learn) from OCC homepage and use your Online Services username and password to log into D2L For Technical Support: If you are having difficulties using any of the course tools, please contact Desire2Learn Technical Support at or submit your question online. Here are some helpful FAQs. For all other student technical questions that don't relate to D2L, students may contact the OCC Student Technical Helpdesk at myit (6948). Instructor: Dr. Youmin Lee, MA in English; Ed. D. in Higher Education yhlee@oaklandcc.edu (It's the quickest way to get my response.) Office Phone: (248) (You may send s for more expedient way to get responses. Of course you can call the office number any time of the day or night and leave a message through the voic , but the response may be delayed since I am not always in the office due to classes and schedules.) Office Location: D221B, Royal Oak Campus Address: 739 South Washington, Royal Oak, MI Office Hours: By appointment Catalog Course Description Prerequisite: Proper ASSET Placement Test Focus on the multi-stage writing processes, students will read, analyze, and write expository essays. Course Objectives Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to: Generate and develop ideas on a specific topic from reading and discussions. Demonstrate critical reading skills through discussion and writing. Understand and present effective essays of various rhetorical modes with a thesis and adequate support. Use appropriate words, expressions, and structures in their own writing with few errors.

2 Show the ability to identify individual patterns of error through revisions and proofreading. Use technology to enhance learning General Education Attributes This course will earn you credit for the following General Education attributes: 1. To communicate effectively 2. To think critically and creatively Textbooks and Other Required Materials 1. Clouse, Barbara F. The student Writer, 9 th Ed.Mc Graw Hill, Writing--a Manual for the Digital Age, 2 th Ed., by David Blakesley and Jeffrey Hoogeveen. Wadsworth Cengage Learning, (Optional) (If you know you tend to struggle and make many sentence level errors in writing, please make sure you have this English handbook; the old version or another English handbook will do too) 3. A good college dictionary, such as The American Heritage Dictionary. 4. Writing Pads. 5. Flash drive for saving copies of all work. 6. Computer, Internet service provider, access with OCC-provided address, word processing program, such as MS Word, compatible to OCC's system Course Requirements This online course challenges your reading, writing, and thinking skills. Reading and writing assignments are indicated in the attached Course Schedule. You are expected to complete ALL of the reading assignments and homework for class discussion. Your writing should often flow from these discussions. You will complete five essays during the semester. You are required to revise each essay two or three times through prewriting, writing, review, and revision activities. Papers with no revision will receive 10 points (equivalent to a full letter grade) LESS. Your assignments and papers must be word processed or typed, using MS Word, to allow easy revision, submission, evaluation, and returning online. In addition, whenever you complete the reading assignments, you are expected to keep response journals and reflective writings and participate in online Discussion Forums, where you interact with classmates and text reflectively and critically. I will post the discussion questions in advance for you to read and prepare for successful and meaningful participation of Discussion Forums. All assignments must be submitted via D2L Dropbox during this online course. Your assignments and papers must be typed using MS Word to allow easy revision, submission, evaluation, and returning online. Course Units and materials will be posted earlier and must be completed sequentially. Online attendance is extremely important to the overall functioning of this class. The Discussion Forums simply do not work when members don't show up for participation. I will take attendance for regular discussion forums and count them as part of a final grade. For specific policies regarding Forums, please check information under Course Policies. Final Course Grades

3 Each assignment will be graded. Essays will receive letter grades (To convert a letter grade to a point grade, please see the Grading Scale on the next page). Grading for Discussion Forum posts, Academic Response Journals, and Reflective writings (a total of 18; one for each category in every Unit) depends on the quality and frequency of your participation: e.g. 6 (Discussion Forum postings) = A; 5 = B; 4 = C; 3 = D; 2-0 = F. "Quality" is defined as representing college level good faith effort and work. See details at "Discussion Forum Posts & Journals and Reflective Writing" under "Course Policies". Deadline for each unit assignment submission will be set, and late assignment will receive penalty in grades. The final grade is based on all assignments, as well as Journals and participation of discussion forums. Final grades will be determined as follows: Essays (each 2-3 pages long) 50% Academic Journals & Reflective Writing (12) 25% Self- Analysis of Academic Writing 10% Discussion Forums (6 Units) 10% Final College-wide Impromptu Reading & Writing 5% 100% Essay Assignments will be evaluated on a letter grade, which can be easily converted to a point grade according to the following grading scale. Copy of GRADING STANDARDS FOR ESSAY WRITING is posted under Course Document in D2L course site. Each component is averaged and then multiplied by the weight to arrive at a subtotal. The subtotal is then summed to arrive at the final grade point average. The final average is then converted to a letter grade. GRADING SCALE Course Scale (%) A A B B B C C C D D 0-64 F The only grades given in this course are A, B, C, D, pluses, minuses, F, WP, WF. See the W (Withdrawal) policy under Class Policies. It is your responsibility to withdraw from the class if you no longer can be committed to finishing the course. If you simply stop participating, you will be given a zero (0) for all assignments that are not completed, and your grade will be calculated on the same scale as the rest of the class. An incomplete mark (I) is given rarely and only in cases of extenuating circumstances. The determining factors are documentation submitted by the student in support of the extreme circumstance, 75% of the work completed,

4 and a passing average at the time of the circumstance. Numerous online absences or failing grades are not valid reasons for an Incomplete. COURSE POLICIES Introduction of the course: It is mandatory for you to be functional and proficient in D2L environment. You may complete an on-campus or online orientation during the first three days of the semester. You have to participate in this very important orientation and learn the essentials in order to complete the course successfully. Your address, telephone and fax numbers: You must use your OCC address to communicate with me as OCC system has a firewall to block certain commercial addresses. Keeping me informed and updated on any changes of e- mail address, phone and fax numbers is essential for a successful completion of this course. Online Attendance and Participation: Online "attendance" requires your consistent attention and commitment to the course activities. Regular and active participation is vital for a successful completion of the course. Also remember that if you were taking an on-campus version of this course, you would be attending class three hours per week in addition to the homework time. You must be willing to schedule 6-8 hours per week, spread out over a number of days in order to successfully complete all course work. Deadlines: Unit assignments will be posted one at a time and a timed deadline will be established, usually due by midnight of the specified deadline date. Check Course Schedule in the syllabus for respective due dates (I will also announce these due dates in D2L and s just to remind you). You may choose to complete and turn in the assignments any time during the week before the deadline. Late assignments will result in penalty this way: You will lose 10% per day off the grade you earn on that assignment when you turn in assignment after the deadline. No credit will be granted for assignments coming in more than seven days after the due date. However, deadline extensions can be negotiated BEFORE deadline, but not after the deadline has passed, with legitimate documented reasons. Discussion Forums & Journals & Reflective Writing: Discussion Forums must be completed in a timely fashion and cannot be made up after the deadline. No credit will be given for late posts. This is because the discussion is essentially over and no one will read them or benefit from them. Therefore, plan to complete your discussion Forums early in the week. Contributions to discussion Forums, journals and reflective writing should be meaningful and substantive. Simple answers such as "yes", "no", "I agree with you", "I don't think so" without deliberating and expressing reasons will not warrant satisfactory grade in this category. Generally speaking, you need to write at least five meaningful sentences to express your opinion on a specific topic during a discussion loop.

5 Journals and reflective writing should be presented in paragraph/essay format rather than Q & A (questions & answers). Some possibilities for meaningful reflective comments include, but are not limited to: Based on this quote, I predict This person reminds me of because. This description is highly effective because This setting is important because it shows This detail seems out of place/effective/important because I didn t expect the author/person to do/say this because I didn t expect the author/person to react this way because The attitude of this person/author/expert makes me feel because This section is particularly effective/shocking/depressing because Sometimes I feel just like this person when The message the author is trying to convey is I agree/disagree with because We will have a total of 6 Discussion Forums. Check Grading Policy for specifics on this. Withdrawal from Class: Those who cannot be committed and have stopped participating online should consider dropping the class. Please check the college specific last day to withdraw from class this semester. However, before you take the drastic step of withdrawing from the class, please talk to me. Perhaps I can help you in some way. Multi-drafts of Writing: Multiple drafts of formal writing, such as Essays, are expected. All work for this course must be typed using MSWord (some word processing program may not be compatible to college system.) to allow for easy revision, submission, commenting, and returning. Although it is the final draft of your formal paper that will be graded, you are encouraged to share early drafts of your work with me. Revision is the very essence of writing! When revising, be sure to make bona fide, substantive qualitative revision in your paper--simply correcting surface errors marked will NOT automatically earn you a higher grade. Work on stronger thesis, content, and organization. Please save all your work for this class on flash drive or external storage. Remember to back up your files regularly and meticulously. Do not leave all your files on hard drive only, as it may crash without warning. Be sure to keep all your work till you receive your final grade for the course. Plagiarism: Don't do it. Plagiarism is NOT permitted in college or university! Most colleges and universities will expel students who plagiarize. D2L is equipped with "Turnitin", an anti-plagiarism tool to check your submitted work against published academic works. In this class, you will receive a grade of 0 for the paper found to be plagiarized. If a portion of the paper is

6 plagiarized, you will be given a chance to rewrite that part or receive a grade of 0. Therefore, make sure you preserve a paper or electronic "trail" of all your work, particularly drafts, to show when and where you got your information and how you used it in your papers. Handwritten notes and early drafts will be especially valuable. Online Communications and Response Time: Please feel free to contact me through for questions, concerns, and clarifications on anything related to the course. However, I am NOT 24 hours/7 days a week online. Please allow enough time for me to respond to you. Generally speaking, allow 24 hours during the weekdays for turn-around time. Etiquette: Always specify your name and the class you belong to clearly. On Subject line specify briefly the reason you are writing, e.g. "Jane Doe's absence from discussion board". FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act): According to this federal law, no information regarding student's grades or class standing can be given out over the phone or via unless the student gives prior consent in writing. Therefore, I will ask you to sign a release form during the first week of each semester. You must sign and date the FERPA Release Form and send it to me through one of the three ways: 1. Scan the signed form and send it in via , 2. deliver the signed release form to faculty secretary and request her to put it in my mailbox on campus, or 3. mail me the signed form to campus address indicated on page one of this syllabus. When the computer system is down and D2L is not available, we will use alternative methods, such as fax, phone conferences, or even on-campus pick-up and delivery of assignments, to complete course content and assignments. Available Assistance: Faculty Secretary Office: (248) (RO); (248) (SF) (can be used occasionally to deliver assignments or pick up materials under special circumstances by arrangement. When doing so, it is your responsibility to let me know about it; without notifying me of such arrangement may result in missing assignment and low grade. ) Academic Support Center (ASC): (248) (RO); (248) (SF) (has tutors available to help you with your papers. This is a free service available by appointment to all OCC students. If you do not have access to a computer, you may use the computers in IIC to prepare your work.) ASC Hours: M-F 8:30-10:00; Sat. 9:00-12:00 ADA Notification: Students requiring special assistance (including those affected by the Americans with Disabilities Act) should contact the PASS Office, which will inform instructors of any special conditions pertaining to their learning needs: Southfield Campus: (248) (voice/tdd) Royal Oak Campus: (248) (voice/tdd)

7 ENG 1510 Course Units and schedule (15 weeks) Disclaimer: I reserve the right to change the schedule as the weeks unfold. I will keep you informed when modifications are made. D2L is still quite a new Learning Management System (LMS) so please be patient in case things do not function as well as we hope. Calendar Units and Assignment Deadlines Aug Mandatory online Orientation; Sign and date FERPA Release & Academic Honesty Forms Send in FERPA Release & Academic Honesty Forms before/on Aug / 30-9/21 Unit One--Writing and Reading Process Introduction, Chapter 1-- The Reading-Writing Connection Chapter 2 -- Getting Started Chapter 3 -- Organizing and Drafting 9/ /5 Unit Two--Essay One (Description) Chapter 6 --Description Chapter 4 -- Revising for Content and Organization 10/6--19 Unit Three-Essay Two (Exemplification) Chapter 8 --Exemplification Chapter 5 -- Revising for Effective Expression Unit One Discussion Forums due 9/14; Send in your Journal #1 and Reflective writing #1 on or before 9/21 Unit Two Discussion Forums due 9/28; Send in your Journal #2 and Reflective writing #2 on/before 10/5; Send in your Description paper on or before 10/5. (Suggestion: You may space out your Journal & Reflective Assignment with Description Paper by completing & submitting your journal early, say by 10/1. I set the same date for your easy memory and management of due dates.) Unit Three Discussion Forums due 10/12; Send in your Journal #3 and Reflective writing #3 on/before 10/19; (Suggestion: Preferably by 10/15 to space out your work. I set the same date for your easy memory and management of due dates.) Send in your Exemplification paper on or before 10/19. 10/ /2 Unit Four--Essay Three (Analysis of Your Own Academic Writing) Chapter 9 -- Process Analysis Unit Four Discussion Forums due 10/26; Send in your Journal #4 and Reflective writing #4 on/before

8 11/2; (Suggestion: Space out the work on your own:-)) Send in your Self -analysis of Writing on or before 11/2. 11/3--20 Unit Five--Essay Four (Comparison and Contrast) Chapter Comparison-Contrast Send your draft to class partner for peer evaluation Unit Five Discussion Forums due 11/9; Send in your Journal #5 and Reflective writing #5 on/before 11/20; Send in your Comparison and Contrast paper on or before 11/20. 11/22--12/16 Unit Six--Essay Five (Argumentationresearch based) Chapter Argumentation Dec. 3--College-wide ENG 1510 Final Impromptu Reading & Writing Exam (Completed in three hours) Unit Six Discussion Forums due 11/30; Send in your Journal #6 and Reflective writing #6 on/before 12/5; Send in your Argumentation paper on or before 12/13 Complete Course evaluation 12/16 Final grades and results by 12/16 (Check "Grade" for your Final Grade of the course via D2L) Fall Semester Ends Any questions? Concerns? Clarifications? Please feel free to send me at