lOMoARcPSD|29701738 BE-111 syllabus - Lecture notes 7 Development Of Composition Skills (Queensborough Community College) Studocu is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university Downloaded by VBG 4704 (bonchangoo@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|29701738 Queensborough Community College, CUNY Department of English BE-111 Development of Composition Skills An (Academic) Text of Your Own: Exploring Current Societal Issues and Memoirs as CATW Prep Fall 2017 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Prof. Holly O’Donnell Meeting Time: Section D13A: M/W 10:10am-12pm//Section H13A: M/W 2:10pm-4pm Meeting Place: Section D13A: M - H-237/W - M-140//Section H13A –M - H-332/W - H-309 Office and Mailbox: Department of English, Third Floor, H-324 E-Mail: HODonnell@qcc.cuny.edu Office Hours: M-Th 9:30-10am, M 1-2pm, and by appointment _____________________________________________________________________________________ Course Description (from the College Catalog) First course of a two-semester sequence in writing skills for students with fundamental writing problems who require extensive instruction prior to BE-112, as determined by a standard skills assessment or placement testand screening results. Grammar and usage, sentence structure, and facility with paragraph development stressed. To be followed by BE-112, except upon Departmental waiver. Section Description Our theme this semester is “An (Academic) Text of Your Own: Exploring Current Societal Issues and Memoirs as CATW Preparation.” We will be reading a number of different texts, including short articles and one memoir, as part of the three course projects that you will be completing. This work will prepare you for both the midterm and the final exams, which are CATW (CUNY Assessment Test in Writing) essays. Required Materials • • • • Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom A BE-111 folder or binder, divided into sections: Syllabus, Reading Packet Template, Project #1, Project #2, Project #3. USB/Flash drive , Dropbox account, or Google Docs account for e-saving your work. Headphones that are usable in our computer classroom. Course Requirements • No more than 4 absences total during the semester. No exceptions. Being more than 20 minutes late counts as half an absence. • Successfully complete all BE-111 course work. • Demonstrate progress on the midterm exam. • Pass the final exam with a score of at least 50. • Complete a total of 12 hours of supplemental learning: 6 hours of essay tutoring in the Campus Writing Center (Library Building, Room 118) and 6 hours of lab work in the English Department Lab (Humanities Building, Room 236). You must begin this work no later than WEEK 3. You will obtain documentation of these visits (yellow card); this card is due on Wednesday 12/6. Grading Downloaded by VBG 4704 (bonchangoo@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|29701738 All three of our course projects will be graded using an overall P/F system. A number of the individual CATW-like essays that you complete as part of these projects will be graded using the CATW rubric, which evaluates your ability to summarize, identify a siginificant idea in a text, develop that idea, and write in a clear and logical manner. You will receive numerical grades on both the midterm exam essay and the final exam essay. Essay Assignments We will be working on three course projects this semester, which will include completing a number of academic reading packets and composing approximately 10 essays that are similar to the CATW. I will provide a detailed assignment sheets for each course project. All work should be typed (Times New Roman font, 12 point) and double-spaced with one-inch margins. Again, you will also write an in-class midterm exam essay and a final exam essay. Email Etiquette We will write in a variety of writing styles throughout the semester from informal, in-class writing to polished, formal essays. Email to your professors will fall somewhere between those two styles. Here are some tips for emailing faculty members: o o o o Identify yourself clearly in the email, and include a greeting (Hello, Dear Prof, etc.) and a closing (From, Sincerely, etc.). Use “please” and “thank you,” especially if you are writing for help with an assignment. It’s my job to help you, and I want to help you, but good manners never hurt anybody. Please be reasonable when emailing with questions about papers. Leave yourself enough time. If you email me at 9pm the night before a paper is due, I cannot help you. I answer email as promptly as I can, but I usually stop dealing with QCC email by 5pm. There are occasions that I do check it later than that, but do not count on it. I’m available by email most weekends, but usually a bit slower to respond. Look in the syllabus first if you’re emailing to ask a question. Many of your questions are already answered there. Course Policies and Classroom Conduct • Class Comportment: You must silence your electronic devices prior to coming to class and put them inside your bag. Please do not take calls, text, or search the internet during class. There will be no eating in class. However, you may feel free to bring a beverage. If you use your phone or other electronic device during class, I will give you a warning and ask you to put it away. If you keep your phone out on your desk, in your lap, or continue to use it in any other way, I will mark you absent for that class period. You cannot concentrate on what we are working on in class while you are texting friends or family, watching videos and playing games. Repeat offenders will be required to meet with Dean Kerr and/or the chairperson of the English Department, Dr. David Humphries, before being permitted to return to class, and this type of behavior will be reflected in your course grade. • Professional, Respectful Classroom Environment: Please note that my classroom is a welcoming space for ALL students – regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. I believe strongly in the First Amendment, which protects our right to free speech. However, dialogues must be respectful in nature. We are all here to learn and this learning must be done in an environment of mutual respect and dignity. Anything that deviates from this will not be tolerated. • Sexual Harrassment: Sexual harassment is prohibited. Every member of the CUNY community, including students, employees and visitors, deserves the opportunity to live, learn and work free from sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment, gender-based harassment and sexual violence, such as sexual assault, stalking or Downloaded by VBG 4704 (bonchangoo@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|29701738 dating violence. CUNY Policy prohibits sexual misconduct, and it prohibits romantic relations between professors and their students. Please remember that sexual harassment includes undue and unwanted attention, such as repeated inappropriate flirting, staring or making sexually suggestive comments. Sexual harassment has no place in our classroom or on our campus. Services for Students with Disabilities Science Building, Room 132, 718-631-6257 The Office of Services for Students with Disabilities ensures that students with disabilities have access and the opportunity to participate in classes and activities at Queensborough Community College. The coordination of accommodations, disability related support services and assistive technology are facilitated through this office. In addition the office strives to promote increased awareness of disability related issues on campus. It is the responsibility of each student to register with the office of Services for Students with Disabilities in order to be eligible for services. Please let me know if you have an Accommodation Card from the QCC SSD Office. Academic Dishonesty (Plagiarism) Do not copy another person’s words or ideas either directly OR indirectly without giving him/her credit. This is plagiarism. CUNY takes plagiarism very seriously, and you should too. If you plagiarize someone else’s words or ideas, you can be expelled from the college. From the QCC 2017-18 College Catalog (www.qcc.cuny.edu: click link under “Academics”) Students at the College are expected to be honest and forthright in their academic endeavors. In cases of doubt about ethical conduct, students should consult their instructors. To falsify the results of one’s research, to steal the words or ideas of another, to cheat on an examination, or to allow another to commit an act of academic dishonesty corrupts the essential process by which knowledge is advanced. It is the official policy of the College that all acts or attempted acts that are violations of academic integrity be reported to the Office of Student Affairs. At the faculty member’s discretion and with the concurrence of the student or students involved, some cases, though reported to the Office of Student Affairs, may be resolved within the confines of the course and department. All others will be adjudicated within the process described in the section marked Violations of Academic Integrity. It is the policy of the College to consider sanctions including suspension or dismissal from the College for any student who has committed more than one violation of academic integrity. Such actions will be taken according to the procedures established as part of the academic integrity program. It is the policy of the College to consider sanctions including denial of a degree or certificate to any student who has committed more than one violation of academic integrity. Such denials shall be extended to revocations of previously awarded degree or certificate should such violations be made known subsequent to those awards. Downloaded by VBG 4704 (bonchangoo@gmail.com)
