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ENG 1024 Ken Harmon

Honors Rhetoric & Composition I [email protected]

TR 2:00-3:15 AC 423 Office: Fifth floor of Gateway Center,

Suite 530

3 Credit Hours Office Hours: TR 11:15-12:15

Contact Hours: 45 Lecture Hours Office Phone: (980) 598-3218

Fall 2022

Welcome to Honors Rhetoric and Composition!

This syllabus contains the policies and expectations established for this course that are intended to create a productive learning atmosphere for all students. Students should read the entire syllabus carefully and understand that they will be expected to fully abide by these policies and expectations.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This Honors composition course introduces students to academic writing by exposing them to various discipline-specific ways of knowing, all of which stress critical thinking, research skills and the writing process. Students gain access to multiple perspectives on issues that cut across the curriculum, allowing them to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate these issues in ways that promote academic rigor, readiness for success throughout their academic program, and the skills critical to writing an engaging Honors Thesis. Students write summaries and analyses of individual readings, expositions of interdisciplinary approaches, and a proposal for a project that comprises an academic research paper and oral presentation.

Required Texts:

All readings and course materials provided by professor.

COURSE GOALS AND REQUIREMENTS

GOALS:

Upon satisfactory completion of this course, a student should be able to:

Identify scholarly conventions associated with the different academic disciplines.

2.Conduct academic research and reflect upon that research through effective summary and critique.

3.Demonstrate critical thinking and information literacy through analysis and evaluation of sources for their authority, accuracy, relevance, timeliness, objectivity and relation to other sources.

4.Integrate and accurately document information gleaned from research into their writing.

5.Effectively apply rhetorical strategies to synthesize various perspectives on an issue.

6.Engage in all aspects of the writing process.

REQUIREMENTS

Students will:

• Attend class meetings and complete all reading, writing, and editing

assignments.

• Write at least three major essays. Each written assignment will include planning,

drafting, revising, editing, and reflection. You are responsible for turning in all

materials related to an assignment. This includes: invention strategies,

draft versions, peer critiques, a SmartThinking Report and Revision Plan, and a

reflection. ALL PAPERS MUST BE FORMATTED USING

MLA FORMAT AND ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED TO ULEARN.

• Complete shorter writing projects in and outside of class. Any missed quizzes,

in-class team exercises, etc., cannot be made up.

• Complete a course writing portfolio in electronic format.

In order to pass ENGL 1024, students must submit a portfolio of written work that includes an annotated table of contents, an earlier piece of writing before the class began, two formal essays from this semester (both graded copy and corrected draft), and a reflective essay.

You must complete all major papers in order to pass the course. Failure to complete any of the required assignments will result in a final course grade of F.

EVALUATION

You can accumulate 400 points, which are distributed as follows:

Participation (23.75%)

Reader Responses 25 (6.25%) = 5 @ 5pts. each

Blog Posts 40 (10%) = 10 @ 4 pts. each

MLA Lecture Notes 10 (2.5%)= 5 pts. each

MLA Quizzes 15 (3.75%)= 5 pts. each

Syllabus Quiz 5 (1.25%)

Papers (76.25%)

Ad Analysis 40 (10%)

Article Analysis 10 (2.5%)

Issue Connection 20 (5%)

Exploratory 60 (15%)

Topic Proposal 5 (1.25%) Final Grades:

Annotations 20 (5%) 360 - 400 A

Problem Solving 90 (22.5%) 320 - 359 B

Portfolio 60 (15%) 280 - 319 C

240 - 279 D

0 - 239 F

SYSTEM OF RECORD FOR ACADEMIC GRADES:

Official academic grades can be accessed via jwuLink. Grades maintained in the Ulearn course management system are for tracking purposes only and may not reflect all of the criteria considered with calculating a student's final grade.

COURSE POLICIES

MY EXPECTATIONS:

Taking classes is your job here at the university. Thus, you should treat the work and requirements accordingly. In the workplace things such as absences, tardiness, and not doing your work properly have negative consequences. This is the case in my class as well. Many students’ low grades are a result of not following directions or policies as well as not expending enough effort. It is your responsibility to be aware of the policies on this syllabus. If you miss class it is your responsibility to check with your classmates to find out what you have missed. And though you are always welcome to follow up with me if you are absent, do not ask me if you “missed anything important.”

Your grade is dependent on a number of factors that, together and holistically, inform the evaluation and assessment of your performance. In summary, these criteria include attendance, participation, reading responses/journal entries, reading quizzes, discussion questions, a presentation, and the successful completion of any other reading and written assignments.

Note: The reading load is quite heavy and the pace fast. Also, because writing is a means of discovery and a pathway to understanding, it is an important activity in this class in conjunction with the reading. Indeed, you should think of your writing as a mode of reading that will help you begin to understand the literature at hand. When essays, journals, and in-class assignments are considered together you will be doing some kind of writing assignment every week. Be prepared to spend much time carefully reading, considering, discussing, and writing about the texts in the course. If you cannot devote the time necessary to keep up with the assignments, and to do so in a critical manner, you will not do well in this class and may want to consider if this is the right class for you.

PLAGIARISM: All course assignments ask you to write using what you have learned in the course and using your own thinking and writing skills. If you use any ideas, paraphrases, or exact wording from a source other than yourself (including the textbook), you must document the source using MLA parenthetical documentation style (see handbook or ask instructor). Any source used but not documented will be considered plagiarism, for which you will receive a failing grade for the course. You might also be placed on probation or expelled from the university. If you have any questions about plagiarism, ask before you act. Ask me; also see Best Practices for Avoiding Plagiarism.

FEW VERY IMPORTANT WORDS ABOUT PLAGIARISM

A. Plagiarism, a SERIOUS, academic violation, which can lead to an F for the course, is the use of WORDS, IDEAS, or STRUCTURES of others (published sources, friends, relatives) without acknowledgment. There is no excuse for willful plagiarism.

B. Except where appropriate (quoting or paraphrasing from primary or secondary sources), your work is presumed to be totally your own writing (i.e. original).

C. When you QUOTE OR PARAPHRASE FROM ANY sources, you MUST cite them with appropriate specific documentation (usually author and page number in parentheses + Works Cited list at end). This includes subject matter of the essay. If you quote or paraphrase precisely from a work of literature, you must cite the author of that work.

D. If you do not understand the format for documenting sources, see me for help before turning in an essay. Refer to your handbook for further clarification.

https://www.winthrop.edu/uploadedFiles/cas/english/correct-use-of-borrowed-information.pdf

Examples of plagiarism can include, but are not limited to:

a) Using another student’s work and submitting portions or the entire assignment with your name.

b) Reusing your own work from a previous assignment or publication without acknowledging the earlier use and obtaining permission for the reuse from the faculty to whom the reused work is submitted.

c) Failing to include citations, quotations, or works cited pages when using outside sources.

d) Creating false citations, quotations, or works cited pages that do not correspond to the information you used in your assignment.

e) Unauthorized collaboration: having another person edit portions of your assignment in their own words.

Student Expectations include, but are not limited to:

a) Understanding and complying with the Academic Integrity Policy.

b) Obtaining clarification if they do not understand whether certain conduct covered by this Policy is permitted or if they do not understand how to properly credit sources. Students acknowledge that not knowing is not an excuse for violating this Policy.

c) Agreeing that by taking courses at JWU, their assignments may be subject to submission to plagiarism detection software (e.g., Turnitin.com) for textual similarity review and/or for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted assignments will be included as source documents in the plagiarism detection database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism or misuse of such assignments. Use of any plagiarism detection software service is subject to the usage policy posted on the software website.

TURNITIN.COM: All major essays written for this course must be submitted electronically to turnitin.com no later than class time on the date that an assignment is due. Essays that are not uploaded to turnitin.com will not be accepted.

SMARTTHINKING TUTOR: Students are required to submit each draft of an essay assignment to the SmartThinking tutor a total of two times per essay for feedback and are expected to use that information to revise each essay assignment. If a student fails to do so, they will lose one letter grade per each assignment not submitted to the tutor. See the SmartThinking link in Ulearn for submission details.

SUBMITTING COURSE ASSIGNMENTS: You are required to electronically submit all assignments to Ulearn or a blog for this course. Assignments not submitted in the manner will not be accepted. Any items sent by email will be deleted.

ATTENDANCE: Students are expected to attend all classes, arrive on time and remain for the entire class period, and report to class fully prepared with all required materials. While active learning will take different forms in different classroom contexts, students are expected to demonstrate active engagement in the classroom.

You are allowed two absences (excused or unexcused) without penalty. Five absences (excused or unexcused) will result in automatic failure. If you do not attend a student conference, you will be considered absent. After two absences your final grade for the semester will be reduced as shown

You are responsible for tracking your absences.

Absences Points deducted from final grade

3 40

4 100

5 200

J&W WITHDRAWAL POLICY

It is the student’s responsibility to initiate procedures leading to a formal withdrawal (“W”) in order to avoid a failing (“F”) grade. To receive a W, a student must withdraw prior to October 28, 2022.

TARDIES: If a student is more than 10 minutes late for class or leaves more than 10 minutes before class is over, they are counted absent for the day.

ETIQUETTE: Students are expected to respect their classmates’ time and learning environment. Therefore, show up for class prepared and on time. ALL CELL PHONES SHOULD BE SET TO SILENT BEFORE ENTERING THE CLASSROOM. Each time a cell phone disrupts class the entire class will take a pop quiz. Also, if a student leaves the classroom to answer a call, they will be counted absent for the day and not allowed back in the classroom that day. Other disruptive classroom behavior, defined as anything that would interfere with “an instructor’s ability to conduct the class” or “The ability of other students to profit from the instructional program,” is strictly prohibited. This includes texting while the professor is lecturing or during group work when students should be focused on completing the task at hand.

NO FOOD OR DRINK IN THE CLASSROOM

NOTE: Persons other than registered students are not allowed to attend academic sessions, laboratory classes, computer labs, and other University academically supported areas.

LATE PAPER/ASSIGNMENT POLICY: Turn in all your assignments on their scheduled due dates. You must submit the final drafts of all essays and their associated process work (critique, reflection, etc.) in Blackboard. NO PROCESS, NO GRADE. Keep a duplicate copy of all assignments you turn in and save all of your files in several locations (flash drive, hard drive, email, etc.). I DO NOT ACCEPT LATE PAPERS.

REVISION: You may rewrite one failing essay (original grade of D or F); the rewritten essay may receive no higher than a “C.” Revision must accompany the original graded copy.

GRADED ESSAYS: All essays for this course are graded electronically. Please see the Turnitin Grademark Feedback video in ulearn for instructions to obtain the comments and grading rubric for your essay.

STUDENT E-MAIL: Students are required to obtain and use a JWU e-mail account for University communication. You must obtain your password to do so. Student accounts are created automatically for those who are active and in good standing. Student email addresses are available through link.jwu.edu. Immediately contact the helpdesk at 1-866-598-4357 if you need assistance. Take care of this the first day of class. Students are expected to maintain an email account throughout the semester and check it daily for important information regarding upcoming assignments, course announcements, etc.

IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS: Students will often complete in-class assignments and short writing projects. In-class projects and quizzes are team-based and scheduled for a specific class period and cannot be made up after that class date.

WORKSHOPS/WRITING PROCESS: All essays will be critiqued by peer groups in class. Essays without workshop response will drop one full letter grade.

Scores for major essays are reduced by one full letter grade for each missing item of the writing process: invention/prewriting; late first draft or no first draft; Smarthinking report and revision plan; reflection

PARTICIPATION: Come to class prepared to discuss the assigned readings. Contribute productively to discussion. Quizzes and in-class writings are usually based on the readings.

CENTER FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT

WRITING CENTER: Located in the academic building, 4th floor (Suite 410), the writing center is open to all Johnson & Wales University students who need help with writing, whether they are taking an English course or not. Students are encouraged to seek assistance with essays, research projects, and related assignments. Students are asked to make an appointment with a Writing Center staff member in order to receive prompt assistance. The center provides 30 minute appointments and is staffed from 8:30-4:30 M-R. Consultants work with students on any part of the writing process -- planning, drafting, focusing, organizing, revising, or editing, and with papers from all disciplines. Please do not hesitate to use the tutor’s assistance. Remember to bring a copy of your assignment and your drafts to any Writing Center conference.

Going to the Writing Center does not guarantee you a good grade because tutors will not proofread your papers. The Writing Center’s goal is to improve your overall writing skills (organization, thesis & supporting paragraphs, audience/assignment issues, as well as teaching punctuation and grammar rules after reviewing big picture issues), which sometimes takes several sessions, depending on your existing writing skills. For more information, you may contact them at [email protected]

You may also visit the Center for Academic Support website at:

https://academicsupport.jwu.edu/charlotte.html

You may book an appointment by calling them at 980-598-1500 or dropping by Academic Center 410 during these hours.

You may also book an appointment online using these steps:

Go to JWU Link.

Go to Academics.

Go to USucceed.

Click on “Courses”.

Click on the link beside your English class to schedule an appointment

ACCOMMODATIONS: Johnson & Wales University is dedicated to providing access to education. While maintaining the highest academic integrity, the University strives to balance scholarship with support services which will assist special needs students in functioning in the University's academic environment. Reasonable accommodations are available with proper documentation, and can be discussed with the director of The Center For Academic Support (4th floor of the Academic Building).

Because some programs of study have technical standards and requirements, applicants and students with special needs or physical disabilities should contact the director of the Center for Academic Support to discuss the availability of reasonable accommodations where appropriate. Copies of the technical standards applicable to various programs are available from this office. Once you have arranged accommodations with this office, please tell me so that I am aware of your accommodations well before the first paper/assignment.

CAMPUS-SPECIFIC STUDENT POLICIES:

All students are required to read, understand, and abide by the provisions of the Catalog and Student Handbook applicable to their campus, which can be found at http://academics.jwu.edu/catalogs/.

In particular, students should be aware of the following university policies:

General Information and Policies

Prohibited Discrimination and Harassment

Withdrawal

University Holds

Academic Policies:

Academic Integrity/Academic Integrity Review Process/Turnitin Notification

Attendance

Occupancy in Class

Outcomes Assessment

Student Affairs:

Student Code of Conduct

Student Services:

Center for Academic Support/Services/Students With Disabilities

A FINAL NOTE: I want you to use your time and effort as positively as possible, to read and write about topics relevant to your personal and academic interests. Whenever possible, I will encourage you to learn and write about all the other subjects you are taking. If at any time you have a question about your writing, please talk to me after class, at my office, or via email.

“If you want to write, you can. Fear stops people from writing, not lack of talent, whatever that is…You’re a human being, with a unique story to tell, and you have every right. If you speak with passion, many of us will listen. We need stories to live, all of us. We live by story. Yours enlarges the circle.”

-Richard Rhodes

“Everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.”

-Brenda Ueland

“Follow your curiosity and passion. What fascinates you will probably fascinate others.”

-Diane Ackerman

“A writer… is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things.”

-William Stafford

“Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what one is saying.”

-John Updike