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Syllabus and Schedule

• Monday / Wednesday | 9:00am - 11:40am
• CRN: 207215
  • Syllabus | Schedule
    

General Outline

The Levels

• Micro apps & Formatting
  • Must be done first

• Level 1
  • Mini-research #1: Write a formatted 2-page mini-research paper
• Level 2
  • Mini-Research #2: Rewrite the #1 paper with certain constraints and conditions
• Level 3
  • Tracking sheet 1
  • Fill in the form by summarizing a named-authored web article
• Level 4
  • Tracking sheet 2
  • Fill in the form by summarizing an article either from a .gov or non-profit websites
• Level 5
  • Tracking sheet 3 & 4
  • Fill in the form by summarizing two peer reviewed articles from EFSC databases
• Level 6
  • Tracking sheet 5
  • First discuss with me a theory that would work for your subject. Then, Fill in the form by summarizing a web article, a non-profit article, a journal article or an e-book concerning your theory.
• Level 7
  • Compile all tracking sheets into an Annotated Bibliography

Obtaining a course grade

• Level 8: The C Grade
  • Write and Pass an MLA paper based on the 5 tracking sheets
  • Show up for the final; exam on final exam day
• Level 9: The B Grade
  • Translate that MLA paper into an APA paper
  • Show up for the final; exam on final exam day
• Level 10: The A Grade
  • Show up for the final; exam is on last day of class
  
  
  

  Assignment points

  • Scale: A=900-1000, B= 800-899, C= 700-799, D= 600-699, F=500-599
  
  
  
  • Micro apps quiz 50
  • Formatting 50
  • Mini-research 1 50
  • Mini-Research 2 50
  • Tracking sheet 1 50
  • Tracking sheet 2 50
  • Tracking sheet 3 50
  • Tracking sheet 4 50
  • Tracking sheet 5 50
  • Annotated Bibliography 100
  • MLA paper 200
  • APA paper 100
  • Final Exam 150
  
  

  Following the above numeric scheme, writing, re-writing, and completing the MLA Term Paper with three or less errors garners 150 points granting above a 700 for a C grade in the course, successful completion of the APA version contributes 100 points awarding the B grade in the course, and the Final then contributes up to 150 points for the A grade.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Submitting Assignments

  • You must use Titan email
  • The Contact page has my address.
    
    

    A. Submitting an email

    1. The ONLY information in the subject line must be the course
       example
       • ENC 1101
    2. You must attach any assignment as a Word document DIRECTLY to the email.
       • Do not use Share Point or One Drive or Google docs or any other intermediary to send attachments.
       • Submit only one assignment per email.
    3. For Assignments
       • Do NOT put any information at all in the body of the email.
       • If you have a question or concern, send a separate email, see below.
    4. Properly label the filename of any attached file
       • Use Capitalization as per the following example.
       • Start the file name with your Last Name then add the name of the assignment.
       • Check the course schedule or the top of each Level's page for assignment names.
         • SmithMiniResearch1.docx

    Submitting rewrites of assignments

    • Rewrites must be labeled properly
    • I will be renaming your file names when I send them back to you.
      • STAMPED
      • If I add the word STAMPED, it passed.
      • Ex: SmithSTAMPEDMiniResearch1.docx
      • Reviewed
      • If I add the word Reviewed, it needs to be fixed and sent back to me.
      • Ex: SmithReviewedMiniResearch1.docx
    • When sending in rewrites to me, indicate the assignment is a rewrite in the filename.
    • The second word in the file name must indicate if it's a rewrite.
      • SmithRewriteMiniResearch1.docx
    • If you have a second rewrite (or a third, or a fourth) put that number in the document title.
      • SmithRewrite2MiniResearch1.docx
    • Remove any words I added to your file name.

  2. Asking a Question/relaying information via Email

  • Put the class inthe subject line: ENC 1101
  • In the email, the first sentence must say
    1. what class you are in and
    2. exactly what the problem is or what the point of the email is.

  Breaking Email Etiquette

  • I want your emails to me to break typical conventions of emailing. Usually people warm up to a point by being nice or slowly working toward a point.
  • In research, in each paragraph, we state and defend.
  • That's how your question or concerns email should be written: State what the problem is then add to that discussion.
  • However, all email communication with me is considered office hours discussion. Follow all typical decorum for such a context.
  • The EFSC Student Code of Conduct applies to all email communication