Department of English, Modern Languages, & Mass Communication

Albany State University

Department of English, Modern Languages, & Mass Communication

ENGL 1102: English Composition II

Course Outline 2017-2018

CLASS INSTRUCTOR / Dr. Jamie D. Barker
EMAIL ADDRESS /
INSTRUCTOR OFFICE PHONE / 229.317.6515 (West Campus)
229-430-4801 (East Campus)
DEPARTMENT OFFICE PHONE / (229) 430-4833
INSTRUCTOR OFFICE LOCATION / West Campus: I 211
East Campus: Fine Arts Building; 320
INSTRUCTOR OFFICE HOURS / West Campus
TR: 9:00-9:30 and 12:30-2:00
East Campus
MW: 1:00-4:00

Disclaimer:

Please note: a great deal of the literature written after the American Civil War uses coarse and profane language. You will come across nearly every profane word and phrase you have ever heard, and maybe some you haven’t. Additionally, a great deal of the themes are adult related, so you will encounter sexually explicit and violent themes and imagery. Some of the issues you may encounter in the reading include, but are not limited to: violence against women, violence against specific races, violence against police officers, violence perpetrated by police officers, rape, incest, torture, murder, war, hate crimes, homophobia, racism, sexism, pedophilia, anti-war sentiments, anti-Christianity sentiments, anti-Semitism, antiestablishment, anti-capitalism, anti-Islamic sentiments, anti-Americanism, and things that just generally may make you feel uncomfortable. That is the nature and partial purpose of the literature. If you do not feel you are ready for this type of literature, you are advised to take another literature class. There are several others on campus.

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Albany State University

Department of English, Modern Languages, & Mass Communication

ENGL 1102: English Composition II

Course Outline 2017-2018

CLASS INSTRUCTOR / Dr. Jamie D. Barker
EMAIL ADDRESS /
INSTRUCTOR OFFICE PHONE / 229.317.6515 (West Campus)
229-430-4801 (East Campus)
DEPARTMENT OFFICE PHONE / (229) 430-4833
INSTRUCTOR OFFICE LOCATION / West Campus: I 211
East Campus: Fine Arts Building; 320
INSTRUCTOR OFFICE HOURS / West Campus
TR: 9:00-9:30 and 12:30-2:00
East Campus
MW: 1:00-4:00

Disclaimer:

Please print and sign your name and include today’s day to indicate that you understand the above statement.

Please print your name:______

Please sign your name:______Today’s date:______

Be sure to read and observe the following procedures:

You are a guest in the instructor's classroom, so be sure to observe the class rules and act accordingly.
Practice manners and civility, and be polite and respectful of your instructor and classmates in all your communication.
Respect your instructor, and be on time in your work submissions.
Being late is a sign of disrespect and unacceptable behavior in the real world. Be five minutes early to class, every class.
Keep your instructor informed of your status.
Address your instructor as Professor or Doctor.
Use correct grammar and punctuation in all your communication ('Dear Professor...' not 'Hey').
Because spoken English and written English are so intrinsically connected, speak standard American English in the professor’s presence at all times in order to aid in our writing.
Accept your instructor's feedback and learn from it.

Late Assignments: all material turned in even one minute late will be considered one day late. For every day late, 10% is taken of the total grade.Nothing will be accepted after 3 days.

Late Quizzes: Cannot be made up

TEXTBOOK(Required)

VanderMey, Randall, et al. The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching. 5th ed. Stamford, CT: Cengage, 2015.

Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide. 2nded or 3rdedAuthor:Tyson, Lois

The Bluest EyeAuthor:Toni Morrison

Their Eyes Were Watching GodAuthor:Zora Neale Hurston

The Piano LessonAuthor:August Wilson

March: Book 1 Author: John Lewis

March: Book 2Author: John Lewis

COURSE DESCRIPTION

ENGL 1102 is a continuation of ENGL 1101(English Composition I). English Composition 1102 emphasizes critical thinking and writing. This course begins with a series of short, increasingly complex writing assignments (500-1000 words) that engage students in the reading, thinking, and writing processes central to academic research: paraphrase, summary, analysis, synthesis, and critique. These assignments lead up to the preparation of the critical essay and the research paper in which students demonstrate the ability to gather and evaluate information and use it for their rhetorical purposes. The aim of the course is the continued development of coherent essay writing. Students will also learn strategies of academic library research, techniques for understanding and evaluating academic sources, alternative methods of taking useful research notes, the logic and forms of documentation, and strategies for planning and developing the research paper. The course includes a mid-term and final, both requiring extemporaneous writing. Individual instructors may vary the sequence of assignments slightly.

Entrance Competencies for English 1102

The Entrance Competencies for ENGL 1102 are the same as the Student Learning Outcomes for ENGL 1101.

Students can read actively and think critically about college-level texts to comprehend, assimilate, evaluate, and synthesize information from multiple sources.
Students can write focused, reading-based or life centered/experiential, well-supported essays that demonstrate effective organization, critical thinking, syntactic maturity, and an understanding of the humanistic tradition.
Students can make significant revisions of drafts, including rethinking positions which are insufficiently supported, rewriting with greater awareness of audience, and proofreading for conformity to accepted conventions of composition.
Students can demonstrate the ability to organize an essay that clearly provides an answer to a question, a solution to a problem, or a position on an issue.
Students can demonstrate the ability to function successfully in a group.
Students can demonstrate the ability to support a position with sound reasoning and relevant evidence.
Students can demonstrate the ability to delay closure about novel, foreign, or threatening concepts in order to promote effective critical thinking.

Student Learning Outcomes for ENGL 1102

The ability to read academic discourse critically and to understand some of the most common ways that academic writers disagree with each other
The ability to locate source material and to evaluate that source material according to its relevance and credibility
The ability to use a number of basic library resources, including key reference materials and databases
The ability to present ideas orally and to engage in critical dialogue with peers
The ability to synthesize disparate points of view and from those sources to develop a coherent, well-supported and original argument

COURSE PROCEDURES

This course is activity-centered with emphasis on thinking, interacting, and responding. Most students in ENGL 1101 have been exposed to writing as a process: prewriting, drafting, and revising. Therefore, the focus in ENGL 1102 is to continue these techniques and to show students how to organize and develop essays on a range of social, political, or literary topics. Students will learn how to develop a well-organized and well-supported critical essay and research paper. In addition to the writing assignments, occasional quizzes and oral presentations will be assigned.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Pass ENGL 1101 with at least a “C” before enrolling in ENGL 1102.
Own course textbook(s) and have access to a college-level dictionary.
Attend class as required by University regulations. Only 2.5 hours* of excused and unexcused absences are allowed in this class. (*This is the equivalent of three class sessions for a class that meets three times per week; two class sessions for a class that meets twice per week; one class session for a class that meets once per week. Fully online classes will have different attendance requirements.)
Prepare reading and writing assignments before class and complete all in-class assignments.
Write a minimum of nine essays including a critical paper and a research paper. The minimum number of essays includes revisions.
Expeditiously make up missed work because of excused absences—generally within one week of the excused absence unless otherwise specified.
Attend individual student-teacher conferences as scheduled by the instructor.
Complete work in the Writing Center (HH—201) if assigned by the instructor.
Achieve a grade of “C” or better in the course.

CLASS ATTENDANCE POLICY

Class attendance at Albany State University is compulsory. Students’ grades are based on daily class participation and performance. Instructors will not administer examinations and quizzes to students who have been absent from class for reasons other than official business of the University, sickness, or emergencies such as death in immediate family, jury duty, court summons, etc. When students are absent for emergency reasons, the number of excused absences permitted should not exceed the number of credit hours awarded for the course except for the most extreme unavoidable emergencies (e.g., death of family members, jury duty, etc.). The instructor will officially certify all excused absences.

CLASS CANCELLATION POLICY

In the event of an unexpected class cancellation, students will be notified in class, via official ASU email, or via the official ASU course web page (Desire2Learn, about alternate assignments. Please check your email and course web page regularly.

INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY: ONLINE CLASSES ONLY

All students are expected to be in class on time for all class meetings. Attendance begins on the first day of class and all students are expected to be present for all scheduled web classes, unless prior arrangements have been made with the instructor. Faculty will post their course syllabi in Desire2Learn (D2L) and are to maintain their gradebooks and class attendance records in D2L.

Online courses are accessed through D2L ( Students will be provided with a User ID and a password. The online course homepage will host a number of facilitated activities for the students, including the syllabus, required activities and assignments, course calendar, and a gradebook to track individual progress. Students are expected to visit the course homepage a minimum of twice per week to check for e-mail, read announcements, download appropriate course material, and post required assignments. Your timely responses to the weekly assignments/discussions will be used to validate your attendance. Failure to respond to assignments on-time weekly will be considered a missed class. See attendance policy above.

MINDTAP: ONLINE REQUIREMENT

All students will be expected to use the online course component, MindTap. Students are expected to access their electronic textbook and other class readings/assignments via MindTap on the Desire 2 Learn (D2L) course management website (see previous paragraph). The cost to access the course materials via MindTap, which includes the e-textbook, is approximately $60 via the Cengage purchase link that will be provided to you by your instructor. This cost covers one year of access, which includes ENGL 1102, so if you purchased access last semester for ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1101-E, you will not have to purchase access this semester. In addition, students will have approximately four weeks of free access (until early September for the Fall semester; until early February for the Spring semester) to the e-textbook and MindTap before they are required to make payment to either the University bookstore or directly via the Cengage website. A limited number of hard copies of the customized course textbook are available for purchase at the University Bookstore. ImportantNote: If your instructor fully utilizes the MindTap online course component, students will not be able to successfully complete the course without purchasing access. Should students experience difficulties accessing MindTap, they may consult their instructor, contact the Writing Center (see below), or call Cengage Technical Support at 800-423-0563.

THE WRITING CENTER

The Albany State University Writing Center located in Holley Hall 201 offers assistance in basic and advanced composition, professional writing, English grammar, and academic research. The Writing Center is free to all students, staff, and faculty at Albany State University. The Writing Center also has the English Composition textbook (The College Writer) on reserve for students. Visit or call the Center at (229) 430-4841 during regular business hours or email n order to set up an appointment.

MLA FORMATTING AND STYLE GUIDELINES

The Modern Language Association updated and revised its style guidelines in 2016. Although paper formatting standards have not really changed, the new MLA Handbook, Eighth Edition, which is available for review in the Writing Center, “offers a new approach to thinking about MLA style, one centered not on a source’s publication format but rather on the elements common to most sources and on the means of flexibly combining those elements to create appropriate documentation for any source” (Modern Language Association 8-9). Students should know that most online citation generators will not reflect the new guidelines; therefore, students should check with their professors to make sure what documentation standards the professors expect in their classes.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

From the Student Code of Conduct:

Academic dishonesty is the intentional misrepresentation of one’s work to deceive for personal gain,when in fact said work is not that person’s or assisting another to do the same. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, andfabrication.SANCTIONS: Probation and a recommended grade of “F’ in the course and/or Universitysuspension for not less than one year.

Plagiarism Checker: This course section may use plagiarism prevention technology. Students may have the option of submitting papers online through a plagiarism prevention service or having the papers submitted by the instructor. The papers may be retained by the service for the sole purpose of checking for plagiarized content in future student submissions.

COMMUNICATION WITH STUDENTS

Your ASU RAMmail account is the university’s official means of electronic communication with students. Students are required to use the ASU website ( and RAMmail for important university’s official information on financial aid, current class schedule, registration holds, account balances, etc. In order to communicate with students by other means as needed, each student is required to provide the University with his/her current telephone number(s) and mailing address via BannerWeb.

DISABILITY POLICY

If you are an individual with a disability who requires accommodations, please discuss this with the instructor during the first week of class (preferably, immediately after the first class period). It is your responsibility to inform Counseling and Student Disability Services (CSDS), in room 2-140 of the Student Center, of your disability; the CSDS Coordinator can be reached at (229) 903-3610. The instructor will, upon receipt of a letter from Counseling and Student Disability Services, make the recommended academic accommodations for you.

SEXUAL HARRASSMENT POLICY

Sexual harassment which is a form of sexual discrimination, may include but is not limited to, unwelcomed sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, non-verbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual harassment may also include communications with sexual overtones; unsolicited, deliberate, or repeated sexual flirtation, advances or propositions; verbal abuse of a sexual nature; display of sexually suggestive pictures or objects; and/or offensive or abusive physical contact of a sexual nature.

Sexual harassment of employees or students in the University System is prohibited and shall subject the offender to dismissal or other sanctions after compliance with procedural due process requirements. Unwelcomed sexual advancements, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when:

Submission to such conduct is made explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s employment or academic standing; or
Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as a basis for employment or academic decisions affecting an individual; or
Such conduct unreasonably interferes with an individual's work or academic performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive working or academic environment.

For a more detailed explanation regarding the Albany State University policy concerning sexual harassment, see the Student Code of Conduct, ASU Sexual Misconduct Policy, or the ASU Policy and Procedure Manual. If you have questions about Title IX or believe that you or another member of the University community has been discriminated against on the basis of sex, please direct your inquiries to the ASU Compliance Officer/Title IX Coordinator, Reese Bldg. Rm. 239;telephone: (229) 430-0578 or email:

EVALUATION

The final assessment of a student’s performance and assignment of grades will be based on the following: