Course Syllabus
(English 280): Advanced English Composition
Session 3 May 8 - June 22nd
Tuesday and Thursday 4:00-7:00
Location:
Montecito M
Instructor: Paul Michael Rogers
Message Phone: 805-729-6427
Home Phone-emergencies only please: 805-961-9205
The best way to contact me is via email: paul.rogers@brooks.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
or the hour before class on Thursdays
Required Textbooks:
A Pocket Style Manual (4th ed.), Diana Hacker, ISBN: 0-312-40284-2
(Boston, Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004)
(Note: Any similar style manual may be substituted)
All textbooks can be purchased from the Brooks Campus Bookstore located at the Jefferson and Ventura campuses. Copies are also available in the libraries at both campuses.
Recommended Materials
Collegiate Level Dictionary such as The American Heritage College Dictionary
or definition: at the Google prompt
Course Description: The Brooks Institute of Photography 2005 Catalog describes (ENG280) Advanced English Composition as a “college level writing class in which students can develop reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, and are expected to enhance the skill base established in English 184. They can learn to synthesize material from various sources and utilize research strategies. Students are required to write six or seven papers in various forms and to analyze essays, short stories, reviews, and novels.”
Course Objectives
By the end of this term you should be on your way to understanding and mastering:
- The main features of writing in your field
- The main uses of writing in your fields
- The expectations of readers in your fields
- To build final results in stages
- To review work-in-progress in collaborative peer groups for purposes other than editing
- To save extensive editing for later parts of the writing process
- To apply the technologies commonly used to research and communicate within your fields
- The uses of writing as a critical thinking method
- The interactions among critical thinking, critical reading, and writing
- The relationships among language, knowledge, and power in your field
- The conventions of usage, specialized vocabulary, format, and documentation in your field
- Strategies through which better control of conventions can be achieved
Grading
Your active participation is necessary for a successful course. Therefore, class is limited to allow for close interaction and participation. Your involvement as an active participant is mandatory. Participating means attending, bringing all required materials and assignments to class, and engaging actively in all class activities.
Absences and Punctuality
- We will begin class from time to time with a short “quick-write” associated with the unit portfolio we are working on. So please come to class on time, with your cell phone turned off, as there will be no opportunity to make up these in class writing opportunities. Per Brooks’ policy, three unexcused absences will result in Academic Affairs automatically dropping a student from a class and assigning an F grade. Unexcused absences include, but are not limited to, studio time, lab time, shooting a film or photograph, class field trip, conflict with another class, conflict with work schedule. Unexcused absences do not allow for make-up of work missed. Excused absences must be verified by a legitimate source such as a doctor’s note.
Academic Freedom
- As a student at Brooks, you have the right to expect a quality education which is free from prejudice, inaccuracy, and misleading or irrelevant course material. At no point will you be examined on the personal beliefs or opinions of the instructor. Furthermore, your grade will reflect your efforts and accomplishments as a student and a scholar, not your beliefs, heritage, gender identification, or any other similar consideration.
Special Needs
- If you have a documented disability and would like to discuss accommodations, please speak to me during the first week of classes.
Academic Integrity
- Brooks Institute of Photography abides by the rules of academic integrity. Plagiarism, cheating, or falsification of any work will not be tolerated. Violations of the Student Code of Conduct, which can be found online at the Brooks Portal, are grounds for dismissal from the school, as well as for failure of the course. You are responsible for the content and integrity of all of your work in this class. Plagiarism is defined as the act of using the ideas or work of another person or persons as if they were one’s own, without giving proper credit to the sources. This includes, but is not limited to, failure to use quotation marks when quoting from an outside source, submitting a paper written by a friend or purchased from a term paper service, or retyping another student’s paper and submitting it as ones own. Copying words is the same as copying photos, film, and other artwork. All are intellectual property
Late Work
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I do not accept late work. However, if you communicate with me 48 hours in advance of a due date I may be able to negotiate an alternative due date with you. Note: Missing class does not constitute notifying me of your need for an extension.
- You may wish to meet with the Academic Tutor Dawn DeCicco for assistance.
Phone 805-690-7620
Email dawn.decicco@brooks.edu
Writing Requirements and Major Activities
All out of class writing assignments will conform to the following requirements:
- Typed, using 12 point font (Arial, Times, or Times New Roman) and double spaced.
- Titled and otherwise formatted to meet MLA or APA guidelines
- Edited to meet the expectations of collegiate work
Writing portfolios will be the major work of the class. Details of each portfolio will be handed out at the beginning of each unit. In general, each portfolio will contain a final paper, rough drafts, peer reviews, and reflection. Notes, assignments, and in-class writing may also be required depending on the unit. This means keeping all work done in and out of class so that it may be included in your portfolio. This will be hard work. However, if you come to class, follow the unit outlines, and engage yourself with the readings and your own writing process, I am confident that not only will you do well in this class, but by the end of this session you will be poised to succeed in your future college writing activities. |
