English 101 Hybrid Syllabus

ENGLISH 101: Freshman Composition Santa Ana College – Summer 2018 (pdf)

Time: Online & Mandatory Meetings Thursday 6/21, 6/28, 7/5, 7/12, from 8:30am-12:20pm

Room: D-206

CRN: 59491

Section 59491 combines online instruction with 4 mandatory on-campus meeting dates on Thursday 6/21, 6/28, 7/5, 7/12, from 8:30am-12:20pm, SAC D-206. Students are required to log on to Canvas on the first day of classes: http://rsccd.instructure.com. Email instructor first week of class.

Prerequisites: Prerequisite: English 061 or English for Multilingual Students 112 or Adult Basic Education 116 with a minimum grade of C or qualifying profile from English placement process.

Instructor: Mujib Tahir         Tahir_Mujib@sac.edu

COURSE INFORMATION

To access the course on Canvas, use the following url: rsccd.instructure.com. Use your WebAdvisor ID and password to log in. In the Dashboard, click on ENGL101 #59491.

COMMUNICATION

We will communicate in this course by discussion board posts and email. To ensure that you will receive notifications from me, register current email address in “Notifications” on Canvas.

For non-technology, course-related issues, please email me. For emails sent M-F between 8am-4pm, you can generally expect a reply from me within 24 hours. Emails sent during the weekend might not receive a reply until Monday.

ASSIGNMENT DUE DATES

Worksheet assignments, discussion board posts, and essays must be submitted by Friday 11:59 pm (unless otherwise noted).

TEXTS:

Required: Jacobus, Lee A. A World of Ideas. 9th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013. 

Recommended: Graff, Gerald, Cathy Birkenstein. They Say / I Say. 3rd ed. NY: Norton, 2014.

Recommended Website: Purdue Online Writing Lab https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Expository and argumentative essays and the research paper. Special interest sections described in schedule of classes. Students may be referred to the Learning Center.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Students will use the writing process to write, in MLA format, academic essays, including a documented research paper, using appropriately chosen details, organizational strategies, more complex sentence variety, and sufficiently correct grammar, punctuation, effective word choice, and style.

• Students will be able to read critically for literal and implied meaning, identify main ideas, organizational strategies and authors' writing strategies as well as summarize, paraphrase, and analyze written works.

• Students will evaluate and ethically use primary and secondary academic sources to avoid plagiarism and will use the library's resources, including online databases.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

15 Homework & Discussion Assignments .................................. 150 points

12 Reading Responses ..............................................................  140 points

Peer Reviews ...............................................................................  60 points

Essay 1 & 2 ................................................................................. 300 points

Research Paper .......................................................................... 200 points

Final ............................................................................................ 150 points

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Maximum points                                                                          1000 points

ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION

In accordance with the college drop policy, students who do not access the class web site or submit the “first assignments” by the due date may be dropped as a no show. Students who fail to turn in the weekly assignments and or participate in the discussion boards will be considered “absent” and may be dropped from the class for “excessive absence.” Students are responsible to officially drop the class or they will receive a letter grade based on their performance.

No Show Drop: In this course, you must complete all of the following activities by the due dates in the first week of classes or you will be dropped as a “No Show”:

1. Complete the Discussion assignments.

2. Complete the readings and related assignments.

Excessive Absence Drop: If one week of non-participation is observed by the instructor the student will be dropped.

Questions: If you have trouble logging in or need any other assistance with Canvas, please call the Canvas Help number (844) 612-7428. As a secondary means of contact, you may use the Distance Education Student Help and Frequently Asked Questions page (http://sac.edu/disted). If necessary, contact them directly at (714) 564-6725, or A-101.