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Course Syllabus:  Online English 101 Syllabus - PDF File 

Meet Your Instructor:

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Welcome to English 101! My name is Mujib Tahir. I've been teaching for five years and have taught at SAC, GWC, and Cypress. My academic career began as yours, at a community college. I took classes at both GWC and OCC, after which I did my undergrad and graduate studies at CSUF. 

I am committed to helping you succeed in this course. Do not hesitate to contact me if you need any assistance or guidance. 

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.

Textbook Information:  

  1. Required: A World of Ideas. 10th ed. ISBN : 978 - 14576043622.
  2. Recommended: They Say / I Say. 4th ed. ISBN: 978 - 03936316783.
  3. Recommended: The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises. 3rd ed. ISBN: 978 - 0393602647
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 #64639 Online (Fall
2018) .
COMMUNICATION:  We will communicate in this course by discussion board posts and email. To ensure that you receive notifications from me, register a current email address in “Notifications” on Canvas. For non-technology, course-related issues, please email me. For emails sent M-F between 8am-5pm, you can generally expect a reply from me within 24 hours. Emails sent during the weekend may not receive a reply until Monday.
Student Learning Objectives:
  
  • 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 Summary:

Course Summary
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