Course Description
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent. Continuing to
practice the rhetorical skills introduced in ENGL 101, students
will develop analytical, interpretive, and information literacy
skills necessary for constructing a well-supported, researched
academic argument. Graded A, B, C/NC.
The
assignments for this course will consist of the following:
- Selected
readings from Andrea Lunsford’s Everything’s an
Argument. 4th edition. New York: Bedford/St.
Martin’s, 2007
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One
short timed essay (750-900 words) to be written online
during a specified time period
-
Two
short argument papers (750-900 words)
-
One
research paper (1400-1500 words, excluding documentation)
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Three
online drafts, one for each argument paper and one for the
research paper
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On-line
participation
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Short
weekly assignments
Important
Information Regarding the Online Version of ENGL 102:
Online
Delivery – This course is delivered completely online through
WebCT. There are no on-campus class meetings. Instead, all
interaction between the students and the instructor take place in
WebCT. All assignments will be submitted through WebCT. You
MUST REGISTER FOR THE
COURSE ON GET AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER COURSE. You then must
“self-register” for the course on WebCT. Self-registration on
WebCT for ENGL 102 is NOT the same thing as registering for the
course on GET. You must do both. You will be
dropped from the on-line class if you self-register through WebCT
without first registering through GET.
Self-registration
on WebCT will take place the first week of spring quarter. As with
traditional courses, you officially register in the course through
GET, but to access the course after GET registration, you must
self-register into WebCT as well. YOU MUST SELF-REGISTER INTO THE
WEBCT COURSE IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE COURSE. Think of this as
"checking into the course" once the quarter begins.
Self-registering on WebCT does not require extra registration
fees.
YOU MUST SELF-REGISTER ON WEBCT ONCE THE SPRING QUARTER BEGINS (March
30, 2009)! Otherwise
you will miss assignments and the class orientation.
Directions
for self-registration into ENGL 102 on WebCT are as follows:
- Make
certain that you have an internet connection and an up-to-date
browser (for example: Netscape, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox,
etc.).
- Go to the
self-registration WebCT website.
- YOU MUST HAVE AN NIS ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO REGISTER AND LOGIN TO WEBCT 6.2.
- Once
you have a WebCT ID, go back to the main WebCT site (listed in
step #2 above) and click on the “Student” button.
- Click
on “Course List” on the left-hand menu.
- Choose
“View by term” and move from “default” to “Spring 2008”.
Then click “Update” button (on the right hand side).
- Scroll
down the window to the section in which you are enrolled (either
31 or 32): ENGL102 S09….
follow directions to self-register.
- Once
you are self-registered, simply click on the “Login” button on
the main WebCT page, fill in your WebCT ID and password, and you
will be presented a link directly to the ENGL 102 site.
If
you have problem with your self-registration, e-mail Askwbct-StudentUser.
A Student
WebCT Workshop is held the first week of each quarter. These
educational and informational workshops help students to
effectively use WebCT. I strongly recommend that you attend
one of these workshops.
Note:
In order to use WebCT, you must allow your browser to accept
cookies. Do so before you log into WebCT. You can block cookies
again after you log out of WebCT.
Note:
In order to open up chapter notes and assignments, partake in
online discussions and engage in online peer editing, you must
allow your browser to accept pop up windows. Again, do so before
you log into WebCT. You can enable your pop up blocker after
completing your WebCT session.
Note:
In order to open the pdf files in which the lecture notes and
assignments are located, you must install Adobe Acrobat Reader on
your computer.
If
you have any questions, e-mail Professor Taufer at ataufer@calstatela.edu.
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