Calumet College of St. Joseph

Instructor: Dr. Barbara Goodman

Office: Room 515

Office Phone: 1-219-473-4272 or 773-721-0202, ext. 272

E-mail: bgoodman@ccsdj.edu

Office Hours: Monday 9:00-12:30

6:00-7:00

Tuesday 9:00-10:30

Wednesday 12:00-4:00

Friday 9:00-10:30

6:00-6:30

Course Time: Tuesday and Friday, 10:30-12:00

English 104 develops and refines skills gained in English 103 with an emphasis on the development of research skills. The forms of English 103 are integrated into longer, cohesive papers on topics in many fields to enable students to communicate effectively and knowledgeably in their own fields of interest. Sixty pages of acceptable, typed papers, related to the rhetorical forms developed in class, will be required of each student. This course must be taken in the students' second semester at the College.

Prerequisites: 103

Schultz Writing from Start to Finish

Hacker, A Writer’s Reference

Woodward, Writing Research Papers: Investigating Sources in Cyberspace

Choose one: Allende, Isabel Of Love and Shadows

Johnson, Charles Middle Passage

O’Brien, Tim The Things They Carried

If an instructor or other Calumet College of St. Joseph personnel find that a student has plagiarized or been involved in another form of academic dishonesty, the instructor or other personnel may elect to bring the matter up for judicial review. The maximum penalty for any form of academic dishonesty is dismissal from the College. The procedures for judicial review are listed under the section of CCSJ handbook that addresses student grievances.

Calumet College of St. Joseph adheres to citation guidelines as prescribed by the particular discipline (i.e., MLA, APA, Chicago Manual of Style or Turabian.). All of these guidelines are available in the Calumet College of St. Joseph library or bookstore. These texts outline how to cite references from a variety of sources, including electronic media.

After the last day for class changes has passed (see College calendar), students may withdraw from a course in which they are registered with permission from the faculty member conducting the course. A written request detailing the reason(s) for the withdrawal must be filed with the Registrar. Written request for withdrawal must be received by the Registrar by the last day of classes prior to the final examination dates specified in the catalogue. Written requests may be mailed to the Registrar or faxed to the College fax number 219-473-4259. Students are to make note of the refund schedule when withdrawing from courses. The request is forwarded to the faculty member, who makes the final determination to accept or deny the request. If the request is honored, the student will receive notification of official withdrawal; if denied, the notification will indicate why the withdrawal is disallowed. Note: Degree Completion Program (DCP) students should consult the DCP Student Handbook for information on DCP withdrawals.

An official withdrawal is recorded as a "W" grade on the student's transcript. Dropping a

course without written permission automatically incurs an "F" grade for the course (see

Refund Schedule).

In accordance to English program policy, any student missing more than nine (9) hours of class will receive an F. These nine hours include both excused and unexcused absences. Please be aware these includes birthdays, sports, illness, etc. in the nine hours.

All assignments must be handed in on time, or if late, with a proper explanation. Late papers will adversely affect the student’s grade. No more than 20 pages of written work will be accepted the last two weeks of class.

Students in this course will:

• Develop their communication shills
• Write sustained, well-developed prose essays
• Develop strong research skills, utilizing the Internet and print resources effectively for academic research
• Write a coherent and well-documented research paper
• Write academically with regard to content and format

Final grades will be based on many things:

1. handing in 60 typed papers of acceptable writing*
2. handing in an acceptable research paper*

*rubrics for acceptable writing and acceptable research papers will be handed out in class/

NOTE: No student will pass this class if he/she does not meet the minimum requirement of 60 pages of acceptable writing.

Letter grades will be assigned according to the student’s fulfilling the requirements listed above.

A: A-: B+: B: B-: C+:

C: C-: D+: D: D-: F:

All papers will be/have

This class is a workshop. This means what goes on in class is extremely important. It is absolutely imperative that you attend all the classes and participate fully in the exercises, as well as doing all the required writing. (Also see section on attendance.)

Unit I How better

Unit II Instance Collection /Model-telling

(readings in Schultz and novel)

Unit II Research through Reading

(readings in Schultz and novel)

(readings in Schultz and novel)

Unit V Library research assignment: novels (readings in Schultz and novel)

Unit VI Synthesizing research: novels

(readings in Schultz and novel)

Unit VII Rewrite

Unit VIII Research packet I

Unit IX Research packet II

Unit X Research Paper

Unit XI Story-within-Story

(readings in Schultz and novel)