ENC 1101 - Composition I


Instructor/email:  Ms. K. Sidwell 
sidwellk@spcollege.edu
Course type: Lecture/Lab
Prerequisites:
Course description: Interactive English is designed to develop students' critical thinking and academic writing skills. This course emphasizes the strengths of multi-media technology, peer interaction, and a supportive professor.

From the College Catalog: 
This course emphasizes the development of the multi-paragraph essay and includes practice in the selection, restriction, organization, and development of topics. It also offers the student opportunities to improve sentence structure, diction, and mechanics.

Office location/hours * Phone numbers * Disabilities info * Emergencies 


Class meeting schedule * Textbooks * Other materials * Course objectives * Attendance *
Evaluation methods * Assignments/Tests * Grading scale/policies * Class calendar * Class policies * Other notes * Resources available


Office location: Language Arts (LA) 158, Clearwater Campus
Office hours:

Office hours are posted on the door of LA 158.

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Phone: 791-2576
Disabilities info: From Student and Educational Services 
If you wish to receive special accommodations as a student with a documented disability, please make an appointment with the Learning Specialist on the Clearwater, Tarpon Springs, or St. Petersburg sites. If you have a documented hearing loss, please contact the Program for the Deaf at 791-2628 (V/TDD). If you will need assistance during an emergency classroom evacuation, it is imperative that you speak with your campus Learning Specialist immediately about arrangements for your safety. 
 
Clearwater Linda Giar

AD 122

791-2710
St. Petersburg/ Gibbs Gene Oskamp

 AD 120

341-4316
Tarpon Springs Barbara Thompson

Counseling

712-5789
Seminole Colleen Coyle

SE 112

394-6108

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Emergency procedures:

Fire alarms and extinguishers are located at building exit doors. If the emergency alarm sounds, leave the classroom immediately, taking your personal possessions with you. Leave the building by the nearest exit and stay at least 100 feet away from the building. Do not re-enter the building until the all-clear (three short blasts) sounds.

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Class meeting schedule:

ENC 1101–4180 meets Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 10:10–11:00 a.m. in LA 110.

ENC 1101–4182 meetings Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 12:10–1:00 p.m. in LA 110.

ENC 1101–4184 meets Tuesday/Thursday from 8:10–9:25 a.m. in LA 110.

ENC 1101–4193 meets Tuesday from 7:00–9:40 p.m. in LA 110.

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Textbooks:

Interactive English software license which includes Personal Academic Notebooks.

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Other materials:

Notebook and pens 
Dictionary (recommended) 
ENC 1101 Class Goals
Headphones
A formatted 3-1/2 inch floppy disk (double-sided, double density) and a protective case

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Course goals and objectives:

Students may purchase a copy of ENC 1101 Class Goals from the campus bookstore.

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Attendance policy: Absences start on the first scheduled day on which the class meets. 

A student may be dropped from this course if he/she is absent from the class more than five times for a MWF class, more than four times for a TR class, more than two times for a T class.

If a student misses class, it is the student’s responsibility to call or see the professor before the next class session to receive assignment instructions if the student wishes to receive credit for the assignment. 

Tardiness is disruptive to the learning process. After a student accumulates two tardies, one point for each additional tardy will be deducted for the student’s final point average.

If a student is tardy, it is the student’s responsibility to inform the professor at the end of the class period that he/she was tardy so that the roll may be changed.

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Evaluation process:

Students will receive grades for exams, essays, in-class activities, and homework.

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Grading scale: A student’s total points are converted to percentages based on the following scale. 
100 – 90 = A 
  89 – 80 = B 
  79 – 70 = C 
  69 – 60 = D 
  59 & below = F 
 
Grading policies:

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Class calendar:

Students will receive an updated syllabus every three weeks.

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Class policies:
  • All papers must be typed, double-spaced.
  • With Interactive English a student’s name, class number and section, and the date submitted will be in the upper right corner of all papers.
  • Late papers will be accepted; however, a letter grade will be deducted from the paper's final score for each day the paper is late.
  • Courtesy to your classmates and to your professor is expected at all times.
  • Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Any student who plagiarizes will receive and automatic “F” for the paper in which the student plagiarized.
  • Beepers, cell phones, and other electronic devices can be disruptive to the learning process; therefore, please turn all such devices off during class.
  • Missed essays or peer writing circles and poor or failing grades (D or below) require a conference with the professor.

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Class schedules:

Class schedules will be given to students on the first day of class.

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Last revised on 08-Dec-1999
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