Updated: Jan. 30, 2008

English 2323 Online British Literature II  Syllabus
Collin County Community College
Spring Creek Campus

Dr. Mary Anne Andrade
Office: B-106; phone: 972-881-5823
E-mail: mandrade@ccccd.edu
Internet address: http://iws2.ccccd.edu/andrade 
Office hours: Online during the summer II course.

Requirements for online course:  Windows Media Player

E-mails: Please put your name in front of your e-mail address so I can see who is e-mailing me. Fill in the Re box: "2323 question" or "2323 assignment__?__" If your e-mail contains a question and not an assignment, I will respond within a day or two. Please send questions separately from assignments. Send all assignments as attachments.

You need a permanent email address. I will only reply to the address from which you send an email. No exceptions. Please email me at mandrade@ccccd.edu. Please don't use the cougar web address.

Turning in assignments: send all written work as attachments to mandrade@ccccd.edu
Double space all documents.

Netiquette: Please address your classmates and me in a professional manner. Rudeness and sarcasm are out of place in the online environment.

Please be aware that AOL and the free software Works do not work well in an online course.

Help: Students needing technical help with software, attachments, e-mail should contact the Help Desk at 972-548-6555.

For help with your writing, please use the services of the Writing Centers, either with a one-on-one appointment at any one of the three campuses, or online.

Credit hours: 3

Prerequisite: Composition and Rhetoric II

Note: You may repeat this course only once after receiving a grade, including W. If you drop the course before the census date you will not be penalized in regard to the repeat policy. If you withdraw from the course after the census date, a grade of W will posted to your transcript and count as one attempt toward the repeat policy.

Textbooks: The Norton Anthology of English Literature II, eighth edition, vols. D, E, F. (Recently -- Jan 10 -- a student advised me that the college bookstore is not selling this edition, but don't worry, any older edition of a textbook on English Literature II will be fine. Just take the Weekly Assignments with you when you buy to make sure that the textbook is adequate. If you are very comfortable with the Internet, you can also find the literature online. You might try Project Gutenberg for literature online. Just be sure you print poems so you can refer to them when you are writing or studying for exams.)

Course description: a general survey of major works in British literature from the eighteenth century through the twentieth, and an analysis of these works in their historical, cultural, and social contexts.

Student Learning Outcomes for English 2323 British Literature II. Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to do the following:

1. Recognize and explain various genres from each literary period.

2. Apply knowledge of social, political, cultural, and religious overtones from each literary period to close reading of the texts.

3. Employ correct MLA documentation of primary and secondary sources used in written work.

4. Relate the literature to students’ own experiences.

5. Demonstrate the ability to analyze representative texts and contexts to show in detail their illumination of each other.

6. Develop a working knowledge of British literature.

7. Discuss selections of British literature from an international perspective.

Method of Evaluation:

40%: Response papers: these may be submitted by an attachment (Word) sent via E-mail. I want you to think about the text and answer the prompt (question) before we discuss the material on the Discussion Group. In this way, I hope you will learn to think for yourselves. 1 page.

Response papers are graded for content not form, so you don't need a formal organization. I will not grade off for grammar on these, unless the grammatical errors prevent my understanding of the paper.

Support: for response papers and essays, it's important to remember that you have to back-up every assertion -- every point you make -- with quotations. And the quotations must support the thesis -- or main idea. Choosing the right quotations is important. Not just any quotation will do. Quotations are your proof; otherwise, all you are writing is an opinion. The essays and response papers should be analytical, not plot summary. Please read the samples below.

30% Essays: 1 essay, typed, 4-5 pages long. Correct grammar and formal organization are required. See essay example for organization. Please e-mail the 2 essays in a Word attachment. Each essay must have at least two scholarly sources from college data bases or library books. MLA style with a Works Cited page.

Obtaining secondary sources:

Databases

Tutorial: how to use the college databases

Knight Cite: this site helps you prepare your Works Cited page. Just fill in the blanks and this machine orders correctly the bibliographic information and provides the appropriate punctuation.

Grammar errors

Sample essay with secondary sources

Grading checklist: I use this checklist to grade your essays. If you do not follow the thesis/topic sentence organization you cannot make higher than a C on an essay. Also, if you have too many grammatical errors, you cannot make higher than a C.

Sample response paper

Late essays: Late essays or response papers will not earn a grade higher than a C. I will not accept an essay or response later than two days. When I receive an essay, I will reply to the sender verifying that I have received the essay and that the attachment opens. I will consider a dysfunctional attachment a late paper, so please be sure you know how to make and send an attachment. .

10% participation in Discussion Group: You must sign up for the Discussion Group. Click on the icon "Discussion Group" on any author's or period's page on my website and follow the directions. Once you have joined the class, click on "Conferencing." There I  will post topics and comments and expect you to join in a discussion with the members of your class.  I will also send group emails about changes and assignments through the Nicenet Discussion Group.

10%: Mid-Term Exam

10%: Final Exam

Scholastic Dishonesty:

The College may initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty.

Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts, or omissions related to applications for enrollment or the award of a degree and/or the submission as one's own work material that is not one's own. Scholastic dishonesty may involve, but is not limited to, one or more of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion, use of annotated texts or teacher’s editions, and/or falsifying academic records.

Plagiarism is the use of an author's words or ideas as if they were one's own without giving credit to the source, including, but not limited to, failure to acknowledge a direct quotation.

Cheating is the willful giving or receiving of information in an unauthorized manner during an examination, illicitly obtaining examination questions in advance, copying computer or Internet files, using someone else's work for assignments as if it were one's own, or any other dishonest means of attempting to fulfill the requirements of a course.

Collusion is intentionally aiding or attempting to aid another in an act of scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to providing a paper or project to another student, providing an inappropriate level of assistance; communicating answers to a classmate during an examination; removing tests or answer sheets from a test site, and allowing a classmate to copy answers.

Any student who plagiarizes or cheats will  receive a zero for the assignment.

Final Exam:

Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance: It is the policy of Collin County Community College to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals who are students with disabilities. This College will adhere to all applicable Federal, State and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations as required to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student's responsibility to contact the faculty member and/or the Services for Students with Disabilities at 881-5950 in a timely manner to arrange for appropriate accommodations.

 Religious Holidays: In accordance with Section 61.911 of the Texas Education Code, CCCC will allow a student who is absent from class for the observance of a religious holy day to take an examination or complete an assignment scheduled for that day within a reasonable time. Students are required to file a written request with each professor within the first 15 days of the semester to qualify for an excused absence. A copy of the state rules and procedures regarding holy days and the form for notification of absence from each class under this provision are available from the Registrar's Office.

Name___________________

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Discussion Group_____________________X 10%__________________

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Final Exam_________________________X 10%___________________

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