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Academic English as a Second Language
Southwest College
ENGL 0347 – Eng Grammar & Composition for Foreign Speakers II
CRN: 81283- Spring 2012
Stafford Campus – Scarcella Science & Technology Bldg., Room W124, 12-2 p.m.| Mon./Wed.
3 hour lecture course and 1 Lab hour / 64 hours/16 weeks
Instructor: Charlotte Boykin McKelvy
Instructor Contact Information: caboykin@sbcglobal.net or
Charlotte.mckelvy@hccs.edu
Office phone: 713-718-7750
Please feel free to contact your instructor concerning any problems that you are experiencing in this
course. You do not need to wait until you have received a poor grade before asking for assistance.
Your performance in this class is very important. Your teacher is available to hear your concerns and
just to discuss course topics. Feel free to see me after class or contact me by email.
Course Description
English 0347 is a composition class that is designed for non-native speakers of English. We work on the
structure of language. We review the elements of a paragraph and learn how to develop essays from
300-500 words. We will learn how to use the computer to word process, access information via the
Internet, and reinforce writing skills through grammar software (when possible). In addition to building
vocabulary, reading, and writing skills, this course prepares students for ENGL 0349 and the writing
assignments for other college-level courses.
Prerequisites
Completion and a passing grade in ENGL 0346 or a minimum score of 63 on the CELSA and
departmental recommendation. However, a final decision will also be based on the first day diagnostic
essay (with the exception of those coming from ENGL 0346).
Course Goals
The primary goals of ENGL 0347 are to prepare non-native English speakers for ENGL 0349
and ENGL 1301, as well as to prepare them for all the writing tasks they will
encounter in their academic studies at HCCS, other institutions of higher learning, and ultimately in the
professional world.
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Course Objectives
The student will be able to:
1. Apply pre-writing strategies such as brainstorming, concept maps, and outlining to create and
organize ideas
2. Develop revision and editing skills
3. Write multiple drafts
4. Design the essay format: margins, indentation, spacing
5. Produce an introduction with a clear thesis statement, clear and limited topic sentences, supporting
body paragraphs, and a conclusion
6. Compose an in-class narrative or process essay
7. Compose an in-class comparison/contrast essay
8. Compose an in-class cause/effect essay
9. Compose an in class argument essay
10. Compose an in-class final exam essay
11. Identify and model the use of present, past, and future
tenses
12. Identify and model the use of prepositions including verbpreposition combinations
13. Identify and model the use of comparatives and superlatives
14. Identify and model the use of coordinators, subordinators,
logical connectors, correlatives
15. Identify and model the use of adjective clauses
16. Identify and model the use of adverb clauses
17. Identify and model the correction of sentence structure: runon, fragment, and comma splice errors
18. Identify and model the correct use of agreement such as parallel
structure, subject-verb, and pronoun-antecedent
Learning objectives
Students will:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Apply the principles of writing as a process
Adopt the essay structure
Differentiate among rhetorical styles
Demonstrate knowledge of advanced grammar usage and structure in sentences.
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Course Calendar
The instructor reserves the right to supplement this syllabus later in the semester with additional
guidelines and to revise due dates to meet the needs of the class.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Classes begin
Last day for drop/add/swap
Official Date of Record
Presidents’ Day holiday
Spring Break
Last day to withdraw
Spring holiday
Instruction ends
Tues., Jan. 17
Wed., Jan. 18
Mon., Jan. 30 (Attendance)
Mon., Feb. 20
Mon., through Sun., Mar. 12-18
Thurs., Mar. 29 (4:30 p.m.)
April 6-8
May 6
Final exams
May 7-13
IMPORTANT PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW:
Some journals and all first draft compositions will be written in class. Expect quizzes on any reading
assignment, writing or grammar lesson.
FIRST: SUBMIT YOUR JOURNALS AND FIRST DRAFT ESSAYS TO TURN-IT-IN. (LATE
SUBMISSIONS OF ESSAYS WILL HAVE 10 POINTS TAKEN OFF FOR EACH LATE DAY.
LATE JOURNALS WILL BE A 0). Unless otherwise indicated in the syllabus, in class, or by email,
journals will be due in class every Wednesday. Unless otherwise indicated in the syllabus, in class, or by
email, reading assignments and vocabulary assignments must by completed by the beginning of class on
Mondays, and students should be prepared for pop quizzes on the reading material, as well as on the
grammar material from My Writing Lab.
Go to a tutor with your first draft of your essay after you have submitted it to Turn-it-in and before
turning in your final typed composition. A signature from the tutor is required. For Ask-on-line,
documentation must be included with your final draft. Any documentation not included with the final
draft will not be given credit (NO EXCEPTIONS!)
All handouts will be sent by email so you must register with HCC email.
All assignments must have the correct MLA heading: (Top Left of Page, SAMPLE BELOW:)
First, Last Name
Instructor: McKelvy
English 0347
Date
Assignment ID (i.e. CW (Classwork), HW (Homework), C1D1 (Essay 1, First Draft), etc.
(Centered): Title of Assignment and Page No. (if applicable)
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Course Calendar for ENGL 0347- Fall 2011
Note: All homework due Mondays and Journals due Wednesdays unless otherwise stated in class,
on your syllabus, or by email.
WEEK/
Reading:
Writing:
Grammar Homework:
Dates
Destinations Destinations
Destinations 2 : Grammar
(D2)
Intro to the AESL program and 0347
Grammar Diagnostic
course; Diagnostic assessment
HW: Read pp. 2-7
Journal #1A: Send me an email introducing
yourself. You should write a minimum of 5
sentences. (Due Monday)
Journal #1B: p. 8, #4 (Due Monday)
WEEK 1
WED.
JAN. 18
WEEK 2.
JAN. 23-
Diagnostic Objective Test (Bring a
scantron).
JAN. 25
Unit One
WEEK 3
JAN 30-
Unit Two
FEB. 1
WEEK 4
FEB. 6FEB. 8
Unit Two
WEEK 5
FEB. 13-
Unit Two
FEB. 15
Paragraph Structure, pp. 14-24
Sentence Structure – Coordinating
Conjunction
Review Writing Process
Summary writing
Journal #2, p. 25, #3
HW: Read pp. 37-39, Answer
Comprehension Check, p. 39
Begin Unit 2: (Narration), Discussion pp.
40-43; Writing sentences with
subordinating conjunctions, pp. 43-50
Writing Essays-Narrative, pp. 51-58
Continue Narrative, pp. 59-62
Write C1D1 Narrative
Journal #3, p. 50 #2
Journal #4, p. 61, #2
Discuss revision strategies and grading
rubric.
C1 Final Narrative Due Wed. Feb. 8
Grammar Test #1- Perfect/Perfect
Continuous Mon. Feb. 13
Writing sentences with transitions, pp. 7886.
HW: Read pp. 105-108, Do comp. check,
p. 108-109
Journal #5, p.111, #3
Perfect & Perfect
Continuous
(D2) pp. 51-64
Perfect & Perfect
Continuous
(D2) pp. 65-76
Past Perfect
(D2) pp. 77-90
Adverb Clauses
(teacher supplements)
www.englishpage.com/gra
mmar/
Passive
(D2) pp. 153-171
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President’s Day Holiday (Feb. 20)
MON.
FEB. 20
WEEK 6
WED.
FEB. 22
Unit Three
WEEK 7
FEB. 27FEB. 29
Unit Four
WEEK 8
MAR. 5MAR. 7
Unit Four
Discuss, pp. 109-111
Writing sentences with connectors showing
reasons, results, or conditions, pp. 111-120
Cause or Effect Essay, pp. 120-127
Cause or Effect, pp. 127-134
Write C2D1- Cause or Effect
Journal #6, p. 120, #1
Grammar Quiz #2- Passive Voice and
Conditionals (Mon. Mar. 5).
C2 Final Draft due Wed. Mar. 7-Cause
and Effect
HW: Read pp. 136-139, Do comp. check,
p.139-141
Discuss pp. 141-143
Writing sentences with relative (adjective
clauses), pp. 144-160
The Opinion Essay, pp. 161-162
Fact vs. opinion, pp. 163-164
Unit Four
Expressing an Opinion, pp. 163-171;
discuss the role of a counter-argument
Write C3D1 (Opinion Essay)
Journal #8, p. 143, #2
WEEK 10
MAR. 26MAR. 28
THUR
MAR 29
Prepositions
(D2) pp. 211-231
Conditionals (D2)
pp. 182-194
Study--Transitions +
punctuation
(teacher supplements)
http://grammar.ccc.commne
t.edu/grammar/transitions.ht
m
Journal #7, p. 126, #2
SPRING BREAK – NO CLASSES
MAR. 12MAR. 18
WEEK 9
MAR. 19MAR. 21
Writing sentences with transitions, pp. 7886.
HW: Read pp. 105-108, Do comp. check,
p. 108-109
Journal #5, p.111, #3
Unit Five
C3 Final Draft due Wed. Apr. 11Opinion
Journal #9, p. 164, #3
Study--Parallel Structure
(teacher supplements)
http://grammar.ccc.commne
t.edu/grammar/parallelism.h
tm
Take QUIZ online for
practice.
Adjective Clauses
(teacher supplements)
www.englishpage.com/gra
mmar/
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW
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WEEK 11
APR. 2APR. 4
Unit Five
Grammar Quiz #3- Adverb & Adjective
Clauses
Writing sentences with connectors of
contrast, pp. 182-189
HW: Read pp. 175-177, Do comp. check,
pp. 177-179
Journal #10, p. 182, #3
SCHOOL CLOSED. SPRING
HOLIDAY.
Noun Clauses
(teacher supplements)
www.englishpage.com/gra
mmar/
Unit Five
Discuss, pp. 180-182 Writing Essays of
Comparison/Contrast, pp. 191-200
Continue comparison/contrast essay, pp.
201-209
Write C4D1 (Comparison/Contrast)
Review Noun Clauses. Go over uses of
gerunds and infinitives.
C4 Final Draft Comparison/Contrast due
Wednesday, Apr. 18.
Final Exam and Quiz 4 Review. Bring all
materials needed for portfolio (due
Monday).
Grammar Quiz #4-Noun Clauses: Wed.
Apr 25
Final Essay on MON., APR. 30. Bring a
blue book AND blue or black pen.
Review for final objective exam.
Final Grammar Exam on WED. MAY 9.
Bring a scantron, No. 2 pencil, eraser.
Noun Clauses
(teacher supplements)
www.englishpage.com/gra
mmar/
THUR.
/FRI..
APR. 6-8
WEEK 12
APR. 9
APR. 11
Unit Six
WEEK 13
APR. 16
APR. 18
Unit Six
WEEK 14
APR. 23
APR. 25
Unit Six
WEEK 15
APR. 30
MAY 2
WEEK 16
Gerunds and Infinitives
(D2) pp. 239-265 (including
Appendices)
Comparatives/
Superlatives/Equatives (D2)
pp. 233-238
Review
Instructional Materials
 Destinations 2: Grammar for Academic Success by Herzfeld-Pipkin (required)
 Destinations 2: Writing for Academic Success by Herzfeld-Pipkin (required)
 Online site to accompany Destinations 2: http://elt.thomson.com/destinations
 An English-English dictionary (The COBUILD Dictionary or the Longman Dictionary of
American English have been ordered by the college bookstore, but you may buy another
American English dictionary). Note: Students will not be permitted the use of any electronic
devices during exams. This includes electronic translation machines.
 Pens (blue or black), highlighters, a pencil, and an eraser
 stapler
 Scantrons (6 for quizzes)
 A 1” ring binder to be used only for this course containing:
Lined, loose-leaf paper (standard size-8.5 by 11 inch, wide line
All previous handouts
All homework assignments
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All graded work
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HCC Policy Statement – ADA: Services to Students with Disabilities
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.)
who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Ability Services Office in Room
C136 West Loop Campus, or call Dr. Becky Hauri (713) 718-7910 to make necessary arrangements at
the beginning of each semester. Your instructor is authorized to provide only the accommodations
requested by the office of Ability Support Services.
HCC Policy Statement: Academic Honesty
A student who is academically dishonest is, by definition, not showing that the coursework has been
learned, and that student is claiming an advantage not available to other students. The instructor is
responsible for measuring each student's individual achievements and also for ensuring that all students
compete on a level playing field. Thus, in our system, the instructor has teaching, grading, and
enforcement roles. You are expected to be familiar with the University's Policy on Academic Honesty,
found in the HCC catalog. What that means is: If you are charged with an offense, pleading ignorance of
the rules will not help you. Students are responsible for conducting themselves with honor and integrity
in fulfilling course requirements. Penalties and/or disciplinary proceedings may be initiated by HCC
System officials against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty. “Scholastic dishonesty”: includes,
but is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.
Cheating on a test includes:
 Copying from another students’ test paper
 Using materials not authorized by the person giving the test
 Collaborating with another student during a test without authorization
 Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or part the
contents of a test that has not been administered
 Bribing another person to obtain a test that is to be administered
Plagiarism means the appropriation of another’s work and the unacknowledged incorporation of that
work in one’s own written work offered for credit.
Collusion means the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work offered
for credit. Possible punishments for academic dishonesty may include a grade of 0 or F in the particular
assignment, failure in the course, and/or recommendation for probation or dismissal from the HCC
System. (See the Student Handbook)
HCC Policy Statement: Class Attendance
Class Attendance - It is important that you come to class! Attending class regularly is the best way to
succeed in this class. Research has shown that the single most important factor in student success is
attendance. Simply put, going to class greatly increases your ability to succeed. You are expected to
attend all lectures and labs regularly. You are responsible for materials covered during your absences.
Class attendance is checked daily. Although it is your responsibility to drop a course for nonattendance,
the instructor has the authority to drop you for excessive absences.
If you are not attending class, you are not learning the information. Because the information that is
discussed in class is important for your career, students may be dropped from a course after
accumulating absences in excess of 12.5% hours (8 hours) of instruction (F-1 students should
particularly take note of this so as not to affect your visa status). The eight hours of class time would
include any total classes missed or for excessive tardiness. Remember: Class attendance equals class
success.
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HCC Course Withdrawal Policy
If you feel that you cannot complete this course, you will need to withdraw from it prior to the final date
of withdrawal (See your course calendar). Before you withdraw from your course, please take the time
to meet with the instructor to discuss why you feel it is necessary to do so. The instructor may be able to
provide you with suggestions that would enable you to complete the course. Your success is very
important. Beginning in fall 2007, the Texas Legislature passed a law limiting first time entering
freshmen to no more than SIX total course withdrawals throughout their educational career in obtaining
a certificate and/or degree.
To help students avoid having to drop/withdraw from any class, HCC has instituted an Early Alert
process by which your professor can “alert” you and HCC counselors that you might fail a class because
of excessive absences and/or poor academic performance. It is your responsibility to visit with your
professor or a counselor to learn about what, if any, HCC interventions might be available to assist you –
online tutoring, child care, financial aid, job placement, etc. – to stay in class and improve your
academic performance.
If you plan on withdrawing from your class, you MUST contact an HCC counselor or your professor
prior to withdrawing (dropping) the class for approval and this must be done PRIOR to the withdrawal
deadline to receive a “W” on your transcript. If you do not withdraw before the deadline, you will
receive an F or an IP (see below) as your final grade.
College Grading System:
Students who have completed English 0347 and show that they are ready for the next level (ENGL
0349) with a final average of 70% or higher will receive a letter grade of A, B, or C. Students who are
not ready for English 0349 may receive a grade of IP. The IP grade is not a good or bad grade; however,
it means "IN PROGRESS" and requires the student to take English 0347 again because the student will
benefit from another semester in 0347 to learn all of the skills that are taught in this course. However, if
a student repeats 0347 after receiving one IP, a letter grade must be given (A, B, C, or F upon
completing the course for the second time).
Repeat Course Fee
The State of Texas encourages students to complete college without having to repeat failed classes. To
increase student success, students who repeat the same course more than twice, are required to pay extra
tuition. The purpose of this extra tuition fee is to encourage students to pass their courses and to
graduate. Effective fall 2006, HCC will charge a higher tuition rate to students registering the third or
subsequent time for a course. If you are considering course withdrawal because you are not earning
passing grades, confer with your instructor/counselor as early as possible about your study habits,
reading and writing homework, test taking skills, attendance, course participation, and opportunities for
tutoring or other assistance that might be available.
Use of Camera and/or Recording Devices
As a student active in the learning community of this course, it is your responsibility to be respectful of
the learning atmosphere in your classroom. To show respect of your fellow students and instructor, you
will turn off your phone and other electronic devices, and will not use these devices in the classroom
unless you receive permission from the instructor.
Use of recording devices, including camera phones and tape recorders, is prohibited in classrooms,
laboratories, faculty offices, and other locations where instruction, tutoring, or testing occurs. Students
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with disabilities who need to use a recording device as a reasonable accommodation should contact the
Office for Students with Disabilities for information regarding reasonable accommodations
Classroom Policies
1) Regular and punctual attendance is mandatory. After 4 absences, you may be dropped. Two tardies
(entering after the class is scheduled to start, leaving early, or leaving during class) count as an absence.
If you are absent, you are still responsible for the class work. Therefore, get the phone number or email
of 2 classmates so that you can find out about the work that you have missed:
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
If you are absent on the day of a composition or test, it is your responsibility to notify me and to make
arrangements for doing the work after an absence.
2) Students are expected to participate in all class discussions and take notes in class
and annotate (mark up) readings.
3) Both textbooks and a ring binder for all class work must be brought to class each day.
4) Please double-space all compositions and write neatly, on one side only, in blue/black pen. When
you type any work, please double space and use a size 12 font, Times New Roman.
5) Written assignments, exercises, and all readings are to be completed before the class meeting for
which they were assigned. Late homework is not accepted. Homework is due before class begins.
Homework is not always collected. Rather it will be checked randomly, and missing assignments will be
counted against the final grade.
6) Anyone caught cheating on a test or composition will immediately be given a “0” on that assignment.
Anyone caught cheating twice will be dropped from the class. Cheating takes many forms. One form is
plagiarism, that is, using another person’s words or ideas without giving them credit. In American
schools, plagiarism is considered dishonest, like stealing or cheating. Plagiarism can be “borrowing” a
friend’s paper or downloading papers from the Internet. We will learn language skills to avoid
plagiarism and develop our understanding of it throughout the semester, but if you think you might be
plagiarizing, stop and don’t do it.
7) You are responsible for all the information on this syllabus. Put it in your notebook and bring it to
class with you. Read it over when you have a question about the course.
8) No cell phones or other electronic devices are to be used in class unless the teacher has incorporated
them into the assignment. If you leave class to answer your cell phone, you will be counted tardy. Turn
your phone off before class. Students who are in any way disruptive will be asked to leave and marked
absent. Following is a list of behaviors I consider unacceptable for class:
Sleeping or daydreaming during class
Chronic tardiness; be here when class starts!
Reading or working on materials that are extraneous to this class
Doing homework for this class inside the classroom
Walking or wandering around the classroom when not doing group work
Prematurely packing up your books and bags before class has ended
Chatting with your classmates while I am talking or your classmates are asking
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questions
Checking your cell phones or other electronic devices; all cell phones must be turned off.
Course Work
Compositions: Because this is primarily a writing course, the bulk of your grade will be based on your
compositions. You will write a minimum of 5 compositions this semester (including the final essay).
These essays will be written in class. All essays must be about 300-500 words in length, and the Opinion
essay must be 500 words. You will keep all of your drafts and comp. assignment sheets in your binder.
The final draft will be typed and must be submitted with the first draft(s) in order to receive a grade for
the composition.
Quizzes: The instructor will periodically test you on grammar we have studied in class to
measure how well you understand the material, but grammar tests are not a large percentage of your
final grade. The grammar is taught to support your writing.
NOTE: If you are absent when we have a quiz, there is no make-up quiz. However, at the end of
the semester, the lowest quiz grade for every student will be dropped. In other words, if you miss a quiz,
you will get a “0” grade, but it will not count toward your final grade.
Homework: Homework consists of grammar and writing assignments, reading of texts, some
online research, and comprehension and vocabulary exercises. You will receive a completion grade
rather than a letter or number grade for homework. You always have homework for this class. The
HW assignments that are on the calendar should be done over the weekend. The assignments in the D2
column should be done daily. An average homework load in ENGL 0347 is 1-2 hours for every hour in
class. If you are taking too many classes or working long hours, you will not have time to complete the
homework. Please do not remain in this class if you do not have time to complete the work, for it will
result in a failing grade.
The course calendar lists all of the reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary exercises and that will be done
for homework. While doing all the homework and attending class is not a complete guarantee of success, it is
certainly true that not doing it is a guarantee of failure.
In-Class Essays
Students write four in-class essays during the semester, plus the final exam essay. They must be written on
loose-leaf lined paper, on every other line (double-spaced). If handwritten, blue or black pen must be used.
When you write, do so legibly because if I cannot read your writing, that will be counted as an error. While the
in-class essay is graded, no grades are recorded until you have typed the in-class essay and corrected your
errors. In other words, your grade is a zero for the in-class essay until a second draft is done. If you do not
return it typed and corrected, you will receive a zero as a grade for that in-class essay.
Evaluation of Written Work
Grades for written work will take into account: content, logical sequencing, use of transitions, topic sentences
and support, range and sophistication of vocabulary, complexity of sentences, grammar, spelling, and
punctuation and length. Grammar errors result in the loss of points. More points are taken off for other problems
such as the lack of a thesis statement, problems with topics sentences, or problems with content and length.
Your instructor is required to use a departmental “rubric” to evaluate your essays, but he/she may use other
criteria for different kinds of writing assignments.
The Final Exams
The final exam consists of two parts: a comprehensive multiple-choice grammar section based on the
grammar in the textbook and the grammar book, AND an essay that is similar to one of the compositions
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that is written during the semester. The essay exam will be given on the last day of class, and the
grammar exam on the final exam day. See your course calendar for the time and date of the final exam.
You will need a green Scantron for the grammar exam. A student who fails both the essay and grammar
final will have to repeat ENGL 0347. If a student has a passing average for the course but fails both
parts of the final exam, the instructor will meet and review that student’s work with the Assistant Chair
for Academic ESL to determine if that student needs to repeat this class.
Grading
Your instructor will conduct grammar and vocabulary quizzes, and essay exams which you can use to
determine how successful you are at achieving the course learning outcomes (mastery of course content
and skills) outlined in the syllabus. If you find you are not mastering the material and skills, you are
encouraged to reflect on how you study and prepare for each class. Your instructor welcomes a dialogue
on what you discover and may be able to assist you in finding resources on campus that will improve
your performance.
Grading Scale
90 - 100 = A
80 - 89 = B
70 - 79 = C
69 and below = IP or F
Grading Percentages
Compositions 1,2
10%
Compositions 3,4
30%
Quizzes
10%
Homework
10%
Journals
10%
Final Essay
20%
Final Grammar Exam 10%
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HCC Policies and Procedures—Syllabus Addendum Spring 2012
IMPORTANT NOTICE: EGLS3 -- Evaluation for Greater Learning Student Survey System
At Houston Community College, professors believe that thoughtful student feedback is necessary to improve
teaching and learning. During a designated time, you will be asked to answer a short online survey of researchbased questions related to instruction. The anonymous results of the survey will be made available to your
professors and division chairs for continual improvement of instruction. Look for the survey as part of the
Houston Community College Student System online near the end of the term. This survey will replace the paper
forms that students used in the past to evaluate teachers and classes.
Developmental Courses and ENGL 1301: Students taking developmental English and reading courses to meet
state and institutional requirements must complete GUST 0342 and ENGL 0310 (or ENGL 0349 for non-native
speakers) before taking ENGL 1301.
Grades – IP & W: Students taking developmental courses may only receive an In Progress or IP grade one time
for each course. The instructor’s official class roll indicates with an asterisk next to the student’s name when a
student is repeating a course. The student must receive a letter grade after the second attempt (A, B, C, or F). F-1
students are subject to the same attendance and grading policies as all other students. F-1 students will be
dropped for excessive absences and receive W.
Grade Reports: HCCS does not mail out grade reports. Students will get their grades online at the following
Internet address (www.hccs.edu). Students who require a paper or hard copy of their grades must obtain an
unofficial transcript from the Records and Admissions Office of their campus/college.
Attendance Policy: Although it is the responsibility of the student to drop a course for non-attendance, the
instructor has full authority to drop a student for excessive absences of more than 12.5% of the hours of
instruction (including lecture and laboratory time). Texas State Law requires students to complete 87.5% of hours
of instruction in order to receive a grade. If students drop/are dropped from developmental studies while they are
taking college-level courses, they will also be dropped from those college-level courses.
American Disabilities Act and ADA Compliance: HCCS is compliant with the ADA and Sec. 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. “Any student with a documented disability (e. g. physical, learning, psychiatric,
vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Service
Office at the respective college at the beginning of each semester. Faculty are authorized to provide only the
accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office.” The Disability Services Office number
for Southwest College is 713-718-7910. Dr. Becky Hauri is the ADA contact counselor.
Sexual Harassment: It is a violation of HCCS policy for an employee, agent, or student of the college to engage
in sexual harassment as defined in the EEOC guidelines (EEO/AA Compliance Handbook 47).
Tuition Payment: Students who use the installment plan or receive financial aid are responsible for making sure
all of their fees are paid. Students will be dropped for non-payment of tuition. The cost for reinstatement is $75.
On-Line Tutoring: HCCS now offers access to English tutors on-line. All HCCS students can take advantage of
this service by logging on to www.askonline.net and by using their e-mail account. Papers for
most HCC classes can be submitted for advice with a short turnaround time. See the askonline.net homepage.
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