ENG 0123: READING
AND WRITING FOR
COLLEGE
[CRN]
[BUILDING & ROOM]
[DAYS & TIME]
[SEMESTER & YEAR]
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
[instructor name]
[office phone number]
[office location (building and number)]
[instructor’s UCO email address]
[office hours]
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Reading & Writing for College will prepare students for ENG 1113 (English Composition) by providing
extensive instruction in writing Standard English for academic and professional audiences. This course is
not available for college credit.
PREREQUISITES
None
TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING STATEMENT
Transformative learning is a holistic process that places students at the center of their own active and
reflective learning experiences. All students at the University of Central Oklahoma will have
transformative learning experiences in six core areas: discipline knowledge; leadership; research;
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creative and scholarly activities; service learning and civic engagement; global and cultural
competencies; and health and wellness.
This course supports the following tenets of transformative learning:
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Discipline Knowledge—students explore, discuss, and practice the techniques, conventions,
and processes that produce college-level writing.
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Global and Cultural Competency—students read and write about global and cultural issues
and direct writing to divers audiences.
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Problem Solving (Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities)—students read, write, and
discuss complex texts and produce short essays about college-level subjects.
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Civic Engagement—students learn how the public use of language has the potential to
affect an audience and to effect a change in their communities.
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Wellness—students read about, write about, and discuss those intellectual, emotional, and
spiritual issues that give human existence vitality and meaning.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of Reading and Writing for College, students will be able to
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read, comprehend, and summarize a range of complex texts commonly found in college courses.
cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking in support of inferences made about
texts.
follow a reliable writing process that includes planning, drafting, editing, revising, and
experimenting.
write complete sentences in Standard American English.
reflect on the relations between stylistic and structural aspects of writing including word choice,
sentence order, and paragraph order.
write coherent and cohesive short essays that put into practice the above objectives.
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[Other objectives you want to add]
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TEXTBOOKS
[List required and recommended texts here]
OTHER SUPPLIES OR RESOURCES
[List other supplies, e.g. flash drive, CD-R, spiral notebook, etc. or resources that you require here.]
COURSE OUTLINE, GRADING, AND PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
COURSE OUTLINE
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[This the basic schedule of assignment due dates, readings, quizzes, exams, etc. for the course. If your
outline is long and detailed you may refer students to a separate sheet here.]
DATE AND TIME OF FINAL EXAM
[If you have no final exam, say that here. If you have a final project or portfolio, put the due date and
time for that here.]
NUMBER OF EXAMS AND [POINTS OR PERCENTAGES] FOR EACH EXAM
[If no exams, you may delete this section.]
NAMES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS AND [POINTS OR PERCENTAGES] FOR
EACH ASSIGNMENT
[At least four paper assignments are required for Comp I. List them here. List also any other assignment
that would receive a grade, the points or percentages associated with that assignment, and a
description of what the assignment entails. If you use a portfolio method, describe the portfolio here
and list it’s percentage.]
GRADING SCALE
[This is most commonly either the 100-point scale or the four-point scale used to calculate final grades:
A, 90-100%
B, 80-89%
C, 70-79%
D, 60-69%
F, 59% or less
or
or
or
or
or
A, 540-600 points
B, 480-539 points
C, 420-279 points
D, 360-419 points
F, 359 points or less
or
or
or
or
or
A, 3.57-4.0
B, 2.57-3.56
C, 1.57-2.56
D, 1.01-1.56
F, 1.0 or less
Put the one you use here.]
CLASS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
ATTENDANCE POLICY
The First-Year Composition Program has a standard attendance policy for all courses in the program.
Upon the ninth absence in a MWF section or upon the sixth absence in TR section, the student will fail
the course. Absences due to a university sponsored event or military service will not be counted towards
these totals. [Place any additional restrictions or leniency, e.g. tardiness, other excused absences, here.]
LATE WORK POLICY
[Place your late work policy here.]
PLAGIARISM POLICY
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Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty in which a student presents the words or ideas of
another author in a way that intentionally misleads a reader to believe that the words or ideas
were the student’s. The First-Year Composition Program makes a distinction between source
misuse (errors in documentation) and outright plagiarism. You should avoid both source misuse
and plagiarism, but if you have questions about the distinction, please ask your instructor.
Instructors have numerous options for dealing with confirmed cases of plagiarism, ranging from
asking students to repeat an assignment to failure of the course and other severe university
sanctions. The procedures for dealing with confirmed cases of academic dishonesty are located in
the Student Code of Conduct, sections IV.D. through IV.E.
TURNITIN.COM POLICY
UCO subscribes to the Turnitin.com plagiarism prevention service. Students agree that by taking this
course, all required assignments may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to
Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted assignments will be included as source
documents in the Turnitin.com restricted access reference database for the purpose of detecting
plagiarism of such assignments. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the Terms and Conditions
of Use posted on the Turnitin.com website. Turnitin.com is just one of various plagiarism prevention
tools and methods which may be utilized by your faculty instructor during the terms of the semesters.
The UCO Student Handbook describes the process for contesting allegations of plagiarism.
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
[This is where you will list any policy you have regarding the use of cell phones, laptops, headphones,
etc. during class.]
OTHER UCO POLICIES
STUDENTS REQUESTING SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
The University of Central Oklahoma complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the
American with Disabilities Act of 1990. Students with disabilities who need special accommodations
must make their requests by contacting Disability Support Services, at (405) 974-2516. The DSS Office is
located in the Nigh University Center, Room 309. Students should also notify the instructor of special
accommodation needs by the end of the first week of class.
UCO STUDENT INFORMATION SHEET AND SYLLABUS ATTACHMENT
Please refer to the following URL for more information regarding UCO policies.
http://www.uco.edu/academic-affairs/