ENG [1113 OR 1153]:
ENGLISH
COMPOSITION
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[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
This course provides instruction in college level writing, covering grammatical skills, rhetorical issues,
and cognitive abilities necessary to produce effective academic prose. The primary purpose of first-year
English is to produce writers of competent expository prose by providing an environment, which acts as
an initiation into the academic world.
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
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transformative learning experiences in six core areas: discipline knowledge; leadership; research;
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 analytically about global and
cultural issues and direct writing to divers audiences.
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Problem Solving (Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities)—students analyze complex
texts, produce creative and scholarly papers and presentations, conduct limited and
focused research, and document sources.
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Service Learning and Civic Engagement—in service learning sections, students write about
a significant service learning experience; in other sections, 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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Health and 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 the course, successful students will be able to
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balance claims and evidence within various pieces of writing, develop a complex central
controlling idea (or thesis), and analyze a range of texts and writing subjects
develop a sense of purpose when writing, deliver the significance or “so what?” of a paper to
readers, and aim writing at a various particular audiences
present ideas logically or in the order generally dictated by the genre of writing being
undertaken, organize writing into effective introductions, conclusions, and body paragraphs,
sequence individual sentences effectively within paragraphs, and create smooth transitions
between ideas and paragraphs
write with an engaging voice, use a variety of sentence structures effectively, adjust word choice
for various audiences, and use quotations and paraphrases effectively
document sources properly and avoid plagiarism, and follow the conventions of standard
written English
revise writing by working through multiple drafts of an assignment, be more aware of one’s
individual writing process, proofread and edit one’s own work as well as others’, give and
incorporate feedback into one’s writing
[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
[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
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A, 540-600 points
B, 480-539 points
C, 420-279 points
D, 360-419 points
F, 359 points or less
Put the one you use here.]
CLASS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
ATTENDANCE POLICY
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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
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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
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
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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/