COURSE OUTLINE
0101-151.01
Effective Writing II
Winter 2006
www.uwindsor.ca/users/j/jjackson/main.nsf
Instructor: Jill Singleton-Jackson, Ph.D.
Phone: 253-3000, ext. 4706
Email: jjackson@uwindsor.ca
Teaching assistants:
John Cappucci, Head TA and Assistant to
the Coordinator
Tracy Desjardins, Senior TA
Yolanda Ferrato
Lauren Fowler
Amy Leblang
Office: CHT 209C
Office Hours: M 11:30-12:30/T 10-11
Mailbox – CHS 167
cappuc2@uwindsor.ca
desjarh@uwindsor.ca
yolanda_m_f@hotmail.com
laurenfowler53@hotmail.com
leblank@uwindsor.ca
Objectives: A basic writing course designed as a follow up to Effective Writing I. This course
aims to develop effective writing skills for communicating ideas in academic and other tasks.
Topics will include a cursory review of grammar, writing processes, and conventions of different
prose forms in various scholarly disciplines. The main content of the course is paragraph and
essay writing, research skills, and forms of scholarly citation. This course is an on-line course
with real time midterm and final exams.
Textbooks (required):
Spotlight on Paragraph and Essay Skills
C.A. May
* includes a MyCompLab access card
You MUST have a new access card and code even though you have taken EW I.
The Little, Brown Compact Handbook, 3rd Canadian ed.
J.E. Aaron & M. McArthur
Grading: Your grade in this course will come from your scores on the assigned on-line
assignments, peer review participation, a midterm exam, a final exam, and a final essay.
The midterm and final exams will be taken on campus; they will NOT be available online. Exams will cover materials from the texts and from the on-line exercises and
assessments. Additionally, there may be outside readings that will be included on exams.
The weighting for the course assignments and exams will be as follows:
On-line assignments– 35%
Participation in on-line peer review process – 10%
Final Essay – 15%
Midterm Exam – 20%
Final Exam – 20 %
Conversion of raw score into letter grades:
GRADE
A+
A
AB+
B
BC+
RAW SCORE
93-100
86-92.99
80-85.99
77-79.99
73-76.99
70-72.99
67-69.99
GRADE
C
CD+
D
DF
F-
RAW SCORE
63-66.99
60-62.99
57-59.99
53-56.99
50-52.99
35-49.99
0-34.99
To Contest a Mark: In the event you wish to contest a mark on an exam or assignment,
you will need to outline the reasons you wish to contest (i.e., why your mark should be
changed) in written form -- typed or word-processed. You will need to hand that request
in with the original marked paper to the TA who marked your work or the Head TA.
Challenges to marks will be accepted for 10 days after you have received your mark.
After 10 days, challenges will no longer be entertained.
Course Website: The address for the course website is
www.uwindsor.ca/users/j/jjackson/main.nsf
It is important that you check the website frequently.
READ THIS!!!
Plagiarism and Examination Make-up Policies
1. Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a serious academic offense because it dishonestly and fraudulently uses
someone else’s work as one’s own. Students are to be evaluated on the basis of their own
original work. In the preparation of essays, papers, reports, and any other types of
assignments, students must necessarily rely on the work of others. However, it is
imperative that the source of any ideas, wording, or data obtained from others be
disclosed and properly acknowledged by citations, quotation marks, and bibliographic
references in the proper format. Using the work of others without acknowledgment is
plagiarism. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:
a) Using a passage or passages of any length from published or unpublished work of
others without placing the passage(s) in quotation marks (or using indentation for long
quotation(s)) and acknowledging their source;
b) Submitting work as original when that work also has been or is currently being
submitted for another course, unless prior permission has been given in writing;
c) Copying material, for example, from the Internet, or purchasing material and
submitting it as one’s own;
d) Submitting work completely or largely identical to that of other students, unless group
work and joint submissions are explicitly permitted by the instructor.
In cases of plagiarism, the instructor assigns a grade of 0 (F-) to the work in question.
This will be decided in consultation with the AAU head or designate. If an instructor
determines that plagiarism has occurred, the student shall be informed and the case
reported to the Executive Dean of the Faculty. Disciplinary proceedings may be initiated
pursuant to Senate Bylaw 31, which could result in suspension or expulsion from the
University in cases of repeated plagiarism. Students will not be allowed to re- write or resubmit work to compensate for grades assigned as a result of plagiarism. Students can
appeal a plagiarism grade to the AAU head or designate and/or to the Administrative
Dean of Student and Academic Services, and ultimately to a judicial review panel at the
University.
2. Exam Policy
The Policy of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is not to allow make-ups for
scheduled tests, midterms, or final exams, nor to assign a grade of Incomplete without
acceptable and verifiable medical (or equivalent compassionate) reason. Acceptable
reasons might include hospital stays, serious illness, family emergencies (like serious
accidents or illnesses, death) or similar circumstances. Normally, written documentation
stating specific reasons and dates is required. Arrangements for make-up exams--if
allowed by the instructor--must be made as soon as possible. The instructor establishes
the date and format for make-up exams, which will usually differ from the original exam.
The Human Rights Office
All students, staff and faculty are obligated to interact on the basis of mutual respect. The
University of Windsor is committed to the creation of a campus that is free of harassment
and discrimination. It has a Human Rights Policy whose aim is the prevention of
behaviours that are prohibited by the Ontario Human Rights Code, including sexual
harassment. The University's Human Rights Office provides a place on campus where all
members of the University community are welcome. If you feel as though you have been
treated unfairly, discriminated against or harassed and that the behaviour is related to a
prohibited ground (e.g. colour, disability, ethnic origin, gender, race, religion, sexual
orientation, etc.), you can voice your concern with the Human Rights Office. The staff can
provide you with information and advice. All concerns brought to the Office are kept
confidential unless you choose to file a formal complaint. The Office can be reached at
extension 3400.