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Online Comp II
Comp II Syllabus
Dorothy Minor
ENGL 1213, 290, 12971
Writing & Reading
Whether you go to OU, OSU,
U of Tulsa, Harvard, or any
other university, you will
take Comp I and II. Why, you
may ask! The question is valid. Comp I and II lay the
foundation for developing
useful writing skills that will
benefit you in academic, personal, and professional life.
According to “The Six Classes That Will Make Any College Grad Employable” published in Forbes, Bill Conerly
wrote that “economics, statistics, computer programming, communications, financial planning and management” are the courses which
“provide useful knowledge
and techniques, but they also
signal to potential employers
that the student has taken
hard subjects.” I would have
put communications first!
and comprehend those issues.
This Comp II course is a
composition course; we read
literature as a basis of learning critical thinking and
writing skills, both necessary
in the modern world. Annie
M. Paul wrote in a 2013 Time
article that published studies indicate “individuals who
often read fiction .[are]
better able to understand
other people, empathize with
them and view the world
from their perspective.”
Inside this issue:
Textbooks
2
Technical Skills
3
Course Objectives
3
Time Commitment
4
Teaching Techniques
5
Make-up Policy
6
Communications
10
Special points of
interest:
In addition, literature helps
us see the big picture. It
teaches us to ask questions,
to consider relevant issues,
 Professor: Dorothy
Minor
 Email: Dorothy.
minor@tulsacc.edu
Office: A128 Enterprise,
NEC,
Prerequisites & Course Description
Phone: 918.595.7579
Communications Division
The second in a sequence
of two courses. Furthers
analytical reading skills,
academic writing, and techniques of research and documentation. Prerequisite:
ENGL 1113 with a grade of
“C” or better.
Students interested in taking additional English
courses may wish to enroll
in ENGL 2333 (Tech Writing), ENGL 2383 (Advanced
Comp), ENGL 2413 (Intro
to Lit), ENGL 2543 or 2653
(Survey of British Lit I &
II), or ENGL 2773 or 2883
(Survey of American Lit I &
II).
Associate Dean:
Jocelyn Whitney
Email: joceyln.whitney
@tulsacc.edu
Phone: 918.595.7496
General Education Goals
Tulsa Community College graduates value
tive reasoning for creative inquiry, anal-
Social Responsibility - the ability to
cultural diversity, ethical behavior, and
ysis, synthesis, and evaluation of infor-
evaluate one’s own ethics and traditions
the unique role of public education in
mation, both abstract and concrete.
in relation to others and to embrace the
sustaining a free society. The following
Empirical Skills - problem solving and
diversity of human experience while
general education goals function independently and in concert. TCC graduates
demonstrate:
Communication Skills - effective written, oral, visual, technological, and interpersonal interactions.
Critical Thinking - aesthetic and qualita-
quantitative reasoning in support of scientific and mathematical concepts.
engaging local, regional, and global communities.
Teamwork - the ability to collaborate in
support of shared purposes and goals.
Personal Responsibility - choices and
actions that recognize consequences and
exhibit ethical decision-making.
“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.”
Gustave Flaubert
English Discipline
Goals
Effective Writing: Use appropriate
techniques to communicate ideas
in a unified and coherent manner.
Scholarly research
You will also need a current college dictionary and a thesaurus. Recommended:
Rodale’s The Synonym Finder.
Critical Reading: Analyze and evaluate increasingly complex readings
while considering community and
global contexts.
Informed discussion: Articulate critical responses to a variety of
work.
Textbooks
ISBN-10:
0205718760
Little, Brown Essential Handbook, 8th,
by Jane Aaron
Page 2
ISBN-10:
0073384925
Literature: Craft & Voice, 2nd ed,
By Nicholas Delbanco & Alan Cheuse
Comp II Syllabus
Comp II Course Objectives
Apply the Comp I writing skills
needed to create a five - six
paragraph essay containing an
introduction, a statement of
purpose or thesis, supporting
body points, and a conclusion.
Demonstrate a mid-formal writing
style that applies the principles of Standard English and
uses word choice, tone, and
sentence structure appropriate to college-level writing.
Practice revision techniques that
will provide your writing with
strong verbs and a variety of
transitions and sentence patterns.
Formulate a central idea about a
literary work and support
that idea with evidence from
the work itself.
Apply MLA format to create a
Works Cited page and indicate quoted or paraphrased
Required Software
Microsoft Office, 2007/2010
to all students. See Student Re-
You will need to have an appropriate
sources tab in Blackboard for in-
word processing program for this
structions on downloading Microsoft
class: Microsoft Word 2007 or
Office 2010. Having the appropri-
2010. Microsoft Works and Word-
ate word processing program for
pad will NOT suffice; assignments in
this class is vital because your doc-
those word processing programs will
uments must maintain formatting,
not/cannot be graded. TCC pro-
especially to conform to Modern
vides Microsoft Office 2010 FREE
Language Association (MLA) style.
material from primary and
secondary sources.
Recognize and avoid plagiarism in
any writing.
Apply the basic research techniques needed to locate
sources in campus or local
libraries.
Use word processing to help you
improve your writing.
Create a presentation of your
research or other ideas in a
PowerPoint slideshow or other presentation software.
Presentations come
in many forms. We
will use
If you need
flipsnack.com for
help, call
our presentation,
918.595.
but you should be
2000, the
aware of others
TCC Helpdesk. besides PowerPoint!
Technical Skill Requirements
Students who enroll in this online
searching the Web for sources. Be fa-
Composition II should have basic com- miliar with search engines other than
Google or Bing. See the Ppt on required
puter skills: know how to save files
and send attachments. Students must search engines found in Blackboard.
also have an up-to-date version of
Microsoft Word. See Required Software above.
Projects in Comp II will include
Students should be comfortable with
A Flipsnack book
the following: Using a word processor,
changing fonts, spell check, & indenting;
using email; sending file attachments;
navigating the Internet; downloading
appropriate plugins; and using the required Internet search engines.
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Attendance — Time Commitment — Student Expectations
Attendance (regular participation in
the online classroom) is essential
for maintaining the best learning
environment. Learning occurs in relationship not only between student
and course materials, but, as importantly, peer to peer, professor
to student, and student to professor. Expect to log on to the course
site 3 - 5 times per week.
This three-credit hour course
meets for 16 weeks. Students who
successfully complete the course
report that they spend an average
of 7 to 10 hours per week on the
course. You may spend more or less
time.
NOTE: This Internet class demands that the student be selfmotivated and self-disciplined. You
are responsible for keeping up with
the assignments exams. I will contact you throughout the semester
by email, and Blackboard is available
at all times. If you email me and
do not have a response within
forty-eight hours, follow up the
email with a phone call to my office, 918-595-7579. I answer
email as quickly as possible.
Sometimes email does go astray. In
the email message, include a subject
heading, a salutation, your message,
and your full name. Check your TCC
email regularly. For information on
your TCC email account, see the link
here: http://www.tulsacc.edu/
office365/students
Required Search Engines
For this course, use the search engines listed here along with the TCC
Library databases:
Use the TCC Databases through the TCC Library for reliable research.
Use this link for help with the databases:
http://guides.library.tulsacc.edu/content.php?pid=42762&sid=472961
Instagrok, Infomine, iSeek Education,
Virtual LRC.com, Sweet Search, and/
or Google Scholar (NOT Google alone).
In Start Here, you will find a PowerPoint describing each search engine
listed here, along with the special
features of each. Become familiar
with the search engines and use one
or more of them for this course. I
hope you will find them helpful in other courses. These search engines return better results than Google, Bing,
Yahoo, and other popular search engines.
brainstorm, mind map, or free write on
the topic. Research the topic by searching the Internet and locating effective,
reliable sources. Use the TCC databases
because they will be reliable and even
show you haw to write the citation.
Write your first draft without censoring yourself; just keep writing. Then put
the work aside for at least thirty
minutes. Try reading the draft aloud.
Pay attention to the way the words fit
together. Then begin the revising process in which you determine if you have
varied sentence patterns, effective
word choice, and strong information
from the research. Write about literature in the present tense with strong
verbs in active voice. The Purdue OWL
offers good advice on writing and researching: https://
owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/.
Writing Essays
Writing effective essays entails
thoughtfulness and preparation. For
example, to change the oil in your car,
you gather the supplies before draining
the oil from the car. If you drain the oil
and then discover you have no new oil to
replace the old, you will be in difficulty
if you have already removed the old oil.
Writing an essay involves the same kind
of planning ahead. Think about the topic,
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Comp II Syllabus
Teaching Methods
This course is totally online. Strategies
lines for using the TCC email tutoring are
include the following: reading resources
in the Blackboard site in Start Here. If
linked to the Internet, brief lectures
you have a library card to the Tulsa City-
with assignment instructions; project and
County Library, you can also receive help
process-oriented individual and collabora-
through the library site:
tive projects; use of the discussion
board; use of the Internet; and emails
among students and between individual
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/
homeworkhelp.
students and the professor.
Students have access to writing tutors on
any TCC campus, Smarthinking available
through Blackboard, and via email. Guide-
About Internet Classes
Be realistic about the amount of time
required to do the coursework
Plan to spend 3 to 5 clock hours for
every credit hour
Schedule class time as if you were attending class on-campus
Participate actively in the class
Use e-mail and the discussion boards to
communicate often with your instructor
and other
classmates
Turn in your work ON TIME
Log onto the class at least 3 times a
week (every day is best)
Online is NOT easier!
Do NOT fall behind in your assignments
This online class has deadlines and penalties for late work
ASK for help when you need it!
If you have never
tried mind mapping,
give it a whirl. Find a
free tool at this site:
https://bubbl.us/
Mind Mapping
Mind mapping is useful for developing
ideas for writing and for studying material. Mind mapping is a useful technique
that can help you in note taking, problem
-solving, and essay writing. Mind maps
are useful for brainstorming, summarizing information, note taking, consolidating information, thinking through complex problems, presenting information,
and studying.
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Due Dates
“You don’t actually have to write anything until you’ve thought it out.
This is an enormous relief.” Marie de Nervaud
All assignments with their specific
directions and due dates are listed in the
the file name begins with your last name
class schedule. Assignments are due by
followed by an underscore and the name
11:59 PM on the exact due dates listed
of the file. Note: Harper is my sample
in the schedule.
student; substitute your name and omit
All assignments must be clearly labeled
with the file name indicated for the student to receive credit for the assignment.
Name assignments as indicated to guarantee that you receive proper credit.
Name the files with your last name and
the appropriate name of the file. EX:
Harper_E1. That file is essay 1, and
The final exam may not be made up. It is
due on the date indicated in the calendar
of due dates; no late finals will be accepted. The final exam will not be returned.
Harper. Follow these directions for naming all of the files. If the files are not
named properly, do not have the student’s last name and page number in the
header, and/or the appropriate ID
Block, the file will NOT be graded.
Following directions is an important part
of what you learn in college courses.
Make-up Policy
All work must be submitted within
one week of the due date.
Penalties:
Late assignments will receive an automatic 5% per day late penalty;
after one week, the work WILL
NOT be accepted.
Outlines must be posted in the appro-
priate wiki by the dates listed in
the agenda. Late postings of outlines will not be graded; the essay
will receive a zero.
The final essay is due as indicated and
will not be graded if submitted
late.
Personal computer technical difficulties do not affect due dates.
Have a backup plan and work ahead
of schedule rather than on the
deadline or, worse yet, after.
In extenuating circumstances, you
may submit verification from a source
stipulated by your professor to allow
you to go beyond one week's time.
This verification should be faxed
along with an explanation to Dorothy
Minor at 918/595-7447. Talk with
Minor to make these arrangements.
Mac Users
If you have a Mac computer, add an
extension to your files: Harper_Collier.doc or Harper_Collier.docx. Without the extension, the work CANNOT be graded
which will result in a zero on the assignment. Follow the steps below if
you are not familiar with adding the
extension:
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1: If you can, save the file on your
Mac using Microsoft Word and add
the three-letter file extension:
.docx.
2: If you don't have the same program in Mac, try saving your file in a
common format, such as Rich Text
Format (RTF), which most word processors can read.
3: If the first two options don't work,
buy a conversion program for your PC
to translate Mac file formats.
Comp II Syllabus
Submitting Assignments
Submit essays though Submit Here
in Blackboard. Graded assignments
will be returned through Blackboard.
If you submit an assignment and
need to make a change, email me that
you have submitted your assignment,
and need to make an important
change to the file. You may attach
the corrected file in the email message. Email me within 24 hours of
first submitting the assignment in
order to receive this second chance.
If, because of a College-wide
problem with Blackboard, you are
unable to access the Blackboard
server to turn in your assignment,
please email it to me: Dorothy.minor@tulsacc.edu with an explanation of why you are sending the
file through the email. I will accept
assignments by email only during
emergency situations. In the message, make sure you include a subject
heading in the email and in the email
Changes to Syllabus & Tentative Agenda
See the Calendar of Due Dates for
the specific due dates and assignment
names.
Assignments are due by 11:59 PM on
the date indicated in the agenda unless otherwise specified. The due
dates also appear in the grade book.
Occasionally changes to the syllabus
and/or the tentative agenda are required. Students will receive notice of
Journals & Wikis
Students will respond to some reading
assignments in journals in Blackboard.
Click on the Journal button for complete instructions. Type directly in
the journal box; attached files will not
be graded. Journals are generally
150—200 words long. Journal contain
spell check and word count.
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itself a salutation, your full name and
the name of the course you are taking.
If your personal computer crashes
or is otherwise unavailable, you
must still submit work on time.
Have a backup plan. Use a TCC
computer lab, for example. Public
libraries also have computers for
patrons to use.
Have a backup plan
in case of personal
computer failure.
any changes via email and/or on the
Blackboard announcement page.
Note: YOU are the editor in this case!
Post and revise essay outlines in the
appropriate wiki for all essays. To
earn credit for an essay, post and
revise the outline by the date indicated for each essay. I provide feedback
to help with the essay writing. Click on
the Wiki button for complete information. Failure to post and revise the
outline will result in a zero on the as-
signment. Late outlines will receive a
zero also resulting in a zero on the
essay. Type directly in the wiki box;
attached files will not be graded. You
will receive valuable feedback.
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Tutoring
The following services are available at
the designated locations on the TCC
college campuses to assist the student in this course:
TCC Help-Desk: 918.595.2000
Some campus writing centers require
you to make an appointment, but you
do not need to make an appointment
at the FACET Center at Northeast
Campus.
Distance Learning
Phone Number: 918.595.7282
Tutoring is available online through
Smarthinking; see Blackboard
Toll Free: 1.888.822.2973
Tutoring by email is available
through the FACET Center at NEC.,
guidelines in Start Here in Blackboard.
Tutoring is available at all TCC writing
centers, located on each campus.
Tulsa City-County Library provides
online tutoring.
“If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time
(or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” Stephen King
Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism is claiming, indicating, or
implying that the ideas, sentences, or
words of another writer are your own;
it includes having another writer do
work claimed to be your own, copying
the work of another and presenting it
as your own, or following the work of
another as a guide to ideas and expressions that are then presented as
your own. The student should review
the relevant sections of the TCC Stu-
dent Code of Conduct Policy Handbook. Plagiarism will not be tolerated
and may result in dismissal from the
course.
Harris, Robert A. The Plagiarism
Penalties for Plagiarism: Suspected
plagiarism in this course will result in
grade reduction on the assignment.
Proven Plagiarism will result in failure on that assignment.
Handbook. Los Angeles: Pyrczak Publishing, 2001. Print.
Withdrawal Policy
The deadline to withdraw from a
course shall not exceed 3/4 the duration of any class. Check the TCC Academic Calendar for the deadline. Begin
the process with a discussion with the
your professor. Contact the Advisement Office at any TCC campus to
initiate withdrawal from a course ('W'
grade) or to change from Credit to
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Audit. Withdrawal and/or change to
an audit from a course after the
drop/add period can alter the financial aid award for the current and
future semesters. Students may
receive an outstanding bill from TCC
if the recalculation leaves a balance
due to TCC. Students who stop participating in the course and fail to
withdraw may receive a course grade
of “F,” which may have financial aid
consequences for the student.
The student who neither attends nor
drops the class will receive an F grade
that is calculated into the final GPA. .
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Participating in an Online Class
The student who neither participates
ticipated in discussion, been in touch
nor drops the class will receive an F
with the instructor by email, and/or
grade that is calculated into the final
submitted assignments.
GPA. Students in online courses who
remain inactive for two weeks (one
week in the eight-week course) may
be administratively withdrawn (AW)
from the course. Receiving an AW
may permanently affect financial
aid for the rest of your life.
Inac-
tivity means the student has not par-
ADA Policy
DISABILITY RESOURCES: It is the
policy and practice of Tulsa Community College to create inclusive learning
environments. Accommodations for
qualifying students in compliance with
the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act are available. To request accommodations, contact the
Education Access Center (EAC) at
FERPA Policy
FERPA POLICY: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA), a Federal law designated
to protect the privacy of a student’s
education records and academic
work, applies to all schools, including TCC, that receive funds under an
applicable program of the U.S. De-
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eac@tulsacc.edu or call (918) 5957115 (Voice). Deaf and hard of hearing
students may text (918) 809-1864.
announcement page.
Please make sure you and your
family are aware that I will not
discuss or share information
about your progress in this
class with anyone but you. Do
not give your password for
your TCC e-mail or Blackboard
to anyone.
partment of Education. This law
protects your right as a student by
stipulating that instructors will not
share information about your
grades, your progress in the class,
or any materials you submit in their
courses with anyone other than
you.
Students may sign a waiver of their
FERPA rights through the Admissions/Enrollment Services or the
Dean of Student Services. This
waiver authorizes the release of
academic records to the individuals
identified by the student (e.g., parents) but does not compel faculty
to discuss grades or other academic
issues with anyone other than the
student, including parents.
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Tulsa Community
College
NEC
3727 E. Apache
Phone: 918.595.7579
Fax: 918.595.7447
E-mail:
dorothy.minor@tulsacc.edu
Learning is free, but you
must bring your own
container.
Netiquette: http://www.albion.com/net
iquette/
corerules.html) . In a classroom envir
onment, adhere to
high standards of behavior.
Do not say things in an email or post
that you would not say
face-to-face.
Proofread!
Be polite, concise, and remember that
all-caps
(no yelling!).
www.Tulsacc.edu
signify yelling
Always provide a descriptive subjectline in emails.
If you are replying to an email message,
make sure
original message is visible.
that the
TCC
Communications
Please use your TCC email in communicating with me. Typically your email
address is firstname.lastname@tulsacc.edu.
Consider email in the same way you
treat a business memorandum. Use
correct spelling, grammar, usage,
and sentence structure. Communicate clearly and concisely, using appropriate word choices and tone. In
low the same guidelines. Never
write anything in any email that
you would not be willing to have
circulated among a number of other people. Email is not private, and
employees have been fired for inappropriate email messages.
Simon and Schuster Handbook for
Writers, Lynn Troyka and Doug Hesse indicate, “Tone is more than what
you say; tone is how you say it” (15).
Include your class identification in
the subject line. Begin the email
with a greeting, type your message
in complete sentences, using proper
punctuation, capitalization, and correct grammar. End the email with
your name, first and last.
Maintain or enhance your professional credibility with the image you
present in your writing.
I try to respond without 24 hours;
if you do not receive a response,
please email me again or call me at
Email to your instructor should fol-
918.595.7579 on the chance the
email has gone astray.