EN 150: Introduction to Literature Course Syllabus- Online 2012 Instructor: Email: David Hansen hansend@baycollege.edu Phone: (906) 458-4184

TEXTS:

Literature to Go: Michael Meyer. Bedford/St. Martin's Press Wee Free Men : Terry Pratchett (No specific edition/ MUST be complete and unabridged)

CLASS MEETING DAYS AND TIMES: You will be expected to log in Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week. You will find the week’s work ready for you. ALL POSTINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE DUE NO LATER THEN NOON OF THE NEXT CLASS PERIOD! Since much of your work is based on responding to the ideas of others this is to ensure you have the chance to finish up as quickly as possible. For full details please see the handouts: Discussion Board Requirements, Blog Requirements and Weekly Responses Requirements. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This class is an introductory survey of literature with the purpose of exposing students to a wide variety of short stories, poems, plays and a novel. Students will learn the tools to help them more deeply enjoy their reading experiences by looking at character studies, imagery, metaphors, allusions, symbolism and other fancy terms. In other words, we're going to read some fun stories. COURSE OBJECTIVES: By the end of this course, students will: • become familiar with a wide variety of works of literature; • to able to read with confidence; • expand their vocabulary; • be able to interpret literary works on a deeper level; • to be able to express their ideas and opinions on the works they read; and • will be able to able to make real world connections between what they read in class and what is important to them.. LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate: • the ability to more deeply understand the conventions of writing • the ability to discern important information from texts • the confidence to voice their opinions based on textual evidence • an understanding of how literature enriches a person's life • the ability to appreciate well written works OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: Grades are based on class participation, weekly postings, and written responses.

MAKE-UP WORK: Make-up work is allowed for documented absences only. Late work will be given a 10% penalty. After one week, work can no longer be submitted. SITE REQUIREMENTS: Students must have access to Bay’s Blackboard System. This will be where I post the weekly assignments and where you will post your weekly thoughts as well as responding to your fellow student’s postings. To access the site go to: https://mybay.baycollege.edu. Input your student id as well as your password. Once you have done that, down on the left hand side you will find, Blackboard. Click on the link and it will bring you to the main site. Click on your class listing and you will be in.

FOR YOUR PAPERS: Papers should be written in a Word Document format using Times New Roman typeface. All writing should be no more than double-spaced, except for the following heading, which should be single-spaced: At the top of your first page (right justified) utilizing the first four lines, write (1) your name; (2) the date; (3) your class name and section number (En 101/xx); and (4) the assignment name and/or number (Paper 3, for example). The top and bottom margins should be one inch; the left and right margins should be one and a quarter inch.

DOCUMENT NAMESAND SUBMISSIONS: If you need to e-mail a document to me or another student make sure it is clearly named. Have your name, class title, and assignment in the file’s name. Text costs nothing but saving someone looking through dozens of files to find yours is priceless. EX: Hansen David EN 101 First Writing Assignment SAFEGUARDING YOUR WORK: Be sure to back up your files on, no less than, a weekly basis. This can be in the form of saving to a disk, to a portable drive, or possibly even e-mailing your papers to your own e-mail account for access on any computer. It does take up space in your e-mail folder but it is useful to be able to access your files anywhere you can check your account. Computer crashes are not uncommon and will have devastating effects if you do not back up your work as you go along. I will not accept a loss of files/computer crash as an excuse for late assignments. Late penalties will be added. It is your responsibility to get your work in on time. That means completing assignments in enough time to ensure against such occurrences. Since online work is time intensive I and your fellow students do not have the luxury of waiting for you to catch up. BACK UP COMPUTER: In the unfortunate event of a computer crash you will need to be able to continue your class work. BE SURE you have a second source of internet access prepared ahead of time. Crashes, as I have said, are not uncommon and you will need to prepare for this potential failure in technology. If you do not have a secondary computer of your own talk to friends and family and prepare them for the possibility that you may need to borrow

their computer on occasion in order to finish your class work. Also look into the computer lab on campus or the computers available at many local libraries. Just make sure you have a backup plan in place. Computer loss will not be accepted for extensive loss of assignments or on-line discussions. CONTACTING YOUR INSTRUCTOR: I check my e-mail several times a day Monday through Friday and will respond to a question or comment sometime during that day. If an e-mail is sent after 8pm I may not get to it until sometime the following day. I do check my e-mails Saturday and Sunday but only 2-3 times. If you have not received a reply from me after 24 hours resend your email to me. Neither I nor computers are infallible and it never hurts to cover your bases. If you have an emergency that requires an answer before Monday call me at the number above. I may not answer the phone after 10pm. Leave me a message and I will contact you as soon as possible. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: Plagiarism is the use of someone else’s writing or ideas or work as if it were one’s own. It can occur when proper documentation is not used or when a student puts his or her name on another person’s paper (including Internet material) and submits it as original work. Either is dishonest and unacceptable at this college. Plagiarism is a very serious matter and will result in immediate failure of this course. WITHDRAWAL POLICY: A student who withdraws from this class during the last week of the semester will receive a “W” only if he or she has a passing grade at the time. FINANCIAL AID: Federal Student Aid (FSA) funds are awarded to a student under the assumption that the student will attend school for the entire period for which assistance is received. A student who withdraws after beginning attendance, but prior to completing 60% of the semester, will have his or her eligibility for FSA grants or loan funds recalculated. The student may be required to return any unearned funds. WEATHER POLICY: If the campus is closed due to weather conditions it does NOT excuse lateness in assignments or missing scheduled on-line discussions. The nature of the on-line learning environment safeguards a class from falling behind for these reasons. IF; however, the conditions include wide spread power outages in excess of 48 hours I will post further instructions on the message board with further instructions. DO NOT ASSUME it will mean pushing back an assignment; the changes will be dictated on a case by case basis, depending on the nature of the assignment that is due.

GRADES are based on: Discussion Board = 1/3 Total Grade Blog Postings = 1/3 Total Grade Weekly Personal Responses = 1/3 Total Grade

SCALE:

100-93 = A 92-90 = A89-87 = B+ 86-83 = B

82-80 = B79-77 = C+ 76-73 = C 72-70 = C-

69- 0 = F

NOTE: There is no passing grade below a 70%