English 201 Syllabus

Item 1057 Summer 2012

Instructor: Suzy Lepeintre

E-mail: slepeint@bellevuecollege.edu

Phone: 425-564-2406

Office location: No Summer Office Hours

ENGL 201 SUM 2012 is a HYBRID course and students are required to access course materials online at http://mybcc.net and complete 60% of the course on their own, outside of class time.

Our course Facebook Page is https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/313786625381293/

Course Information

Course Outcomes

• An objective summary of college-level material which identifies primary and supporting assertions
• An evaluation of different types of evidence (i.e., tone/diction, logical reasoning)
• A synthesis of source material with own writing
• An original and clearly supported thesis
• Proper in-text citations and works-cited page
• A breadth of varied primary sources which demonstrates a familiarity with library research skills

How Outcomes will be met

In this class you will complete a primary research project (an ethnographic interview) and in order to do a good job at that primary research project, you will also complete a significant amount of secondary research.

You will choose somebody to interview who you feel is culturally different from yourself. You will discover what researchers have been saying about your own identity and the identity of the person you plan to interview. The process of designing, researching and carrying out this ethnographic interview will teach you key skills for researching in academic contexts, but also how to research and evaluate sources for other purposes as well.

You will also learn how style guides work and the role of a styleguide when composing a research report.

Grading

		Percentage of Final Grade
Notebook Assignments	12 assignments	36%
Research Paper Assignments	6 assignments	30%
Final Research Paper		34%

Notebook Assignments are due at the beginning of class.

• No notebook assignments maybe be handed in late.
• Notebook assignments are designed to prepare you for a high quality discussion in class with your peers. Your engagement with your peers and your respect for the classroom learning community is part of your notebook grade.
• Arriving to class on time
• Focusing attention on peers and on the activities at hand
• Engaging respectfully with others
• Coming with all parts of a notebook assignment thoughtfully completed.
  
  

Research Paper Assignments are due at the beginning of class.

• Each assignment is a section of the final research paper you will submit at the end of the quarter.
• Annotated Bibliography
• Literature Review
• Methods Section
• Results Section
• Interview Transcript
• Discussion Section
  
  

The Final Research Paper will include revised versions of all of the research paper assignments handed in as well as an introduction, a conclusion and an appropriate references list.

Books and Materials Required

RESEARCHING AND WRITING, MUTH

THEY SAY I SAY GRAFF AND BERKENSTEIN

Classroom Learning Atmosphere

Instructor’s Expectation

Together, on the first day of class, we will establish a set of behavioral norms for our classroom. Those norms will be posted in our course website on MyBC.

Affirmation of Inclusion

Bellevue College is committed to maintaining an environment in which every member of the campus community feels welcome to participate in the life of the college, free from harassment and discrimination.

We value our different backgrounds at Bellevue College, and students, faculty, staff members, and administrators are to treat one another with dignity and respect. http://bellevuecollege.edu/about/goals/inclusion.asp

Student Code

“Cheating, stealing and plagiarizing (using the ideas or words of another as one’s own without crediting the source) and inappropriate/disruptive classroom behavior are violations of the Student Code of Conduct at Bellevue College. Examples of unacceptable behavior include, but are not limited to: talking out of turn, arriving late or leaving early without a valid reason, allowing cell phones/pagers to ring, and inappropriate behavior toward the instructor or classmates. The instructor can refer any violation of the Student Code of Conduct to the Vice President of Student Services for possible probation or suspension from Bellevue College. Specific student rights, responsibilities and appeal procedures are listed in the Student Code of Conduct, available in the office of the Vice President of Student Services.” The Student Code, Policy 2050, in its entirety is located at: http://bellevuecollege.edu/policies/2/2050_Student_Code.asp

nformation about Bellevue College's copyright guidelines can be found at: http://bellevuecollege.edu/lmc/links/copyright.html

A good resource for Plagiarism is the Writing Lab: http://bellevuecollege.edu/writinglab/Plagiarism.html

Important Links

Bellevue College E-mail and access to MyBC

All students registered for classes at Bellevue College are entitled to a network and e-mail account. Your student network account can be used to access your student e-mail, log in to computers in labs and classrooms, connect to the BC wireless network and log in to MyBC. To create your account, go to: https://bellevuecollege.edu/sam .

BC offers a wide variety of computer and learning labs to enhance learning and student success. Find current campus locations for all student labs by visiting the Computing Services website.

Disability Resource Center (DRC)

The Disability Resource Center serves students with a wide array of learning challenges and disabilities. If you are a student who has a disability or learning challenge for which you have documentation or have seen someone for treatment and if you feel you may need accommodations in order to be successful in college, please contact us as soon as possible.

If you are a person who requires assistance in case of an emergency situation, such as a fire, earthquake, etc, please meet with your individual instructors to develop a safety plan within the first week of the quarter.

The DRC office is located in B 132 or you can call our reception desk at 425.564.2498. Deaf students can reach us by video phone at 425-440-2025 or by TTY at 425-564-4110. . . Please visit our website for application information into our program and other helpful links at www.bellevuecollege.edu/drc

Public Safety

The Bellevue College (BC) Public Safety Department’s well trained and courteous non-commissioned staff provides personal safety, security, crime prevention, preliminary investigations, and other services to the campus community, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.  Their phone number is 425.564.2400. The Public Safety website is your one-stop resource for campus emergency preparedness information, campus closure announcements and critical information in the event of an emergency. Public Safety is located in K100 and on the web at: http://bellevuecollege.edu/publicsafety/

Final Exam Schedule

There will be no final exam for English 101.

http://bellevuecollege.edu/classes/exams

Academic Calendar

The Bellevue College Academic Calendar is separated into two calendars. They provide information about holidays, closures and important enrollment dates such as the finals schedule.

• Enrollment Calendar - http://bellevuecollege.edu/enrollment/calendar/deadlines/. On this calendar you will find admissions and registration dates and important dates for withdrawing and receiving tuition refunds.
• College Calendar - http://bellevuecollege.edu/enrollment/calendar/holidays/0910.asp. This calendar gives you the year at a glance and includes college holidays, scheduled closures, quarter end and start dates, and final exam dates.

Course Calendar

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Jun 25	26	27	28 N: Assgn 1	29
Jul 2	3 N: Assgn 2	4 HOLIDAY NO CLASS	5 UW RESEARCH – NO SCHEDULED CLASS	6
9	10 RPA: Annot Bib N: Assgn 3	11	12 RPA: Lit Review N: Assgn 4	13
16	17 RPA: Methods N: Assgn 5	18	19 N: Assgn 6	20
23	24 RPA: Results N: Assgn 7	25	26 N: Assgn 8	27
30	31 RPA: Transcript N: Assgn 9	Aug 1	2 N: Assgn 10	3
6	7 RPA: Discussion N: Assgn 11	8	9 Final Research Paper Due N: Assgn 12

N = Notebook Assignment RPA = Research Paper Assignment