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Course Syllabus

ENC 1102, Spring 2013

Writing and RhetoricCollege of Arts and Humanities

ni!ersit" of Central #lorida

Course Syllabus

$nstructor% &eslie Wolcott

'ffice% CNH (Col)ourn* 30+H

Contact% &eslieWolcott-ucfedu

Class .eeting times% .oWe#r 11%30/12%20 or 12%30/1%20

Class .eeting &ocation% A or Classroom 1

'ffice Hours% 10%00/11%30 .W# and )" appointment

I.Welcome!

Welcome to ENC 1102, here e ill continue to rite a)out riting $n addition to the

or that "ou ma" ha!e done in 1101, e ill continue to thin a)out ho scholars tal

a)out and research riting $n 1102, e ill also engage in a long/term, in depthresearch pro4ect that "ou ill select ith guidance from me 5he semester6s or ill

culminate in an e7tensi!e research paper and presentation

II.University Course Catalog Description

#ocus on e7tensi!e research in anal"tical and argumentati!e riting )ased on a !ariet"

of readings from the humanities Emphasis on de!eloping critical thining and di!ersit"

of perspecti!e 5he 8NC9 grading polic" applies to this course

Gordon Rule:All sections of 1101 and 1102 are 8:ordon Rule9 courses and students enrolled in those

courses are re;uired )" #lorida la to produce at least + formal graded riting

assignments 5o satisf" the :ordon Rule re;uirement, students must recei!e a C/ or

)etter in the class


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III.Course Objectives:These are so important that I've made them

purple. Remember these.

5he reading and riting or of this class is designed to help "ou thin a)out se!eralma4or concepts that are important in this class 5hese are%

Stud" riting as situated, moti!ated discourse

Stud" rhetoric as a theor" of riting and a a" of noing and persuading

Stud" the conversationaland noledge/creating nature of researched riting

Stud" ho e read and the con!ersational, contri)uti!e nature of reading

=ractice locating and e!aluating documentar" and human sources

=ractice identif"ing a!aila)le choices in riting and editing and maing the

strongest choice

Consider the a"s that genres emerge from and function in academic and

professional discourse communities

IV.Course Prerequisites

Successful completion of ENC 1101

V.Course Credits

3

VI.equire "e#ts an $aterials

All re;uired te7ts ill )e pro!ided through e)courses >ou ma" ish to ha!e access to

a printer so that "ou can print then annotate "our readings Whether "ou print readings

or not, "ou ill need to ha!e access to them in our class meetings ()ring either printed

copies or a a" to read electronic copies?laptop, ipad, etc*

VII.%asis &or 'inal (rae

Assessment=ercent of #inal:rade

Reading and research @ournal 1000

&iterac" Narrati!e B00


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:enre Anal"sis 1000

Annotated i)liograph" 1B00

&iterature Re!ie =ro4ect proposal 1000

Worshop participation 1000

Conferences B00

#inal =ortfolio and presentation (includes finalresearch pro4ect*

3B00

10000

Grading Scale:

:rading Scale (*

D+/100 A

D0/D3 A/

F/D G

+/

0/3 /

FF/FD CG

F+/F C

F0/F3 C/

0 / D #

No credit NC*

*The NC grade is reserved for the student who completes all work in the course, but does not

meet university standards to pass the course. It is awarded solely at the discretion of your

instructor

Portfolio Grading:

$ use a portfolio grading method, )ecause this class emphasiIes teaching riting as a


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process 5his means "ou ill recei!e feed)ac on "our larger riting assignments, ith

some points that contri)ute to "our final grade 5hen, $ e7pect "ou to re!ise "our ma4or

assignments again )efore including them in "our portfolio at the end of the semester

So, the focus during the semester should )e re!ising ith an e"e toard putting a !er"

good 8final9 draft of each assignment in "our portfolio It is your responsibility to keep all

writing that you do in and out of this class (this means that you must back up your work,and I suggest backing it up in more than one place). 5his portfolio constitutes a large

portion of "our grade for this class

VIII.(rae Dissemination

:raded materials in this course ill )e returned to "ou in person, during class periods:rades ill also )e posted to the grade)oo in e)courses

I).Course Policies: (raes

Grades of "Incomplete"%

$ncompletes ill not )e gi!en in ENC 1101 or 1102

).Course Policies: "ec*nology an $eia

Email% >ou are re;uired )" the uni!ersit" to acti!ate, and regularl" chec "our nights

mail email account $f $ send messages )" email, the" ill )e sent to "our address

-nightsucfedu

Laptop Usage% $n some situations, $ am happ" for "ou to use laptops $n others, $ ill

as "ou to put them aa" #or e7ample, for most orshops $ ill e7pect "ou to or

ith pen and paper When performing research in class, a laptop ould certainl" )e

accepta)le

Late/ issed !or:

:enerall" late or missed or ill not )e accepted unless "ou ha!e notified me )efore

the deadline that it ill )e late, and e ha!e agreed upon an alternate deadline

E7ceptions ma" )e made in the case of documented medical a)sence

)I.Course Policies: +tuent ,#pectations

#isability $ccess% 5he ni!ersit" of Central #lorida is committed to pro!iding

reasona)le accommodations for all persons ith disa)ilities 5his s"lla)us is a!aila)le in

alternate formats upon re;uest Students ith disa)ilities ho need accommodations in

this course must contact the professor at the )eginning of the semester to discuss

needed accommodations No accommodations ill )e pro!ided until the student has


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met ith the professor to re;uest accommodations Students ho need

accommodations must )e registered ith Student ou ma" notmae up in/class or, ;uiIIes or orshops unless "ou ha!e notified me )eforehand

of an emergenc" situation that re;uires "ou to miss

Professionalism Policy

=er uni!ersit" polic" and classroom eti;uetteJ mo)ile phones, i=ods, etc must )e

silenced during all classroom and la) lectures 5hose not heeding this rule ill )e ased

to lea!e the classroomla) immediatel" so as to not disrupt the learning en!ironment

=lease arri!e on time for all class meetings Students ho ha)ituall" distur) the class )"

taling, arri!ing late, etc, and ha!e )een arned ma" suffer a reduction in their final

class grade

$cademic Conduct Policy% We ill tal e7tensi!el" in class a)out hat plagiarism is,

ho it is defined (differentl" )" different cultures*, and hat the implications of

plagiarism are Hoe!er, "ou should no that if "ou turn in or as "our on that is

not "our on, or if "ou fail to attri)ute the or of others in "our papers, that "ou could

)e su)4ected to a grade penalt" according to C#6s :olden Rule Rules of Conduct

See http%goldenrulesdesucfedu for further details

iolations of these rules ill result in a record of the infraction )eing placed in "our file

and recei!ing a Iero on the or in ;uestion A5 A .$N$.. At the instructorKs

discretion, "ou ma" also recei!e a failing grade for the course Confirmation of suchincidents can also result in e7pulsion from the ni!ersit"

Uni%ersity !riting Center%

5he ni!ersit" Writing Center (WC* is a free resource for C# undergraduates and

graduates At the WC, a trained riting consultant ill or indi!iduall" ith "ou on

an"thing "ou6re riting (in or out of class*, at an" point in the riting process from

)rainstorming to editing Appointments are recommended, )ut not re;uired #or more

information or to mae an appointment, !isit the WC e)site at

http%ucucfedu, stop )" the Writing Center, or call +0F2321DF

)II.Important Dates to emember

See the University Academic Calendar

)III +emester +c*eule


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