Generic Syllabus 1202

Course Name and Number:
Course Description:

Semester and Year:

Dates/Hours of Meetings:

Location:

Professor’s Name:

Office Location and Ext.:

E-Mail Address (homepage link if available):

Course Objectives:

Course Requirements (such as number of essays required — 4 departmental
standard; journal; class participation, etc.):

Grading Factors and Weights (percentages):

Papers

Tests

Quizzes

Attendance

Participation

Journal

Writing Center (should count 5% or have some other specific effect on grade)

Other

Policies:

Make-up Tests

Extra Credit

Late papers, etc.

Attendance: (Please note: departmental policy requires that, since participation is crucial to ENGL 1201, students with more than six absences in Freshman English must fail the course. Note six is the
maximum for classes meeting three times per week; four is the maximum for classes meeting twice a week, and three times is the maximum for classes meeting once a week.)

Cheating/Plagiarism: (Please see departmental policy on plagiarism, attached.)

Poetry-in-the-Round: (link)

Writing Center: (link)

Essay Contest: The English Department holds essay contest for all 1201 students in the fall semester as a way to acknowledge exceptional writing. The chairperson of the contest committee, Dr. Kelly Shea, should be consulted for specific information.