1. General
Information:
Credit-Hours:
3 credit hours
2. Course Description:The
course description is available from the file CATALOG.DOC in
the Campus WEB site. It has three hours of lecture
per week.Analysis of selected readings,
such as essays,
fiction,
poetry or drama and practice in writing compositions with attention given
as needed to grammar and
idiomatic
expressions
3. Pre/Co-requisites: Placement by examination.You
need 570 and above in your entrance exam but you have not qualified by
obtaining a 4 or 5 in the Advanced Placement test to enter the Honors program
4. Textbook;
Conversationsfourth editionJack
Selzer by Pennsylvania State University
Supplies:An
English-English Dictionary Recommended an English/Spanish Dictionary
5. Purpose:This
course fulfills the first six credits of the University requirements of
12 credits in English for those students who enter with a score of 570
or above on the college Board in English and either have not taken the
Advanced Placement test or have scored three or below.
6. Course Goals:After
completing the course, the student should be able to use the steps of the
writing process to write afocused,
organized well supported essay in standard English.More
specifically they should be able to:
a. communicate
an idea using a variety of styles
b.
master the basics of tense, gender and number
c.
expand active vocabulary
d. use a
dictionary to check meaning, form and spelling of a word
e.
read their own writing and revise and edit as appropriate
f.
analyze a reading to determine and evaluate main ideas, supporting details
and tone.
g.
recognize rhetorical strategies such as the modes of development such as
classification,
definition,
process.
h.
participate actively in class discussions
i.
communicate their ideas as clearly as possibly
j.
understand unmodified speech and clarify meaning when necessary
7.
Requirements:
All
students are expected to :
a.complete
all lessons.
b.write
three essays using the writing process on assigned topics
c.participate actively in classroom discussions
d.attend class all the time and on time
e.turn
in all written work on time
8. Laboratory/Field Work:
There
will be time spent on the web in different labs (TBA)
Labs
are considered a major part of the class, and all students are expected
to participate.
Radios,
tape recorders, and other audio or video equipment are not permitted in
the lab or
classroom at any time.
Smoking is not permitted in any area other than
those areas designated for smoking.
9. Department/Campus
Policies:
9a.
Class attendance: Class attendance is compulsory. The University
of Puerto Rico,
Mayaguez
Campus, reserves theright to deal
at any time with individual cases of
non-attendance.
Professors are expected to record the absences of their students.
Frequent
absences affect the final grade, and may even result in total loss of credits.
Arranging
to make up work missed because of legitimate class absence is the responsibility
of the
student
(Bulletin of Information Undergraduate Studies, pp 39 1995-96) .
Please only three unexcused
absences.With
10 unexcused absences you have to drop the course
9b. Absence from examinations: Students
are required to attend all examinations. If a
student
is absent from an examination for a justifiable reason acceptable to the
professor,
he
or she will be given a special examination. Otherwise, he or she will receive
a grade of
zero
of "F" in the examination missed. (Bulletin of Information Undergraduate
Studies,
pp39,1995-96)
9c. Final examinations: Final written examinations
must be given in all courses unless, in the
judgment
of the Dean, the nature of the subject makes it impracticable. Final examination
scheduled
by arrangements must be given during the examination period prescribed
in the
Academic
Calendar, including Saturdays. (see Bulletin of Information Undergraduate
Studies,
pp 39, 1995-96).
9d. Partial withdrawals: A student may withdraw
from individual courses at any time
during
the Academic Calendar. (see Bulletin of Information Undergraduate Studies,
pp 37,
1995-96).
9e. Complete withdrawals: A student may
completely withdraw from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus,
at any time up to the last day of classes. (see Bulletin of
Information
Undergraduate Studies, pp 37, 1995-96).
9f. Disabilities: All the reasonable accommodations
according to the Americans with Disability
Act
(ADA) Law will be coordinated with the Dean of Students and in accordance
with the
particular
needs of the student.
9g.
Ethics: Any academic fraud is subject to the disciplinary sanctions
described in article 14
and
16 of the revised General Student Bylaws of the University of Puerto Rico
contained
in Certification
018-1997-98.The professor will follow
the norms established in articles 1-5 of the Bylaws.
10. Campus Resources (If applicable):General
Library and University Computer Center is
available
to obtain professors reference materials.The
University's Counseling Office has a
tutorial program for students who need extra help.
11. General Topics: General Topics are listening,
speaking, reading and writing in and about
texts
written in unmodified English.Writing
includes writing essays using the writing process
(generating
ideas, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading and producing a final
draft)
12. Grade percentages:60%
(20% each essay)
20%
participation
20% assignments
Till
the moment this syllabus was written up there were not meetings for the
3103 on a
Faculty
level.
The
instructor reserves the right to change parts of it according to the decisions
of these
meetings
since the course is multi-sectional.