Course Description:

This course is designed to give students the basis for writing a well organized, cohesive paragraph with grammatically correct sentences. The emphasis is on writing as a process and applying basic mechanical skills.

Course Objectives:

1. Learn to compose a paragraph that has a clearly stated topic sentence with adequate development and appropriate organization.

2. Learn to use the writing process to explore ideas, to evaluate ideas, and to revise so ideas are effectively conveyed to the audience.

3. Use appropriate coordination and subordination to relate ideas.

4. Identify and correct sentence structure problems: fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences.

5. Identify and correct subject and verb agreement problems.

6. Identify and correct pronoun case and pronoun agreement and reference problems.

7. Use appropriate verb tenses.

8. Use appropriate punctuation.

9. Use appropriate spelling.

 

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Course topics include, but are not limited to, the writing process, paragraph structure, topic sentence, organizational patterns, sentence parts, coordination & subordination, agreement, punctuation, and spelling.

Students should be familiar with Microsoft Word and submitting documents electronically and using the internet.

 The textbook is online; the address is http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/sensen

 The textbook is linked to another Web site. You will be reviewing materials from this 

 Web site also. The address is http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar

A list of other published material the student is required to purchase for the course including lab manuals, lab kits, etc.

The minimum requirements can be found at http://www.rodp.org/students/hardware_software.htm.

The minimum requirements can be found at http://www.rodp.org/students/hardware_software.htm. 

Please see the separate page inside the course to find instructor contact information as well as a statement of virtual office hours and other communication information.

The primary source of the grade will be determined by the quality of the writing assignments. Students will take final grammar tests online and e-mail the results to the instructor. Students will take practice grammar tests online that are self graded so they can check their understanding of a grammar concept before taking final grammar tests. 

Writing assignments         50%

Discussion group/Journal   30%

Grammar Tests                10%

Final Exam                      10%

A  100-90
B    89-80
C    79-70

E    69 & below

F    Lack of attendance/submission of work
The grading scale should emphasize assignments, projects, and student participation in the learning community as well as timed quizzes and periodic examinations.

Class Participation:

Students must participate in all interactive aspects of the course. Students must communicate with the instructor as a learning resource, communicate with other students in the discussion forum, check the course bulletin board frequently for announcements, and actively participate in threaded discussion events.

Students must submit assignments on or before the designated due dates listed on the calendar. Ten(10) points will be deducted for assignments submitted after the due date. Assignments will not be accepted more than one week after the due date.

1. Have reliable access to computing resources and the minimum hardware, software, and browser.

2. Understand basic personal computer operations: operating systems, file management, word processing, internet, email.

3. Be familiar and comfortable with the internet. Know how to browse, search, download, unzip files and solve problems with the personal computer and the internet.

4. Carefully read the information and follow directions.

5. Use the assigned email address in WebCT.

6. Use the Course Tools from the tutorials and help screen provided in WebCT.

7. Communicate regularly with the instructor.

8. Schedule adequate time for the class so you make weekly progress.

9. Do not procrastinate. If you get a week behind, you may not be able to catch up.

10.Observe course netiquette at all times.  

• Columbia Guide to Online Style by Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor
• Citation Styles Online http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite6.html

Library

The Tennessee Virtual Library is available to all students enrolled in the Regents Degree Program. Links to library materials (such as electronic journals, databases, interlibrary loans, digital reserves, dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, and librarian support) and Internet resources needed by learners to complete online assignments and as background reading must be included in all courses. 

Students With Disabilities

Qualified students with disabilities will be provided reasonable and necessary academic accommodations if determined eligible by the appropriate disability services staff at their home institution. Prior to granting disability accommodations in this course, the instructor must receive written verification of a student's eligibility for specific accommodations from the disability services staff at the home institution. It is the student's responsibility to initiate contact with their home institution's disability services staff and to follow the established procedures for having the accommodation notice sent to the instructor.

Syllabus Changes

The instructor reserves the right to make changes as necessary to this syllabus. If changes are necessitated during the term of the course, the instructor will immediately notify students of such changes both by individual email communication and posting both notification and nature of change(s) on the course bulletin board.

Technical Support

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timing out of your course, using your course web site tools, or other technical problems, please contact the AskRODP Help Desk by calling

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