Instructor:    Dr. Kaukab Siddique
Office:        University Hall. Rm. 302
Phone:         Ext. 7515
E-mail:        ksidd37398@aol.com
Office Hours:  M & W 2 to 4

• Given a prompt, students will be able to develop and revise well-organized paragraphs that create competent essays, using effective academic English, in a timely manner.



• Secondary Learner Outcomes for English 101 include:



• Comprehend a variety of essays, suitable for college, and explain their content, audience, and purpose.



• Students will also be able to differentiate between narrative prose and expository prose and create and revise narrative and expository drafts in class and independently.

• Assignments are due in class. After class, they are one day late. Failure to complete any of the four in-class essays and the four revisions constitutes course failure.
• All papers must arrive with a minimum of two other earlier drafts; both must be typed, and, if assigned, both must have the appropriate class exercise on them.
• The two typed drafts must demonstrate a considerable revision. Simply changing a few problems (unless your in-class paper received a grade of an A) does not qualify as a revision. Copies or missing drafts will cause a grade of zero out of ten points.
• Late work will be accepted with the penalty of one third of a full grade deducted off of the work's final grade for each calendar day that the work is late, including weekends. Thus, a B paper handed in 6 days late will receive a D.
• The "Faculty Statement on Academic Dishonesty," which is available online under the Registrar’s link, defines plagiarism and penalties. Plagiarism will be dealt with severely.

1. The depth and content of your ideas
2. The rhetorical organization of the essay
3. The use of Standard Academic English

1. English Department requirement for ENG 101 (formerly 102): At least one B- grade on an in-class essay (part of the ENG 101 Assessment component).
2. Students must earn at least a C- on four essays. Failure to accomplish requirement 1 & 2 will result in an "F" as the final grade.
3. Fifty percent (50%) of the grade will be allotted to the papers; thirty percent (30%) will be from the midterm and the final exam. Ten percent (10 %) will come from the journal. Ten percent (10 %) will come from the Academic Deportment grade that includes homework, tests, quizzes, and participation.
4. Late work will be penalized by a grade reduction and may be refused altogether.
5. Students will be required to meet the attendance requirement.

1. Four absences may result in an automatic failure in the course.
2. Three tardy arrivals may be counted as one absence.
3. Absences will be counted starting with whatever day is specified by the instructor but not later than the deadline for adding or dropping courses.
4. In case of illness, death in the family, or other extenuating circumstances, the student must present documented evidence of inability to attend classes to the Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management. However, in such cases the student is responsible for all work missed during those absences.
5. Departments offering courses with less than full-course credit will develop and submit to the Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management a class attendance policy in keeping with the above.
6. Students representing the University in athletic events or other University sanctioned activities will be excused from class(es) with the responsibility of making up all work and examinations. The Registrar will issue the excused format to the faculty member in charge of the off- or on-campus activity for delivery by the student(s) to their instructors.

1. Acts of Academic Dishonesty (Cheating)
   
   Specific violations of this responsibility include, but are not limited to, the following:
   • Copying, offering and/or receiving unauthorized assistance or information in examinations, tests, quizzes; in the writing of reports, assigned papers, or special assignments, as in computer programming; and in the preparation of creative works (i.e. music, studio work, art).
   • The fabrication or falsification of data, results, or sources for papers or reports.
   • The use of unauthorized materials and/or persons during testing.
   • The unauthorized possession of tests or examinations.
   • The physical theft, duplication, unauthorized distribution, use or sale of tests, examinations, papers, or computer programs.
   • Any action which destroys or alters the work of another student.
   • Tampering with grades, grade books or otherwise attempting to alter grades assigned by the instructor.
   • The multiple submission of the same paper or report for assignments in more than one course without the prior written permission of each instructor.
   
   
2. Plagiarism
   • If a student represents "another person's ideas or scholarship as his/her own," that student is committing an act of plagiarism
   • The most common form of plagiarism among college students is the unintentional use of others' published ideas in their own work, and representing these ideas as their own by neglecting to acknowledge the sources of such materials.
   • Students are expected to cite all sources used in the preparation of written work, including examinations.
   
   
3. Sanctions:
   1. Warning: A written notice that repetitions of misconduct will result in more severe disciplinary action. The warning becomes part of the student’s file in the Office of the Registrar and, if there is no other example of misconduct, is removed at the time of graduation.
   2. Failure for project (exam, paper, experiment)
   3. Failure of course - for serious and repeat offenses, the University reserves the right to suspend or expel.
   Imposition of Sanctions
   First Offense - A and/or B
   Second and Subsequent Offenses - B or C
   Expectations and sanctions will be explained in every syllabus. Students failing a course because of an instance of academic dishonesty may not drop the course. The student may appeal a charge of academic dishonesty within ten days of receiving notice of same. The appeal will be heard by an Academic Hearing Board (AHB) consisting of the chairs of each division of study and the President of the SGA (or their designees). Files violations of this academic integrity code will be kept in the Office of the Registrar.