Syllabus

ENG 104-125 SPRING 2013

Composing Research

COURSE INFORMATION

Time: MWF 08:00-08:50AM           Place: LA018S

Instructor: Jihyun Lee                       Office: RB 396

E-mail: jlee4@bsu.edu

Office hours: M,W 09:00 – 10:00 AM (or by appointment)

Class Blog: eng104-125.blogspot.com

REQUIRED TEXTS 

Miller-Cochran, Susan K. and Rochelle L. Rodrigo. The Wadsworth Guide to Research, 2009 MLA Update Edition, Cengage (ISBN 0495799661)

Ballpoint 2012 Ed.  URL for BallPoint: http://goo.gl/nMnnb (Optional)

Faigley, Lester. The Brief Penguin Handbook/MLA Update, 3rd Ed. Longman (Optional)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Composing Research applies the fundamentals of rhetoric to the research process: methods of research; the rhetorical nature of research; elements, strategies, and conventions common to research writing, including multi-modal presentations of new knowledge. Prerequisite: English 101 and 102; or ENG 103; or appropriate placement. 

COURSE GOALS 

Create and complete research projects. This involves generating a research question, engaging in critical/analytical reading, developing an argument with evidence collected from both primary and secondary research, and documenting sources appropriately.

• Align research questions with appropriate research methods
• Employ critical thinking in evaluation, speculation, analysis, and synthesis required to evolve and complete a research project.
• Use a variety of strategies to gather and organize information appropriate for the context and persuasive to the intended audience.
• Use the university research library to forward their research agenda.
• Engage in collaborative research.
• Employ format, syntax, punctuation, and spelling appropriate to various rhetorical situations in a stylistically sophisticated manner.
•  Collect, analyze, and organize research information in verbally and visually compelling ways.
• Take initiative for the development and completion of individual and joint research projects. 

 

COURSE CONTENT AND FORMAT

The content and format of ENG 104 are designed to enable students to achieve the course goals:

• Discuss, analyze, and respond to texts composed in a variety of media that develop an argument by relying on different kinds of research and that are addressed to diverse academic audiences
• Analyze the connections among research questions, research methods, audience, and style
• Design various research projects that involve generating a question, collecting data, analyzing data, and interpreting the analysis
• Conduct research projects that rely on various means of gathering data, including but not limited to fieldwork, online research, and library research
• Analyze data collected through a variety of methods
• Compose proposals, progress reports, and final research reports for individual projects
•  Compose final research reports that are persuasive and appropriate for the intended audience and context
• Compose research reports in multiple drafts, involving peer feedback, self-reflection, instructor’s written comments, and teacher-student conferences
•  Reflect regularly on the choices available and the decisions made in the creation and completion of research projects.

REQURIEMENTS 

As an outcome of the course content and format, which enable the accomplishment of the course goals, students in English 104 are required to complete:

•  Four or more research projects that address different audiences, contexts, and data collection/analysis processes 

           - One project will take the form of a Research Proposal and Annotated Bibliography
           - One project will culminate in a research driven, academic essay of 8-12 pages; 
            appropriate works cited is additional

• Reading assignments for discussion, analysis, and response including texts created through a variety of media

• Informal writing assignments (such as journals, reading reflections, in-class writings, or smaller pieces intrinsic to major research projects)

ATTENDANCE AND TARDINESS

• Class begins at 08:00 AM. Wake up and come to class on time.  As a member of the class, I expect you to be at every class meeting.  Additionally, I expect you to be functioning, awake, participating and prepared for the time we meet.  

• However, in the case of extenuating circumstances (i.e. illness, funerals, etc.), you can miss up to 3 classes. For every absence after that, your grade will be diminished by one letter grade of your final grade.
•  If you miss more than 7 classes, you will automatically fail the course.
•  If you are involved in a sport, musical, theatrical or academic event that will require you to miss class, you must provide a written statement from your professor/coach.  If you will be required to miss more than three classes, meet with me in advance to discuss your work.  I will try to make time at the beginning of each class for announcements if there is an event you would like to let us know about so that we might attend. 
• If you are late more than 10 minutes, it will mark as late. 5 late will be marked as one absent.
• If you know you will be absent, you must submit the papers, journals and all materials before.
•  If you absent the class, ask your classmates or check the blog. This is college. It is your responsibility to figure out what was covered that day.

GRADING DISTRIBUTION 

Grades will be determined using the following scale:

93-100 = A   90-92 = A-

87-89 = B+   83-86 = B    80-82 = B-

77-79 = C+   73-76 = C    70-72 = C-

67-69 = D+   63-66 = D    60-62 = D-

59 and below = F

Class participation & In-class writing	100points
Peer review	40points
Reading notes	100points
Research project
-Topic Memo	40 points
-Research Journal	60 points
-Research proposal	80points
-Research paper	100points
-Presentation	20 points
This I believe audio essay	60 points
Total	600points

NOTE: In order to fulfill the University's Core Curriculum requirement in Writing Program courses, students must earn a minimum grade of C to pass; a grade of C- is not considered acceptable. Writing Program courses may be repeated as many times as necessary to meet the requirement but:

• The first and all other grades will show up on the transcript.

• All grades except the first will be used to compute the GPA.

• A grade of W will not replace a previous grade.

• Course credit hours apply only once to graduation requirements.

• Students who do not successfully complete ENG 104 before earning 90 credit hours will not be able to take the Writing Proficiency Exam. These students will instead need to take an additional writing course [WP 393] after completing ENG 104.

PEER REVIEW

For each assignment, you will bring your first draft to get a feedback from your classmates. You will work as a group. You must bring typed, printed hard copy of your draft for your peer review. If you do not bring your printed copy or miss the class, you will lose the points for peer review.  Please show your respect. 



STUDENT BLOGS
For this class you will each be required to create a blog through WordPress, blogspot, or weebly. I will ask you to use these blogs to complete reading responses and some of the informal writing for the class. There is a grade for your blog, which will be included in your final grade (see syllabus for more information).

CLASS BLOG 
Our class blog will house links to all of the blogs in each class that I am teaching (one at 8 A.M. and one at 10 A.M.) so that I, and the rest of your classmates, can get to your blog to read about some of the thoughts you are having on the material being covered in class.
This is the section of the blog where I will post readings and other things that you will need to download to your own computers to print and bring to class. Anything that we will be reading outside of the required textbooks will be found on this page.
 

CLASS PARTICIPATION

During the semester, there will a lot of workshops, group activities, in class discussions. The more that you actively participate in those activities, you will get higher scores. 

TUTORS AND WRITING CENTER 

If you need a tutor or need a help for your papers, visit writing center RB 291. Make an appointment and get a free one-to-one tutoring session. 

CONFERENCES 

All the conferences will be signed up in the class. The conference will be held in my office RB 396, it will be lasted 15 minutes. If you missed the conference meeting, it will counts as two absences. If you need to change your appointment, please reschedule with me before your scheduled day. 

LATE PAPERS

Any students failing to turn in an assignment at the due date will receive 0 points for that assignment. There is no excuse for late work. If there is an emergency, you must contact me before the class and let me know.

ESSAY REQUIREMENTS AND FORMAT

• Each of the essays must be typed, and all drafts submitted with final draft on due dates.
• Use the MLA format.
• The paper should be double spaced, 12 point font, and Times New Roman font.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY/PLAGIARISM

As it is said in the VII. Student Academic Ethics Policy from Ball state University Student Code, academic dishonesty includes intentional violations of procedures using unauthorized aids during the tests and other assignments and submitting someone else’s work as your own.  If you are found guilty of plagiarism you will fail that paper/assignment and you may fail the course. If you are uncertain about citation, please ask me.  

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or it you have emergency medical information to share with me, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible. For more information on services for students with disabilities, call (765) 285-5293.

CELL PHONES AND SOCIAL NETWORK

During the class, please put your cell phone away. Also do not open the social network web page. You will be kicked out from the classroom if you are caught using a cell phone, using social network websites. And you will be marked as an absence for that class. If phone ring during the class, go out the classroom and answer it. And don’t enter the classroom again.