| EN 300 Advanced Composition | Spring 1998 | ||
| Professor: | Kendall Dunkelberg | Office: | Painter 104 |
| email: | kdunk@muw.edu | Phone: | 329-7169 |
| WWW: | http://www. muw.edu/~kdunk | Hours: | Mon-Thurs 1:00-2:00 |
| Class Times: | W 6:00-8:45 | Mon-Tues 3:30-4:30 | |
Course Description:
EN 300 emphasizes the process of writing: developing, drafting, critical reading, and revision.
Students will write two 4-6 page essays, one 8-10 page research project, and a final exam essay.
Detailed explanations of each assignment will be provided. All essays should be typed, double
spaced with standard margins and page numbers. Always submit a copy, never the original of all
major assignments. Students must provide copies of preliminary drafts of their essays for use in
group writing workshops. In addition, students will complete a research journal, peer critiques of
student essays, and a number of shorter writing exercises or quizzes. This is a computer assisted
course; on days marked Writing Workshop, class will meet in the Painter 203. Bring a 3.5"
floppy disk on these days.
Attendance:
Since discussion of assigned readings and student writing is essential to the success of the course,
attendance is mandatory and will be recorded at the beginning of each class. Students who arrive
late must remind the professor to mark them present after class. Students are required to attend all
scheduled classes. Excessive absences, more than 4, will result in a grade of NC.
Grading:
Grades will be determined by how well the essay addresses the assigned topic. Grammar and style
will also be taken into consideration. Assignments turned in late will be penalized. In extreme
circumstances, and only when a request has been made prior to the due date of the assignment,
extensions may be granted at the discretion of the professor. While essays will be graded on the
basis of the final draft, preliminary drafts are extremely important to the writing process of this
class. Since the quality of your drafts affects the ability of your fellow students to complete their
peer critiques, preliminary drafts turned in late or that show insufficient effort will be penalized.
This will be reflected in a lower score for the peer critique or in extreme cases for the final draft.
Writing exercises, quizzes, and peer critiques will be graded on a scale of 1 to 10. Letter grades
assigned to final drafts of papers will have the following numeric values:
| A+ = 98 | B+ = 88 | C+ = 78 | D+ = 68 | F = 0-59 |
| A = 95 | B = 85 | C = 75 | D = 65 | |
| A- = 92 | B- = 82 | C- = 72 | D- = 62 |
Final grades will be based on the same system, except grades below a C will recorded as "NC" and the student will be required to retake the course. Final grades will be a composite of the following:
| Writing Exercises and Quizzes | 10% | |
| Peer Critiques (and preliminary drafts) | 20% | (10% each) |
| Essays | 30% | (15% each) |
| Research Project | 30% | |
| Final Exam | 10% |
A final reminder: plagiarism will result in an F (0) on the assignment, and in severe cases is
grounds for failure in the course. If you are unsure whether you have used material and cited it
appropriately, see the instructor before the final draft of the assignment is due.
| EN 300 Advanced Composition, Section N08 | Spring 1998 |
| Week 1: January 14 | |
| Introduction | |
| Week 2: January 21 | |
| Summary and Paraphrase 3-31 | |
| Glastonbury and Lamendola "The Nature and Meaning of Data" 423-429 | |
| Week 3: January 28 | |
| Critical Reading 59-87 | |
| John Whalen "You're Not Paranoid..."430 440 | |
| Week 4: February 4 | |
| Research 154-170 | |
| CQ Researcher "Privacy in the Workplace" 441-445 | |
| Ternipsede and ATAA "Is Electronic Monitoring of Workers Really Necessary" 446-449 | |
| Week 5: February 11 | |
| Writing a Thesis 32-58 | Preliminary Draft #1 |
| Alan F. Westin "Computers in the Workplace..." 454-460 | |
| Kristen Bell Detienne "Big Brother or Friendly Coach..." 461-466 | |
| Week 6: February 18 | |
| Synthesis 88-123 | Writing Workshop |
| Week 7: February 25 | |
| Synthesis 124-153 | Final Draft #1 |
| Research 170-198 | |
| Week 8: March 4 | |
| Oral Presentation of Research Topics | |
| Spring Break: March 11 | |
| Week 9: March 18 | |
| Oral Presentation of Research Topics | |
| Week 10: March 25 | |
| Stith Thompson "Universality of the Folktale" 482-485 | |
| Francois Perrault "Cinderella" 486-491 | |
| Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm "Ashputtle" 491 496 | |
| Week 11: April 1 | |
| Three Variants of "Cinderella" 508-516 | |
| Bruno Bettelheim "'Cinderella': A Story of Sibling RivalryŠ" 524-532 | |
| Week 12: April 8 | |
| Three More Variants 516-524 | Preliminary Draft #2 |
| Madonna Kolbenschlag "A Feminist's View of 'Cinderella'" 533-538 | |
| Week 13: April 15 | |
| More Variants off the Internet | |
| Jane Yolen "America's 'Cinderella'" 538-545 | Writing Workshop |
| Week 14: April 22 | |
| Richard De George "The Case ofŠ" 770-774 | Final Draft #2 |
| Milton Friedman "The Social Responsibility of BusinessŠ" 781-787 | |
| Peter Carlin "Pure Profit" 789-795 | |
| Week 15: April 29 | |
| Gerald F. Cavanagh "Ethics in Business" 796 811 | Research Project Due |
| Cases for Analysis and Discussion 812-827 | |
| Final Exam: | |
| Wednesday, May 6, 6:00-9:00 p.m. |
| Important Dates: | |
| Jan. 20 | Last day to enter a class for credit and change from credit to pass-fail |
| Feb. 2 | Last day to withdraw without WP or WF or to change from credit to audit |
| March 2 | Last day to drop a course and receive WP or WF designation |
| April 17 | Last day to withdraw from the university |