Documentos de Académico
Documentos de Profesional
Documentos de Cultura
Class Times and Location: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 am-10:50 am in CB1 1.104
Required Textbook: The Little, Brown Handbook (with student access code) by H. Ramsey
Fowler and Jane E. Aaron, 11th edition. Longman, 2009.
Course Description: A writing-intensive course that offers students the opportunity to develop
proficiency in the inventing, drafting, revising, and editing skills necessary for writing multi-
paragraph papers. Topics will include sentence structure, grammar, paragraph development,
usage, and mechanics. This developmental course cannot be used for degree credit.
Credit Hours: 2
Lab Required
Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
If your enrollment at The University of Texas at Dallas depends upon your attendance in this
class, you should accumulate no more than two unexcused absences, as stated in the course
contract you have signed. In the case of an excused absence, you must make up any missed
work within one calendar week. This arrangement is subject to your providing official
documentation that explains the nature of the emergency, such as a letter from a doctor in the
event of illness or a funeral program/announcement in the event of a family death. Without the
proper documentation, any absence above the two allowed unexcused absences will jeopardize
your enrollment in the course and at UT Dallas.
If you are consistently late to class, your tardiness will negatively affect your attendance record
and therefore jeopardize your enrollment at the university.
Your success in the class depends upon your active participation. In order to comply with the
university’s TSI policy, you must complete the assigned work on time and adequately prepare
for class discussions.
If you pass the THEA test and no longer choose to attend the class, you should consult with
the instructor immediately to determine your options.
For those students who are NOT subject to the university’s TSI policy: You are responsible
for all work missed due to an absence from class. Your final grade, however, may be lowered
after three unexcused absences. If you choose not to attend class once you are enrolled, you
must withdraw from the course to avoid receiving a final grade of “F.” The deadlines for
withdrawal are published in each semester's course catalog.
NOTE: Receiving a passing grade in a developmental course will not fulfill your TSI
requirement(s). Depending on your skill level, you may need more than one semester of
developmental coursework to pass the relevant portion of the THEA test.
Your final grade for the course will be based on the following:
Grades
To prepare for class, complete the relevant readings and exercises before the assigned date for
class discussion.
Essays: Your papers should be typed, double spaced, have one inch margins, and use 12 point
Times New Roman font (For more information, refer to the MLA format explained in Chapter 47
in The Little, Brown Handbook.). Late assignments will be docked one letter grade, but, if the
work is turned in more than one week after the due date, it will not be accepted. In addition,
assignments submitted via email will not be accepted unless by prior arrangement with the
instructor.
For Essay 1, you will write a 450-600 word paper on an assigned topic. In writing this essay,
you should not rely on outside research. For Essay 2, you will write a 750-1000 word research
paper on an assigned topic. In regard to Essay 2, you should incorporate at least 3 different
research sources drawn only from web sources found in the UTDallas library’s databases.
In addition to turning in a hard copy of each draft, you should submit the paper electronically to
www.turnitin.com. I will consider an essay late unless I have received both a hard copy and
an electronic copy by the beginning of class on the due date.
Lab work: These assignments provide instruction designed to address your individual concerns.
You are required to make an appointment for a consultation in the Writing Center to work on the
first drafts and the final drafts of the assigned essays (4 drafts in total). You must make your
appointment at least the day before the essay assignment is due because you will need at least
that much time to work on developing the ideas or making the revisions that you and the
consultant discuss. Depending on your skill level, you may need to do additional lab
assignments, which will consist of further one-on-one tutoring sessions.
Exams
The Grammar/Mechanical Conventions Exam will be based on the assigned material in Parts 3, 4
and 5 of The Little, Brown Handbook.
You cannot make up a missed exam except in the case of an excused absence. See the
attendance policy on the previous page for a description of the kind of documentation you will
need to provide.
Some Helpful Online Resources: For information about writing assignments, grammar, and
mechanics, go to
http://www.utdallas.edu/ossa/student-success/resources/
owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html; www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts;
www.drgrammar.org
For information about specific words, consult the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
www.wordsmyth.com or www.visuwords.com
Student Conduct and Discipline: The University of Texas System and The University of
Texas at Dallas have rules and regulations for the orderly and efficient conduct of their business.
It is the responsibility of each student and each student organization to be knowledgeable about
the rules and regulations which govern student conduct and activities. General information on
student conduct and discipline is contained in the UTD publication, A to Z Guide, which is
provided to all registered students each academic year. The University of Texas at Dallas
administers student discipline within the procedures of recognized and established due process.
Procedures are defined and described in the Rules and Regulations, Board of Regents, The
University of Texas System, Part 1, Chapter VI, Section 3, and in Title V, Rules on Student
Services and Activities of the university's Handbook of Operating Procedures. Copies of these
rules and regulations are available to students in the Office of the Dean of Students, where staff
members are available to assist students in interpreting the rules and regulations (SU 1.602,
972/883-6391).
Email Use: The University of Texas at Dallas recognizes the value and efficiency of
communication between faculty/staff and students through electronic mail. At the same time,
email raises some issues concerning security and the identity of each individual in an email
exchange. The university encourages all official student email correspondence be sent only to a
student's U.T. Dallas email address and that faculty and staff consider email from students
official only if it originates from a UTD student account. This allows the university to maintain a
high degree of confidence in the identity of each individual corresponding and the security of the
transmitted information. UTD furnishes each student with a free email account that is to be used
in all communication with University personnel. The Department of Information Resources at
U.T. Dallas provides a method for students to have their U.T. Dallas mail forwarded to other
accounts.
Academic Integrity: The University expects all students to maintain a high level of
responsibility with respect to academic honesty. Because the value of an academic degree
depends upon the absolute integrity of the work done by the student for that degree, it is
imperative that a student demonstrate a high standard of individual honor in his or her scholastic
work.
Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts or omissions related to
applications for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission as one's own work or
material that is not one's own. As a general rule, scholastic dishonesty involves one of the
following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion and/or falsifying academic records. Students
suspected of academic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary proceedings. Plagiarism, especially
from the web, from portions of papers for other classes, and from any other source is
unacceptable and will be dealt with under the university's policy on plagiarism (see general
catalog for details). This course has access to the resources of turnitin.com, which searches
the web for possible plagiarism and is over 90% effective.
Religious Holy Days: The University of Texas at Dallas will excuse a student from class or
other required activities for the travel to and observance of a religious holy day for a religion
whose places of worship are exempt from property tax under Section 11.20, Tax Code, Texas
Code Annotated. The student is encouraged to notify the instructor or activity sponsor as soon as
possible regarding the absence, preferably in advance of the assignment. The student, so
excused, will be allowed to take the exam or complete the assignment within a reasonable time
after the absence: a period equal to the length of the absence, up to a maximum of one week. A
student who notifies the instructor and completes any missed exam or assignment may not be
penalized for the absence. A student who fails to complete the exam or assignment within the
prescribed period may receive a failing grade for that exam or assignment.
CLASS SCHEDULE
Beginning January 21, the class will meet every Friday in the GEMS Center computer lab,
CN 1.206.