Syllabus

Welcome to English 300 Online, a course designed to help you become a better college writer. While I don't expect you to become an award-winning novelist as a result of this class, you should be better able to handle the many writing assignments you will encounter in college and beyond. This class is often considered the foundation for college studies since it emphasizes the skills essential to all classes: writing, reading, and critical thinking. This section will involve on-line class discussion and small-group activity, formal essays, and two on-campus formal essays (a diagnostic and the midterm). "Read, read, read. Read everything--trash, classics, good or bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master." --William Faulkner (an award-winning novelist) STAYING IN TOUCH Phone: 558-2127; FAX 650-2715 (include cover sheet) Email: minert@scc.losrios.edu Office: RS321 Website: http://web.scc.losrios.edu/minert Note: My office hours will vary each according to student convenience; the default will be Wednesdays 10:45—11:45 am, but I am on campus at other times as well. If these times are inconvenient for you, please make an appointment to talk. Also, I check my email regularly, and I’ll try my best to respond to emails ASAP. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK The Open Handbook, by Ann Raimes. (Make sure you buy a NEW copy from the SCC Bookstore because you ABSOLUTELY NEED the NETTUTOR password that is included. It's not very expensive for a textbook, and it's the only book you'll buy for this course. You can even get up to 50% back when you sell it back to the bookstore at the end of the course.) A copy is available for two-hour checkout at the Reserve Desk in the LRC. You'll need your SCC student card to access the library's Online Databases. CLASS MEETINGS This class will be conducted almost entirely online, but there are three times you must come to the SCC campus: for the orientation meeting, for the midterm examination (an... [continues]

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