ENG 323 Course Policies
Attendance
This course will deal with concepts that are largely unfamiliar to you, yet which will play a significant role in your mastery of the field. In addition to lecture material, class discussion will play a key role in your learning. Thus, attendance is mandatory, but you are allowed to miss four class periods without penalty. Your four absences include both excused and unexcused absences. If you miss a fifth class, you will lose two letter grades from your final total. If you miss a sixth class, you will receive an F for the semester.
Academic Integrity
Student cheating, which includes several types of academic dishonesty such as collusion and plagiarism, will be prosecuted. In a course such as this, in which you must repurpose an argument and parody the discourse of another, plagiarism is more related to intellectual dishonesty than to unintentional or careless similarity to the words of another. In short, if you hand in work that is not yours, you will get no credit for it.
If you are not sure that you know exactly what constitutes cheating, please read the Code of Student Conduct - POL11.35.1, Item 7 [ Link ].
Disability Services
Disability Services Reasonable accommodations will be made for students with verifiable disabilities. In order to take advantage of available accommodations, students must register with Disability Services for Students at 1900 Student Health Center, Campus Box 7509, 515-7653. Learn more at http://www.ncsu.edu/provost/offices/affirm_action/dss/
Class Cancellation
In accordance with the student senate resolution, I will email you at least 45 minutes prior to the start of class in the event class is canceled. This resolution does not apply to canceled classes on the course calendar or when the university closes the university due to adverse weather. In the case of a personal emergency, or one in which I cannot reach a computer, I’ll be sure to phone the English department and ask that a sign be posted.
Assignments & Grading
For papers and presentations, your grade will be based upon a rubric discussed in class, based upon the criteria established by the assignment sheet and those that you should expect (as juniors) by this point in your academic career. For detailed information about each project, as well as more specific information about assignment policies, you should visit the Assignments page.
Late & Incomplete Work
Assignments are due by the beginning of class on the due date. Late assignments due to excused absences will not be penalized, if they are submitted two class periods after you return to class, except for those assignments with a long-term due date on the course calendar, which you must submit to me prior to class either via e-mail or under my door. Late assignments will lose one letter grade per calendar day. Technological issues, such as client or server-side e-mail problems, disk malfunction, printer concerns, etc. are unacceptable reasons for late work: save frequently and make backups.
If you earn an F on the take-home portion of the mid-term exam, or on a significant assignment in the portfolio, you will be given the chance to rewrite once, with a letter-grade penalty. If you do not rewrite or otherwise remedy an F or an INC by the end of the semester, you will fail the semester. If you miss the in-class portion of the mid-term exam without an excused absence, you will earn an F for that part of the test.
For more information about specific assignments, weights, visit the assignment page. For more information about homework and participation, visit the homework page.
| Assignment Weights | ||
| Discourse Community Rept. | 10% | |
| Dialogue | 10% | |
| Parody | 10% | |
| Repurposing Argument | 15% | |
| Midterm Exam | 15% | |
| Final Exam | 20% | |
| Portfolio | 10% | |
| Participation | 10% | |
Grade Scale
I follow a three-point grade scale: 97-100 = A+, 93-96 = A, 90-92 = A-, 87-89 = B+, 83-86 = B, 80-82 = B-, and so on.