Fall 2006 English 2327 Syllabus
INSTRUCTOR: Douglas Rowlett, Ph.D.
TELEPHONE: 713-718-6768 (office-- voice mail)
COURSE URL -- http://swc3.hccs.edu:8900
INTERNET E-MAIL: doug.rowlett@hccs.edu
Personal Home Page -- http://swc2.hccs.edu/rowhtml/paradox.htm
TEXTBOOKS: The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 6th ed., vol. A & B
Kelley Griffiths: Writing Essays About Literature, 7th edition
James Fenimore Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans
NOTE: The Norton Anthology and Writing Essays About Literature are available at any HCCS campus bookstore. The other text is a novel and should be available at any good bookstore in the Houston area or may be checked out from the HCCS library or any public library. You may find it especially helpful to check bookstores that sell used books. Used books generally cost much less than new ones.
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GRADE RECORD:
40% FOUR ESSAY EXAMS (including the final exam)
30% THE RESEARCH PAPER
30% AVERAGE OF JOURNAL GRADES
POLICY
1. ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE TURNED IN ON TIME FOR FULL CREDIT. LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE PENALIZED 10 POINTS IF THEY ARE 1 TO 7 DAYS LATE AND 20 POINTS IF THEY ARE 8 TO 14 DAYS LATE. NO ASSIGNMENTS MORE THAN TWO WEEKS LATE WILL BE ACCEPTED.
2. I WILL NOT DROP A STUDENT FOR EXCESSIVE ABSENCES. THEREFORE, DO NOT ASSUME YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DROPPED IF YOU DECIDE TO STOP CHECKING INTO THE SYSTEM. IF YOU WISH TO DROP THIS CLASS YOU MUST DO SO OFFICIALLY. IF YOU STOP CHECKING INTO THE SYSTEM AND FAIL TO WITHDRAW OFFICIALLY, YOUWILL RECEIVE A GRADE IN THE COURSE.
3. YOU MUST SUBMIT A WEEKLY JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT EVERY MONDAY BY 12 MIDNIGHT -- THAT'S MONDAY NIGHT AT 11:59:59 PLUS ONE SECOND. REMEMBER -- THE COMPUTER TELLS ME THE EXACT TIME YOU SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES. LATE ENTRIES WILL BE PENALIZED 10 POINTS. IN ADDITION, YOU MUST PARTICIPATE IN REQUIRED READER RESPONSES. FAILURE TO KEEP UP YOUR END ON READER RESPONSES WILL RESULT IN A 20-POINT PENALTY PER ASSIGNMENT.
4. YOU MUST TURN IN A 2500-WORD RESEARCH PAPER BY THE DATE NOTED ON THE COURSE CALENDAR. YOUR TOPIC MUST BE ONE APPROVED BY YOUR INSTRUCTOR, AND YOU CANNOT PASS THIS COURSE IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT A RESEARCH PAPER.
5. THE FINAL EXAM FOR THIS COURSE IS MANDATORY. FAILURE TO TAKE THE FINAL WILL RESULT IN AN F FOR THE SEMESTER.
6. ALL STUDENTS MUST DO THEIR OWN WORK, AND PLAGIARISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. ANY STUDENT CAUGHT CHEATING ON AN EXAM OR PLAGIARIZING A PAPER IN THIS COURSE WILL RECEIVE AN IMMEDIATE ZERO ON THE PAPER IN QUESTION AND AN IMMEDIATE F IN THE COURSE. I WILL ALSO RECOMMEND TO THE DEAN EXPULSION FROM THE COLLEGE. YOU CHEAT, YOU FLUNK -- NO OPTIONS, NO EXCUSES. THE RISKS AREN'T WORTH IT -- DO YOUR OWN WORK!
(Additional assignments and changes to this calendar may be made during the semester)
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
August 27 -- Classes begin
September 4 -- Labor Day -- HCCS holiday
November 9 -- Last day to withdraw
November 23-26-- Thanksgiving -- HCCS holiday
December 4 – Research Paper due
December 8 – Final exam due
WEEK 1: August 26-September 1
Introduction to class and course. Preliminary check-in to system and familiarization with uploading and downloading.
ASSIGNMENT: Read in the Course Content section under "Introduction and Course Materials" all files pertaining to this course. Familiarize yourself with class procedures and requirements. Feel free to copy or print any of the information files.
Read "Before the Birth of One of Her Children," "To My Dear and Loving Husband," "In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet," "On My Dear Grandchild Simon Bradstreet," and "Upon the Burning of Our House," by Anne Bradstreet.
First journal assignment due Monday of Week 2 by 12 midnight.
WEEK 2: September 4-8 (Sept. 5 HCCS holiday)
ASSIGNMENT: Read "Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold," "Huswifery," and "Meditation 26," by Edward Taylor.
Second journal assignment due Monday of Week 3 by 12 midnight.
WEEK 3: September 11-15
ASSIGNMENT: Read "Thanatopsis" and "To a Waterfowl" by William Cullen Bryant.
Begin preparing for the first essay exam.
Third journal assignment due Monday of Week 4 by 12 midnight.
WEEK 4: September 18-23
ASSIGNMENT: Read "Nature" and "Self Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
FIRST ESSAY EXAM -- copy or print your exam from the exams folder in the Course Content section of the course, follow the instructions, and upload your completed essay exam by Monday of Week 5 at 12 midnight.
Fourth journal assignment due Monday of Week 5 by 12 midnight.
WEEK 5: September 26-29
ASSIGNMENT: Read "The Great Lawsuit by Margaret Fuller and "Resistance to Civil Government" by Henry David Thoreau.
Fifth journal assignment due Monday of Week 6 by 12 midnight.
WEEK 6: October 2-6
ASSIGNMENT: Begin reading The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper.
Sixth journal assignment (on the first half of the novel only) due Monday of Week 7 by 12 midnight.
WEEK 7: October 9-13
ASSIGNMENT: Finish reading The Last of the Mohicans.
Seventh journal assignment (on second half of the novel) due Monday of Week 8 by 12 midnight.
WEEK 8: October 16-20
ASSIGNMENT: Read "Ligeia," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," and "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe.
SECOND ESSAY EXAM -- copy or print your exam from the exams folder in the Course Content section of the course, follow the instructions, and upload your completed essay exam by Monday of Week 9 at 12 midnight.
Eighth journal assignment due Monday of Week 9 by 12 midnight.
WEEK 9: October 24-27
ASSIGNMENT: Read "Bartleby the Scrivener" and Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville.
Ninth journal assignment due Monday of Week 10 by 12 midnight.
WEEK 10: October 30-November 3
ASSIGNMENT: Read "The Birth-Mark" and "Rappaccini's Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Begin reading The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Tenth journal assignment (over the short stories only) due Monday of Week 11 by 12 midnight.
WEEK 11: November 6-10
ASSIGNMENT: Finish reading The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Eleventh journal assignment (on the entire novel) due Monday by 12 midnight.
WEEK 12: November 13-17
ASSIGNMENT: Read "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman
THIRD ESSAY EXAM -- copy or print your exam from the exams folder in the Course Content section of the course, follow the instructions, and upload your completed essay exam by Monday of Week 13 at 12 midnight.
Twelfth journal assignment due Monday of Week 13 by 12 midnight.
WEEK 13: November 21-24 (November 23-26 Thanksgiving Holiday)
ASSIGNMENT: Read the following poems by Emily Dickinson:214, 241, 249, 280, 303, 324, and 341 (her poems are numbered, not titled-- the titles beside the numbers in your text are merely the first linesof the poems).
Thirteenth journal assignment due Monday by 12 midnight.
WEEK 14: November 27-December 1
ASSIGNMENT: Read the following poems by Emily Dickinson: 348, 441, 465, 536, 754, 1129, 1545, and 1732.
Fourteenth journal assignment due Monday of Week 15 by 12 midnight.
RESEARCH PAPERS DUE BY MONDAY OF WEEK 15 BY 12 MIDNIGHT!
WEEK 15: December 4-8
PREPARE FOR THE FINAL EXAM AND TURN IN ALL LATE WORK:
You will take your final exam exactly as you have taken your other exams, i.e., download the exam from our server and then upload your essay to me. However, note that it is due by midnight FRIDAY December 8. All late work is due at that time and absolutely NO late work will be accepted after midnight of the 8th.
