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Metropolitan Community College English 1010 Syllabus - 2017/SS COURSE IDENTIFICATION Title: English Composition I Prefix/Section: ENGL 1010 WK, WW Credit Hours: 4.5 Begins/Ends: June 6- August 15, 2017 Census Date: June 19, 2017 Withdrawal Date: August 1, 2017 Class Location: Online through Blackboard at http://blackboard.mccneb.edu/ . Students enrolled in online and hybrid classes are required to check and use MCC Student Email ( https://portal.microsoftonline.com ) for all official course correspondence. To ensure the instructor receives and can promptly respond to emails, students should compose and send messages from within the Blackboard course. CONTACT INFORMATION Instructor Name: Tim Riley Office Location: N//A but can meet by appointment Office Telephone: cell phone 402-981-5377 * Although you may leave voice messages with clear questions/concerns at this number, I will respond via email to your MCC account. Office Hours: N/A but can meet by appointment Email Address: [emailprotected] Students enrolled in online and hybrid classes are required to check and use MCC Student Email ( https://portal.microsoftonline.com )for all official course correspondence. To ensure the instructor receives and can promptly respond to emails, students should compose and send messages from within the Blackboard course. Academic Area: English, English as a Second Language, and Reading COURSE INFORMATION COURSE DESCRIPTION : Students develop rhetorical knowledge; practice critical reading, thinking, and writing; and use a writing process to draft, revise, and edit texts in a variety of genres with an emphasis on thesis-driven essays. COURSE PREREQUISITES : 1000-Level Writing Assessment Test Score or English 0960; 1000-Level Reading Assessment Test Score or RDLS 0100. MINIMUM TECHNICAL SKILLS: In the online setting, students should also be able to do the following: use MCC Student Email with attachments save files to and retrieve from a local drive save files in commonly used word processing program formats copy and paste identify and use a compatible web browser identify and install necessary updates install and use course-specific software programs COURSE OBJECTIVES : Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: Exhibit rhetorical knowledge Think, read, and write critically Use a writing process Exhibit knowledge of conventions REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS : Required Textbook: Writing Today, 3rd ed. , by Johnson-Sheehan and Paine *FULL EDITION is required - do not buy the short/brief edition as it does not have all of the readings* Supplementary Materials: Computer disk or other back up storage device College dictionary and thesaurus Microsoft Word highly encouraged Textbooks and other print materials can be purchased through the campus bookstores and online ( www.efollet.com ). COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS : The computer you use for MCC online courses must be able to run one of the Blackboard-compatible web browsers listed on the Browser Support Page: http://www.mccneb.edu/online/browsers.asp . SOFTWARE/FILE SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS : Metropolitan Community College uses Microsoft products as part of its standard software and encourages students to do the same. You may save word-processed documents for file attachments in Microsoft Word .doc or . docx format. If your software does not allow either of these, then save files in Rich Text Format (.rtf). CLASS STRUCTURE : Online courses are equivalent to traditionally taught college courses and meet the same criteria for academic rigor and qualified faculty. Students complete the course by reading the text, completing online assignments and communicating with instructors via discussion, assignments, and e-mail. Students also will interact with other students through the use of Blackboard's Discussion tools. In the first few days of class, students should familiarize themselves with how the Blackboard system works and how to navigate through the class. Students can find tutorials explaining how to use the Blackboard system on the Blackboard homepage. To learn how to navigate through this course, a good place to begin is the 'Start Here' document in the 'Lessons' link on the left side of course screen. Information about course objectives, instructor and student expectations, assignments, grading scale, etc. is located in the course syllabus. Students should read through the syllabus thoroughly and email their instructor with any questions they have. Students should use the links on the left side of the course screen to locate the course Lessons', taking particular note of the syllabus, lecture sections, drop boxes, discussion boards, calendar, and communication links. When working through each week's Module,