English 249S Course Requirements

  • Three polished essays of approximately 5-7 pages using online or other electronic resources. One of these essays involves one of the optional texts listed below; each student will be assigned one of those optional texts during the first week of class. Details on the assignment are forthcoming. These essays may be revised one time and resubmitted one timefor a revised grade.
  • Three short pieces, each based on either one of the chapters in Whittle's book, on chapter one in Landow, or on a topic discussed in some depth in the course. These pieces will be due about once every three to four weeks. Each piece should be no shorter than one page but no longer than two pages in length (that's typed, double-spaced, one inch margins). For more information on this assignment, see Course Assignments.
  • One longer paper of approximately 12-15 pages using online or other electronic resources(as well as "traditional" sources) and related to some aspect of writing and/or technology.
  • A mid-term examination testing only computer terminology and concepts.
  • A web page/hypertext bibliographic essay related to a particular interest in your major.
  • Participation in both in-class and online discussions.

    N.B. Papers must be in on time. Papers handed in late will receivea one grade deduction for each class that it is late. Begin your work early. Don't use excuses such as: "my pen ran out of ink", "the computer was down," "the system was slow," "my computer crashed," or "the printer was out of paper." In other words, assignments are due when they are due.

    Attendance:

    Students are expected to attend class regularly. Absences will begin to affect grades after 4 class hours have been missed. Lateness will have a similar effect. If you are sick or have an emergency which forces you to miss more than two consecutive classes, call the Office of Student Affairs (6-3428), and let them know. This way, they will contact all of your instructors, and you might not be held accountable for those absences. Don't disappear for two weeks and then reappear, expecting everything to be all right.