Creative Writing Syllabus for 2016-2017
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Course

ENGL-2307-001 Creative Writing

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Course Description

Practical experience in the techniques of imaginative writing. May include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting or drama.

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Department Expectations

English Department Plagiarism Policy (Revised Spring, 2013):

The English Department takes plagiarism seriously.

Plagiarism is defined as the following:  the use of someone else’s exact words that are neither quoted nor cited; paraphrasing someone else’s words without citing them; or using someone else’s research without citing it.

Student plagiarism in the Amarillo College English Department is internally tracked.  To clarify, records will be kept in the Department of those students who have plagiarized.  At the beginning of each new semester, the names of students who plagiarized the previous semester will be sent to all English Department faculty. 

Plagiarism may receive a penalty of a zero.  A subsequent infraction will be deemed a reason for expulsion from the class. At this point, the case will be referred to the Vice President of Student Affairs.

Note: Self-plagiarism will be discussed with the class by each instructor and infractions for such are left up to the individual instructor’s discretion.

 

 

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

Online Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

No textbook is required for this course.

Supplies

Computer with Internet Access and Word or a word processor that can save your work as a Word document (.doc, docx.)

Student Performance

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights and Responsibilities

Log in using the AC Connect Portal

In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .

If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".

Expected Student Behavior

 

Grading Criteria

Five creative minor submissions or other discussions 10%

Three Major Finished Assignments 30%
Participation 60 %

89.5%-100%=A, 79.5%-89%=B, 69.5%-79%=C, 59.5%-69%=D, Below 59=F

*I grade participation based on the quantity and quality of your comments. I expect you to comment on at least four submissions each week an assignment is due, which means by the end of the semester you will have posted 35+ peer comments. I also want you to follow up on other students’ comments and feel free to pose questions to the writer, other students, and me. Finally, a quality post is one that seeks to improve a submission rather than merely praise or trash it. Be respectful but be honest.

So how long should a response to a submission be? Write whatever you are able to write. I do not expect a treatise. Sometimes all we are able to offer is “I do not understand this poem because…” or “The literal situation is confusing. Here are some questions I had….” On works for which you have strong feelings, you might spend more time making specific comments. And definitely use my method of providing feedback as a touchstone for developing your approach. At a bare minimum, however, even if you cannot make sense of the poem, or for any other reason, you should produce more than five sentences of commentary.

See instructor for specific makeup policy.

Class Withdrawal Policy

If a student wants to withdraw from this class, then the student must send the instructor an email through Blackboard or through his or her official AC email account.

The email must include the following information:

Full course name and number

Your full name and ID number

A specific reason for the withdrawal

An example of such an email might look like this:

I, Jane L. Doe (ID# ZX32T7B2), would like to withdraw from ENGL 1301.ZZZ because I was just promoted at work and must move to Botswana and cannot complete the semester in the class.

The completed request must be received by the instructor on or before the last day to withdraw as determined by the Amarillo College calendar. The withdrawal approval will be processed within a few days of the instructor receiving the email requesting the withdrawal from the class. The email from the student must include all required information mentioned above, or the withdrawal will not be processed until all the required information is received.

Last date to withdraw is April 21, 2017

Attendance

This is an online course and participation is required in order to pass the course.

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