Fall 2018 Course Syllabi
Essay 1 Midterm Essay written in class Essay 2 Final Essay written in class Responses to interactive lectures In class writing: summaries, paraphrases, short essays Tentative Course Outline: Fences by August Wilson Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Hamlet by William Shakespeare Assorted one-acts and ten-minute plays General Education Goals/Objectives: Objective 4: Synthesizes interrelationships among arts, languages, the humanities, and societies Skill 2: Evaluates the impact of art on individuals and society Relationship to Campus Theme: Students should write an essay about theater exploring connections and interrelationships among the concepts of the DCB campus theme—nature, technology, and beyond. Classroom Policies: Late work earns no credit. In class writing is assigned frequently. The class learning objectives cannot be learned without coming to class, participating, and writing. Grading Scale: The percentage of total points earned receives the letter grade on the scale below. A = 90%-100% B = 80%-89% C = 70%-79% D = 60%-69% F = 59%-0% Academic Integrity: Academic integrity is introduced and discussed the first two weeks of the class. Any student work submitted that meets the definition of plagiarism below will fail this class. The discussion of plagiarism that follows comes from the Council of Writing Program Administrators. “In instructional settings, plagiarism is a multifaceted and ethically complex problem. However, if any definition of plagiarism is to be helpful to administrators, faculty, and students, it needs to be as simple and direct as possible within the context for which it is intended.
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