Course Description
Extensive practice in writing clear and effective prose. Instruction in organization, audience, style, and research-based writing (four credits). For more information on course approach and details about course assignments, see course website http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~roses/106/syllengl106s05.htm

Course Text: Trimbur, John. The Call to Write, 3rd ed. New York: Longman, 2004. Online resources related to text are at this URL: http://www.ablongman.com/trimbur

Course Assignments
Sample Essay (Cr/Ncr) 2%
Workshop Drafts of each Assignment (2 pts. each, Cr/Ncr) 8%
Profile (graded "A"-"F") 20%
Public Document-Group Project (graded "A"-"F") 20%
Annotated Bibliography (graded "A"-"F") 10%
Report (graded "A"-"F") 10%
Proposal (graded "A"-"F") 15%
In-Class Exercises and Out-of-class
assignments (Cr/Ncr) 15%

Course Policies: The following policies reflect a course design that relies on students' full participation in a sequence of assignments.
Late Work: Workshop drafts must be ready on the day of the workshop to receive any credit. Late out-of-class assignments will receive half credit. Missed in-class exercises cannot be made-up. No coursework will be accepted after August 5.
Attendance: I will keep records of your attendance. I do not distinguish between "excused" and "unexcused" absences. You may miss four class meetings (conferences are required and count as class meetings) for any reason, without penalty; however, missing that much class is likely to put you very far behind during the 8-week session. Additional absences, regardless of the reason, will result in a lower grade for the course. If you know in advance that you will have to miss more than four classes, you should drop the course. I will treat habitual tardiness in the same way I treat absences.
Other: For your own records, make a photocopy or back-up electronic copy of each paper before submitting the original for review or evaluation.