Contact Information:

Office: 307 Worrell Telephone: 747-5416 Email: ljohnson@utep.edu

Office Hours:    TR 0930-1020                         TR 1330-1430                         T 1700-1750 and by appointment

Readings:

Students are expected to have done the reading by the date of the lectures covering the reading. Student compliance will be measured by unannounced reading quizzes. All readings are available on-line; students may procure their own editions of specific texts if desired. This course stresses the consideration of an entire text.

Attendance:

Students are expected to attend all class sections. Students who accrue more than three unexcused absences will be awarded an F at the end of the course. Students are also expected to be present in the classroom at the start of class; a student who is not present by the time roll has been taken will be charged with a half-absence, counted against the total absences allowed. An excused absence may be granted at the instructor’s discretion if the student presents, in a timely fashion, a cogent case for such an excused absence.

Withdrawals:

Students are expected to execute their own withdrawal from the course. Students who fail to continue attending the course will be given an F at the end of the course.

Blackboard Discussion Participation: 

Each student is expected to sign onto the conferences at least four times a week and to make at least three substantive contributions to these computer-based discussions supporting this course. Student participation will be measured weekly from data collected after 11 p.m. on Sunday. Students failing to meet this minimum may have up to 15 points subtracted for the point score awarded for their essay submissions for the period. Exceptional contributions to discussion group work may be recognized by an upward adjustment of the essay grade for that period.

Submitting Essays:

Required essays will be submitted for evaluation in two forms:

1.	A typed, doubled-spaced copy will be presented at the start of class on the due date.
2.	Prior to the start of the class on the date the paper is due, an electronic copy of the essay will be submitted electronically to ljohnson@utep.edu in a Microsoft Word format (.docx or .doc).

Academic Honesty:

University standards for academy honesty will be strictly enforced according to University policies.

Special Considerations:

The instructor will accommodate special student needs upon the presentation by the student of the appropriate documentation from the University’s DSS Office.