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Fort Hays State University
Department of English
Syllabus for English Composition I
Course Title: English Composition I Course Number: English 101 Section I
Hours: TTh 12:00 - 1:15 Course Location: RH 348
Instructor: Professor Carol Poster Email: c_poster@fhsu.edu
Office Hours: TTh 10:30-12:00; 1:15-2:00 and by appointment Office: RH 359
Course Description
This course includes the study and application of rhetorical principles of writing with particular emphasis on analyzing and writing expository prose. The course does not count toward a major in English. Course Objectives
Students in English 101 will demonstrate their abilities to:
1. understand and apply the conventions and rhetorical principles of effective writing such as audience, purpose, thesis, invention (discovery of ideas), organization (rhetorical modes), coherence, voice and style;
2. use the process approach to composing (i.e., prewriting, writing, revising and editing as a non-linear process of adjusting to the interrelated demands of content, structure, medium, style, and readers);
3. master acceptable standards of usage in written English such as paragraphing, transition, syntactic structures, levels of diction, and punctuation;
4. master appropriate levels of analytical reading and critical thinking;
5. use computer-assisted programs as part of the process approaching in writing (i.e., word-processing, diagnosing, revising, and editing). Requirements
During the course of the semester, students will:
1. complete reading assignments;
2.. complete writing exercises and research assignments;
3. write three 700 to 850-word essays which employ specific rhetorical modes
4. assume responsibility for all information posted on the announcement board;
5. submit all assignments through Blackboard’s SafeAssign, which is a software tool designed to identify plagiarism;
6. meet all assignment deadlines. Grading
All papers must be
Department of English
Syllabus for English Composition I
Course Title: English Composition I Course Number: English 101 Section I
Hours: TTh 12:00 - 1:15 Course Location: RH 348
Instructor: Professor Carol Poster Email: c_poster@fhsu.edu
Office Hours: TTh 10:30-12:00; 1:15-2:00 and by appointment Office: RH 359
Course Description
This course includes the study and application of rhetorical principles of writing with particular emphasis on analyzing and writing expository prose. The course does not count toward a major in English. Course Objectives
Students in English 101 will demonstrate their abilities to:
1. understand and apply the conventions and rhetorical principles of effective writing such as audience, purpose, thesis, invention (discovery of ideas), organization (rhetorical modes), coherence, voice and style;
2. use the process approach to composing (i.e., prewriting, writing, revising and editing as a non-linear process of adjusting to the interrelated demands of content, structure, medium, style, and readers);
3. master acceptable standards of usage in written English such as paragraphing, transition, syntactic structures, levels of diction, and punctuation;
4. master appropriate levels of analytical reading and critical thinking;
5. use computer-assisted programs as part of the process approaching in writing (i.e., word-processing, diagnosing, revising, and editing). Requirements
During the course of the semester, students will:
1. complete reading assignments;
2.. complete writing exercises and research assignments;
3. write three 700 to 850-word essays which employ specific rhetorical modes
4. assume responsibility for all information posted on the announcement board;
5. submit all assignments through Blackboard’s SafeAssign, which is a software tool designed to identify plagiarism;
6. meet all assignment deadlines. Grading
All papers must be