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instructor
kevin eric depew
calendar English 669 is a graduate course that has been designed to teach you about major rhetorical theories from the eighteenth-century to the present, as well as their application to current writing pedagogy. We will begin the semester studying ideologically modern rhetorics and the early twentieth-century pedagogies that these rhetorics influenced. During the latter half of the semester, we will examine rhetorical theories that are more postmodern; we will consider how these theories are being applied and can be applied to current instructional practices. Specific objectives for course include...
Required The
Rhetoric of Blair Campbell and Whately (Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public
Address) The Origins
of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875-1925: A Documentary
(Pitt Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture) Rhetoric
and Reality Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1900-1985 (Studies
in Writing and Rhetoric) There will be three major assignments for this course; these assignments have been designed to give you documents that you can use for academic and professional purposes after this course.
Three Means of Failing the Course Related to Major Assignments
Other Assignments Each week I want you to focus on completing the assigned readings and reading these works carefully. For each day I will provide some questions for us to examine that we will use to focus our inquiry. However, I encourage you to bring your own experience with the text into our discussions. If it becomes clear that the readings are not being done, the instructor reserves the right at any time in the semester to assign weekly written responses to the aforementioned questions. The instructor may also assign other minor assignments if they seem necessary to help the students comprehend the material. I will be looking for evidence of each student's progress towards professional level work. More specifically I will be looking for evidence of...
Grade Scale Your final grade and assignments will be graded on the following point scale* :
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= The instructor reserves the right to adjust this scale based on the
students' performance throughout the semester. Any adjustments will 1)
apply to the entire class and 2) never deny a student the grade that she/he
earns based upon this posted scale. Students are required to attend every class. If you miss a class, for whatever reason, you are responsible for making up any missed work. You are not only required to to attend every class, but you are required to come to class prepared. If you do not come to class prepared, you will be asked to leave the class with an absence. Therefore, it is recommended that you pay attention to the calendar.
As a general rule, a student missing a class assignment because of observance of a religious holiday shall have the opportunity to make up missed work. Students must notify the instructor of anticipated absences before the absence occurs. Likewise, students who represent ODU at any official extracurricular activity shall have the opportunity to make up missed assignments, but the student must provide official written and/or email notification to the instructor no less than one week prior to the missed class(es). Electronica refers to technology-related issues. E.mail
Accounts LAN
Accounts Protecting
Your Work
E.mailing Also use the priority setting rhetorically; in other words, make your email message stand out when you really need to draw the recipient's attention to your message. Do not use the priority setting on your standard assignment submissions. Class
List
Electronic
Ethics and Respect As per the University's Honor Code, you must do your own original work in English 669and appropriately identify that portion of your work which is collaborative with others, or which is borrowed from others, or which is your own work from other contexts. Whenever you borrow graphics, quote passages, or use ideas from others, you are legally and/or ethically obliged to acknowledge that use, following appropriate conventions for documenting sources. In English 669, the most serious form of academic dishonesty is to recycle another individual's major project under your own name. If you have doubts about whether or not you are using your own or others' writing ethically and legally, ask the instructor. Follow this primary principle: If in doubt, ask. Be up front and honest about what you are doing and about what you have contributed to an assignment. If you have a documented disability, make sure you register with Disability Services 757. 683.4655. Once you do so, feel free to talk to me about any special accommodations that you may need to fulfill the requirements of this course. At the end of the semester, you will have an opportunity to evaluate the instructor and the course. This is very important for helping the instructor and the department access the course. Please take the time at the end of the semester to do these online evaluations.
last.updated 01.11.05
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