Butler County Community College	Course Number: LT 212 British Lit. 2 CRN:
Humanities and Fine Arts	Spring 2008

 

CRN	Meeting Day(s)	Meeting Time	Site	Building	Room
	MTWRF	8:00–8:50 AM 8:55–9:46 AM	Andover Central High School	ACHS	305

 

Course Syllabus

British Lit. 2

 

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Instructor Name:  Melisa Marinelli

Instructor Contact Information

 

Class Location:  Andover Central High School, Room 305

Phone:  (316) 266-8800 (ext. 32305)

E-mail:  marinema@usd385.org

 

COURSE INFORMATION

 

Learning PACT Statement: Butler prepares students to be principled, productive individuals who are responsible, involved lifelong learners. To accomplish this goal Butler has established a Learning PACT for the skills that learners need during their career and has integrated PACT skill-building activities and assessments through a variety of program coursework, extra curricular activities, and other learning opportunities.

The BCCC Learning PACT consists of:

P = Personal Development Skills

A = Analytical Thinking Skills

C = Communication Skills

T = Technological Skills

The Learning PACT Skills are vital for any adult to function successfully in the ever changing world of the 21^st century.  Butler expects learners to be full partners in the learning process and as such to assume primary responsibility for their own choices.

Course Description:  LT 212.  British Lit. 2.  3 Hours Credit.  A survey of the major English writers from 1785 to the present time, studied in chronological sequence, giving attention to the characteristics of the literary historical periods of England.

Required Materials and Supplies

Textbook:  Abrams, M. H., Ed.  The Norton Anthology of English Literature.  The Major Authors.  7^th ed.  New York:  Norton, 2000.

**Students are strongly advised to acquire a good dictionary of Standard English and the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Sixth Edition).

 

 

Course Objectives

BCCC General Course Objectives:

The primary goal of British Lit. II is to provide reading, discussion, and writing experiences which will allow students to improve their knowledge, skills of interpretation, and understanding of English literature.

At the completion of the course, the student should be able to do the following:

1.         Identify the progressive development of the various genre that make up the literary heritage of the English speaking world.

2.         Analyze the literature for the philosophic ideas it contains.

3.         Identify the major English writers and their contributions to their respective historical periods.

4.         Demonstrate an ability to show the relevance of literature to contemporary thinking.

5.         Investigate and write effectively about one selected author and his or her work.

6.         Ascertain the peculiar aspects of content and form which mark a literary work as its             author’s own.

7.         Speak intelligently about the aesthetic and philosophical significance of each writer studied during the semester.

8.         Point out the greatness and variety present in the literary heritage of the English speaking      world.

9.         Develop a standard by which to evaluate future reading.

10.          Define basic literary terms.

 

CLASS INFORMATION

Methods of Grading and Evaluation

The student will be evaluated on the basis of his/her performance on the following:

Grading Scale
100-90	A
89.9-80	B
79.9-70	C
69.9-60	D
59.9-0	F

 

 

Critical Analysis 1                              150 pts

Critical Analysis 2                              150 pts           

Critical Analysis 3                              150 pts

Mid-term Exam                                  100 pts

Final Exam                                         100 pts           

Homework/Daily Work                     200 pts

 

                                                                       

INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES

Attendance: Students are expected to attend all scheduled class and examination meetings.  Students are also expected to maintain satisfactory progress in each of the classes in which they are enrolled.  Thus, whenever absences become excessive and, in the instructor’s opinion, minimum course objectives cannot be met due to absences, the student may, at the discretion of the instructor, be withdrawn from the course. If a student is withdrawn by the instructor for excessive absences, a grade of “WT” (withdrawn by teacher) will be recorded on his/her permanent record.  Instructors are responsible for clearly stating their attendance policy and administrative drop policy in the course syllabus, and it is the student’s responsibility to be aware of those policies.

Procedural Clarifications:

1.      Students should not miss class for any reason other than a college activity or an emergency, as determined by the instructor (i.e., death in the family, health).

2.      Student absences for approved college activities will not accrue as excessive absences.

3.      Students will be allowed to make up work missed as a result of college approved activities.

4.      Students will make up work before the absence for the approved college activity or within one week after returning to class.  Students will check with each instructor prior to the absence to arrange for make-up times.

5.      Activity sponsors will publish a timely list of students who will be absent because of an approved college activity.

Academic Honesty: Effective learning may involve differences of opinion and views between the student and faculty.  Students are responsible, however, for learning the content of course of study outlined by the instructor, regardless of how the student feels privately.  This attainment for content must be reached in an honest and forthright manner.  Students who compromise the integrity of the academic process are subject to disciplinary action on the part of the college.

    Students who have been accused of violating a standard of honesty may protect themselves with a series of appeal processes and are assured of due process and procedure.  A student may appeal faculty and administration decisions concerning academic honesty.  The first step is with the Division Dean, who, if necessary, may inform the student of further steps in the procedure.  These can include appeals to the Vice President for Student Services and College President if the student deems this necessary.

Violations Include:

1.Cheating, in any form, whether in formal examinations or elsewhere.

2.Plagiarism, using the work of others as ones own without assigning proper credit to the source.

3.Misrepresentation of any work done in the classroom or in preparation for a class.

4.Alteration of any documents pertaining to academic records.

5.Disruptive behavior in a course of study or abusiveness toward faculty or fellow students.

Students violating such standards must accept the consequences which may include a failing grade, suspension or dismissal from the class or college.

Incompletes: If a student who has been making a passing grade cannot complete the work in a course due to illness (or other sufficient reason), at the instructor's discretion an "I" (incomplete) may be entered temporarily on the record. A course recorded as an incomplete must be completed within the first six weeks of the following semester (excluding summer) except when an extension of time is granted by the agreement of the appropriate dean and the instructor of the course. If this extension is not granted, the "I" is changed to an "F".

Special Needs Statement: Anyone needing information concerning special needs should contact your instructor after class or the Special Needs Coordinator, at 322-3321 or 733-3321.

 

INSTRUCTOR POLICIES

 

INSTRUCTOR POLICIES

Attendance:  Required, daily attendance is a must in this class.  Absences due to school activities are NOT EXCUSED (field trips, college representative meetings, etc.).  Basically, there are no excused absences in this class (not like a normal high school course); however, if you do need to miss for a legitimate reason, please visit with me about it.

Late/Make-up Assignments:  This is up to the instructor’s discretion; please see me concerning work you missed.  Please do not interrupt class to take care of this – take care of it after class, before school, or after school (never before class). I will also post (on a weekly basis) a brief summary of class activities on Education Backpack.  Please feel free to check there while absent.

Drop:  Be sure to check the drop policies for both Andover Central High School and BCCC before dropping this class – they may be different than what you have previously experienced.  Also see “Attendance” and “Academic Honesty” above.

 

DEPARTMENTAL POLICIES

 

English Department Plagiarism Policy:

 

The English Department has determined that the following two statements represent its policy on plagiarism.  (Credit is given to Dr. Peter Zoller, Wichita State University, for providing the language and thought included in the statement on plagiarism and intellectual responsibility.) 

 

PLAGIARISM (Short Form)

Copying or otherwise using another’s work and presenting it as one's own constitutes plagiarism.  Plagiarism is grounds for failure of the assignment or of the class.

 

PLAGIARISM (Long Form)  

 

Every person who enrolls at Butler County Community College should understand that to submit work which is not his or her own violates the purposes of the college and of his or her presence here.  One of the purposes of the college is to create conditions which encourage and enable the student to be intellectually mature and responsible.

One violation of the principle of intellectual responsibility is commonly called "plagiarism."  In general terms, it consists of putting something over on the instructor.  There are two judges of whether this has happened.  The student, when he or she hands in a paper, knows either that it is his or her own work, and that he or she deserves whatever praise or criticism it elicits, or that it is in part the work of someone else – a friend, a book, an article, a newspaper column.  The teacher also judges.  If it is disclosed that a paper which he or she has read as the work of a certain student is not wholly the work of that student after all, the teacher feels that someone has tried to put something over on him or her.  "Intellectual responsibility" means a certain relationship between teacher and student.  It is the relationship that exists when, despite the fact that the teacher is a teacher and the student a student, education is seen as a conversation between adults, a joint exploration, a serious and straightforward undertaking.

English Composition I and II require you to write a great many papers.  "Intellectual responsibility" does not mean that all of each paper is necessarily your own; it does mean that whatever is not your own be acknowledged.  If you quote a passage, put quotation marks around it and indicate the source, in a footnote or in parentheses.  If you rephrase a passage which someone else wrote, say so, giving the source.  If you obtain an important idea from another person or from your reading, say so, indicating at the same time whether you worked out the details for yourself, whether you altered the idea, added to it, and so on.  If it takes a full paragraph to explain the genesis of part or all of your paper, write a full paragraph.  It is not enough to be ready to explain afterward.  By acknowledging your sources, you maintain an honest, open relation with your instructor.  This relation is "intellectual responsibility."

The goal of "intellectual responsibility" involves more than the private feelings of instructor and student.  The English Department and the college look on plagiarism as an extremely serious offense.  A student who plagiarizes can expect to be failed in the course.  Decisions on plagiarism are made by the instructor and the Dean of the Humanities Division.

 

Guidelines for Essays and Assignments:

Due Dates/Late Papers:

Papers are due at the beginning of class on the date requested and are considered late if turned in at any later time.

Acceptance of late papers remains my option.  I deduct ten percent from your grade for everyday the assignment it late. However, there are some assignments for which I will deduct fifty percent or that I will not accept late at all.  I will inform you of this when assigned.

If you are going to be absent on the day a paper is due, you need to make arrangements with me in advance.

Submission Guidelines:

Follow these guidelines when submitting drafts of essays:

1.  All papers must be typed or produced using electronic word processing.  All papers must adhere to MLA format.  Papers which do not follow MLA format will not be accepted.

2.  Papers that are more than one page long must be either stapled in the top left corner or paper-clipped in the top left corner.

3.  All papers must be typed in Times New Roman, using 12 point size; there is no need for boldface typing, special spacing, or eye-catching graphics.