Dr. Mary Anne Andrade

Collin Country Community College District: Spring Creek Campus
Telephone: 972-881-5823
Office: B106
Office hours: 

E-mail: mandrade@ccccd.edu
Web site: http://iws2.ccccd.edu/andrade
Fax: (972) 881-5623

Prerequisite: Assessment required

Catalogue Description: A beginning freshman course in writing with emphasis on paragraphs and the whole composition. Selected readings, theme writing, and individual conferences.

Textbook: Strategies for Successful Writing, sixth ed.; The New Century Handbook, second ed.

Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to write well-organized, syntactically correct essays on the college level for a specified audience. The student will be able to state a thesis, provide sufficient support for that thesis, exhibit critical thinking, and form an effective conclusion in an essay free of mechanical errors.

Method of Evaluation:

10%: mid-term quiz
20%: completion of 11 exercises is 95, 9 is 80, 7 is a 75, less than 7 is 0
40%: essays
10%: responses on Discussion Group, 7 responses is 95, 5 is 80, less than 5 is 0
20% final exam essay

 Late essays: 5 points off per day; I will not accept an essay more than 2 days late no matter what the excuse unless you make arrangements with me before the absence.

Attendance: After four absences, excused or unexcused, you must drop the class. I will no longer accept work turned in after four absences.

Drop Date: If you are unable to complete this course, you must withdraw from the class by the drop date. Withdrawing from a course is a formal procedure which you must initiate. I cannot do it for you. You may do this in Admissions or Counseling. If you stop attending and do not withdraw you will receive an "F" on your permanent record.

Lab: You must complete lab work to receive a grade in this course. If you fail to do the lab work, you will receive an "incomplete." Lab exercises must be turned in with the appropriate essay; 10 points off final grade if you do not complete exercises on time.

Final exam: Exam cannot be made up. If you do not take it at the appointed time, you forfeit 20% of the course grade.

Plagiarism: If you plagiarize any essay, you will fail the course.

Method of Instruction: Lectures, peer critiques, computer-based instruction

Types of essays to be written:
1 Description
2 Comparison/Contrast
3 Classification
4 In-class essay
5 Process Analysis: crime caper
6 Internet Essay

Content of Course:

Writing with computers
The Internet
Thesis statements
Basic grammar
Revising for wordiness and clarity
Proper usage
The introductory hook
Forward-looking conclusions
Complex sentences, sentence combining, subordination
Concrete language
Paragraph coherence

Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance: It is the policy of Collin Country Community College to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals who are students with disabilities. This College will adhere to all applicable Federal, State and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations as required to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student's responsibility to contact the faculty member and/or the Services for Students with Disabilities at 881-5950 in a timely manner to arrange for appropriate accommodations.

Religious Holidays: In accordance with Section 51.911 of the Texas Education Code, CCCCD will allow a student who is absent from class for the observance of a religious holiday day to take an examination or complete an assignment scheduled for that day within a reasonable time. Students are required to file a written request with each professor within the first 15 days of the semester to qualify for an excused absence.