EN 102-0304 or 102-0404
MWF 9:30-10:20 a.m.or MWF 10:30-11:20 a.m.
HEAV 106
Instructor: Ms. Erin Karper
Contact Info:
ekarper@purdue.edu
(49)4-3784 (office)
495-6785 (home: emergencies only)

Office: HEAV 443 [1]
Office Hours: Thursdays 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Fridays 11:30-2:30 p.m.
other times by appointment

Objective: English 102 is a class devoted to the exploration of how knowledge is constructed through argumentation within various cultural situations, paying specific attention to how the academic community constructs knowledge with research. [2]

Texts: Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings, 4th ed. Ramage and Bean
The Prentice Hall Reference Guide to Grammar and Usage, 4th ed, Muriel Harris.


Course Requirements:
1) Readings and Responses (20%) : Students will complete all assigned readings and turn in a one page response to a question of the instructor's choosing each week, as well as turning in one page of additional writing on a topic that may be of their choice or assigned at the instructor's discretion. [3]During planning and drafting weeks, responses will focus on the student's paper-in-progress.

2) Class Participation (10%): Students will be expected to be on time and prepared for class. Students may miss up to four (4) classes without penalty. After four absences,one (1) point will be deducted from the student's class participation grade. After seven (7) absences, the student will automatically fail the class. [4] Students who experience any kind of emergency situation which causes or will cause them to miss class are required to contact the instructor at their earliest opportunity and provide adequate documentation if requested. However, class participation entails more than physical presence; students are expected to particpate respectfully in class discussions, peer workshops, and group work. [5]

3) Papers (70% total): Students will write four papers. Three of these papers will be 4-5 pages (1000-1500 words) in length, and each of these will count for 15% of a studentUs total grade. The last paper will be at least 10 pages in length and will count for 25% of a student's final grade. [6]

Policy Regarding Late Work: Students are expected to turn assignments in on time. Exceptions can be made for legitimate and documented reasons (serious illness, death in the family, or others) but these must be cleared with the instructor on an individual basis. Readings and responses can only be made up in the period before the next assignment is due; after that, the instructor will not accept them. [7] Papers are due by the end of class on the date that they are due: after that, the late paper policy goes into effect. The late paper policy is as follows:

For each day that a paper is late, it will drop one full letter grade. After five days, late work will not be accepted. Weekends and holidays will count as one class day.

Policy Regarding Academic Honesty: This class will involve extensive research and students' papers will refer to the work of others. Students are expected to treat the work of others with respect and obey appropriate conventions for the genres of writing which they are working in. Appropriate documentation of sources will be reviewed and students' papers are expected to present and document sources accordingly.[8] Any attempt to pass of the work of others as oneUs own will be considered plagiarism and will be dealt with severely. Students who do not know the penalties for plagiarism are encouraged to pick up a pamphlet on academic dishonesty from the Introductory Writing Office in HEAV 302. "Recycling" papers written for another course is also not acceptable; while students may continue research they have previously engaged in, they may not resubmit unchanged papers from other classes for a grade in this course.[9]

Plan of the Course [10]
January 11-15
M: Introduction to the Course
W: Introduction to Argumentation and Discourse Communities: Chapter 1, R&B
F: Argumentation continued: Chapter 2, R&B First set of responses due

January 18-22
M: Martin Luther King Day: No class
W : R&B, Chapter 3 and Appendix 2
F: R&B, Chapter 3 Second set of Responses due

January 25-29
M: Starting Points
W: Chapter 3 and additional readings
F: Third set of responses due

February 1-5
M: R&B, Chapter 4
W: R&B, Chapter 5
F: R&B, Chapter 5
Fourth set of responses due

February 8-12

M: R&B, Chapter 6
W: R&B, Chapter 6
F: R&B, Chapter 6: Fifth set of responses due

February 15-19

M: R&B, Chapter 7
W: R&B, Chapter 7
F: R&B, Chapter 7: Sixth set of responses due

February 22-26

M: R&B, Chapter 8: Classical Argument planning and drafting
W: R&B, Chapter 8: First Draft due
F: Classical Argument workshop

March 1-5
M: Classical Argument paper due
W: R&B, Chapter 10
F: R&B, Chapter 10 and in class essays

March 8-12
M: Definition arguments: R&B, Chapter 8
W: Definition arguments
F: Definition paper: First draft due

March 15-20
Spring break: No Class

March 22-26
M: Definition Paper workshop
W: Definition Paper: Final draft due
F: Prospectus Due

March 29-April 2:
No class: conferences with instructor

April 5-9:
M: R&B chapter 11
W: R&B chapter 12
F: R&B chapter 14

April 12-16
M: Causal argument: First draft due
W: Causal argument paper workshop
F: Causal argunent: Final Draft due

April 19-23
M: Research paper
W: Research paper
F: Research paper: First draft due

April 26-30
M: Research paper: workshopping
W: Research paper due
F: Evaluations

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