ENGL 5010 Syllabus (FA23)

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Attendance Regular attendance is welcomed, expected, and mandatory. Being in class and on time, working constructively with your colleagues, and taking part in class discussions are all equally important. You may have one unexcused absence over the course of the semester. Starting with your third absence, your final course average will be lowered by 9 points. So, if you have three unexcused absences, you lose 9 points. In that case, if your average were an 84, it would then become a 75. Special Course Policy In addition to standard course policies and expectations, ENGL 5010 has a policy unique to itself: no complaining about students. Let me explain. • Complaining about or being critical of our students often works as a self-fulfilling prophecy. That is, regular complaints about students encourages teachers to expect complaint-worthy students. It doubles down on negativity rather than working as a relief valve. • Complaints about students, as a pedagogical practice, do little to make us better teachers. They shift the critical gaze and the burden of responsibility on to the students rather than the teacher. Students might very well be terrible (my mantra, after all, is that nothing ruins good pedagogy like students), but we learn nothing, gain nothing, by saying so. Generosity all around is expected. We interact with our students during but a fraction of their lived experience: we see them on particular days, at particular times, in particular circumstances, and during a particular point in their lives. Academic Integrity Academic integrity is honest, truthful and responsible conduct in all academic endeavors. The mission of Saint Louis University is “the pursuit of truth for the greater glory of God and for the service of humanity.” Accordingly, all acts of falsehood demean and compromise the corporate endeavors of teaching, research, health care, and community service through which SLU fulfills its mission. The University strives to prepare students for lives of personal and professional integrity, and therefore regards all breaches of academic integrity as matters of serious concern. The full University-level Academic Integrity Policy can be found on the Provost's Office website here. Additionally, each SLU College, School, and Center has its own academic integrity policies, available on their respective websites. The College of Arts and Sciences policy can be found here. Title IX Statement Saint Louis University and its faculty are committed to supporting our students and seeking an environment that is free of bias, discrimination, and harassment. If you have encountered any form of sexual harassment, including sexual assault, stalking, domestic or dating violence, we encourage you to report this to the University. If you speak with a faculty member about an incident that involves a Title IX matter, that faculty member must notify SLU’s Title IX Coordinator that you shared an experience relating to Title IX. This is true even if you ask the faculty member not to disclose the incident. The Title IX Coordinator will then be available to assist you in understanding all of your options and in connecting you with all possible resources on and off campus. Anna Kratky is the Title IX Coordinator at Saint Louis University (DuBourg Hall, room 36; anna.kratky@slu.edu; 314.977.3886). If you wish to speak with a confidential source, you may contact the counselors at the University Counseling Center at 314.977.TALK or make an anonymous report through SLU’s Integrity Hotline by calling 1.877.525.5669 or online. To view SLU’s policies, and for resources, please visit the following website. Rivers | English 5010 | Fall 2023 | 4
Disability Accommodations Students with a documented disability who wish to request academic accommodations must formally register their disability with the University. Once successfully registered, students also must notify their course instructor that they wish to use their approved accommodations in the course. Please contact the Center for Accessibility and Disability Resources (CADR) to schedule an appointment to discuss accommodation requests and eligibility requirements. Most students on the St. Louis campus will contact CADR, located in the Student Success Center and available by email or by phone at 314.977.3484. Once approved, information about a student’s eligibility for academic accommodations will be shared with course instructors by email from CADR and within the instructor’s official course roster. Students who do not have a documented disability but who think they may have one also are encouraged to contact to CADR. Confidentiality will be observed in all inquiries. University Writing Services Students are encouraged to take advantage of University Writing Services (UWS); getting feedback benefits writers at all skill levels. Trained writing consultants can help with writing projects, multimedia projects, and oral presentations through one-on-one consultations. For more information, visit their website or call the Student Success Center at 314.977.3484. Basic Needs Security Students in personal or academic distress and/or who may be specifically experiencing challenges such as securing food or difficulty navigating campus resources, and who believe this may affect their performance in the course, are encouraged to contact the Dean of Students Office (via email or 314.977.9378) for support. Furthermore, please notify the instructor if you are comfortable in doing so, as this will enable them to assist you with finding the resources you may need. Assessment & Submission of Work The Saint Louis University Department of English is committed to excellent and innovative educational practices. In order to maintain quality academic offerings and to conform to relevant accreditation requirements, we regularly assess our courses and programs for evidence of student learning outcomes achievement. For this purpose, we keep on file representative examples of student work from all courses and programs such as: assignments, papers, exams, multimedia presentations, portfolios, and results from student surveys, focus groups, and reflective exercises. Thus, copies of your work for this course—including exams, presentations, submitted papers or other assignments—may be kept on file for institutional research, assessment and accreditation purposes. All samples of student work will be anonymized before they are used in assessment exercises. If you prefer that the Department of English does not keep your work on file, you need to communicate your decision in writing to your instructor. Course Schedule We are going to take advantage of the twice a week schedule to thread the needle that is this course, which is part seminar and part practicum. The seminar and the practicum are two pedagogical forms that do not always work well together, but which are nevertheless forms this course needs to do its work. We need both time to think through—as in a seminar—the various historical trajectories and theoretical frameworks that shape the teaching of rhetoric and writing. Likewise, we need to spend time developing and honing—as in a practicum—the pedagogical repertoires that you will need to teach this course. To that end, Tuesdays will be enculturation days and will function as seminars wherein we discuss the field of rhetoric and composition and how it manifests in ENGL 1900. Thursdays, then, will be practica dedicated to cultivation and wherein we rehearse the key components of ENGL 1900 and how to teach the course: developing lesson plans, assessing student work, and facilitating workshops. Rivers | English 5010 | Fall 2023 | 5
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