Postechian Core Capabilities: Global Citizen Capability (70%), Creative Convergence Capability (30%)

This course provides students the basic theories and principles of expository writing in English to reach the goal of writing thoughtful and academically rigorous research papers. Students will write a total of three papers (a minimum of 10 sources per paper) and one-revision paper (a minimum of 15 sources), will complete a research-paraphrasing assignment, will participate in classroom discussions and activities, and will critically analyze writing assignments during revision/feedback workshops.

Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory System: To receive a grade of satisfactory (S) you must obtain an average of 90% or higher for the duration of the class and submit all assignments on the date they are due.

Plagiarism Policy:
Plagiarism is stealing and will not be tolerated. The first time an incident of plagiarism occurs, the offending student(s) will receive a zero (0) for the assignment. The second time an incident of plagiarism occurs by the same student(s) an Unsatisfactory grade (U) will be assigned to the student for the course.

Late Work Policy:
Assignments will not be accepted late. An absence is not an excuse for late work: e-mail me if you must be absent when an assignment is due.

Attendance Policy:
Due to the participatory nature of any language course, 100% attendance is required. Only in specific cases (family tragedy, hospital stay, and official university commitments) will an excused absence be granted. As mentioned above, assignments will not be accepted late, unless you have e-mailed me and have my approval for turning in your assignment past the scheduled due date. Each unexcused absence will be a loss of 3 % from your final grade. A student with 4 unexcused absences will receive an Unsatisfactory (U). Tardiness is unacceptable. If you are less than 10 minutes late for class 1% will be deducted from your final grade. If you are late 10 minutes or more, you will be marked absent and lose 3 % from your final grade. Four (10 minute) cases of tardiness will result in you receiving an Unsatisfactory (U) for the course.

Comparison or Contrast Paper - 10%
Cause or Effect Paper - 10%
Argumentative Paper - 10%
Mid-Term Project - 12.5%
Final Paper - 12.5%
Writing Assignments - 15%
Peer Editing - 20%
Participation - 10%

There is no required textbook; however, there will be numerous handouts and students will be expected to occasionally supply the class with articles of their own choosing.

Students may refer to the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) at https://owl.purdue.edu/ as a supplement to the writing process.

Week #1: Introduction, Logical Fallacies, & Topic Focus
Week #2: Thesis Statement Construction & Topic Sentence Construction
Week #3: Paraphrasing
Week #4 Summarizing
Week #5: APA Writing Style for Humanities Papers
Week #6 Comparison/Contrast Paper - Introduction
Week #7: Synthesizing Research into the Writing Process
Week #8: Research Article Summary for Comparison/Contrast Paper - Paraphrasing - Mid-Term Project
Week #9:Comparison/Contrast Paper - 1st Draft
Week #10: Comparison/Contrast Paper - Final Draft & Cause/Effect Paper - Introduction
Week #11: Cause/Effect Paper - 1st Draft
Week #12: Cause/Effect Paper - Final Draft & Argumentative Research Paper - Introduction
Week #13: Argumentative Paper - Rebuttal & Argument Development, & Research
Week #14: Argumentative Paper - 1st Draft
Week #15: Argumentative Paper - Final Draft
Week #16: Final Paper & Workshop - Final Draft

Both the Midterm Exam & Final Exam will be announced through the POVIS system.

Lectures, Step-by-Step Guided Instruction, Independent Practice, and Peer Editing Feedback are means for improving the writing process.

Turnitin: www.turnitin.com – writing assignments will be submitted to Turnitin.
**Please enroll yourself with the English version of your name.

Class ID: TBA
Enrollment Key: TBA

iGradePlus Online Gradebook
In your POVIS account, you will receive an e-mail invitation from iGradePlus Online Gradebook. The e-mail will provide a link to your private account for this class. I will update your account on a weekly basis, and you will have full access to your account 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The account provided to you is your private account, so please safeguard your account and password information.

Writing is a process. Practice and feedback are the means for understanding and improving the writing process.

Teacher Led & Peer Editing Feedback