-         To help students write clear and effective essays and research papers by developing specific skills for all stages of the writing process.

-         To familiarize students with basic research skills and practice using these skills.

-         To sharpen students critical thinking skills in order to analyze the arguments of others and to develop and support their own arguments.

-         To provide exposure to various writing styles by reading texts from different disciplines.

-         To review and practice the skills acquired in Composition 1, including sentences and paragraph writing skills, and the use of various pattern of rhetorical organization.

TEXTS – Required

1.      Thinking Globally: Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum by Andrew  (Robson – McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc)

GRADING

Research Paper            -                       25%

Mid-term                      -                       20%

Final Exam                   -                       20%

Three take home essays-                      25%

Class Participation        -                       10%

Grading of the research paper will be determined as follows:

Topic selection assignment        -                                   5%

Bibliography assignment            -                                   15%

Outline                                     -                                   15%

First draft                                 -                                   15%

Final draft                                 -                                   50%

Assigned essays written outside of class must be word-processed, using 12-point font and double-spaced. Handwritten papers will not be accepted.

Students must complete all assignments even if they are absent from class

Cheating and/or plagiarism on any assignment is unacceptable and will result in a failing grade.

Late work may be accepted depending on the circumstances of the individual, but such work will be penalized with a reduced grade.

CLASS RULES & ATTENDANCE POLICY

Class instruction will be divided into three periods with 10 minutes break given at the end of the first two periods.

Students are excepted to be present and on-time for each of the periods. Late students may be requested to wait until the beginning of the next period in order to enter the classroom. Excessive lateness will effect the attendance grade of students.

 Attendance is very important. As noted in the University bulletin “students who are absent more than 20% of the total hours of each semester may be required to withdraw from the course”.