COURSE OUTCOMES

This ENGL 201W course is designed to facilitate the following outcomes:

refine collaboration skills, including active listening, addressing conflict, and respect for others in the service of a common goal; attain competency in understanding audience and genre expectations in a variety of modalities; and gain greater understanding of theories of writing and writing studies research methods.

COURSE DESIGN & GRADING POLICY

Assignment	Points
Participation & Class Work	10
Blog Posts: 8 short responses of individual writing over the course of the term	20
Project 1: Collaborative Histories	30
Project 2: Collaboratively Authored Course A.I. Statement (REVISION: grade absorbed into other categories)	—
Project 3: Essay on Making Meaning from Our Collaborative Writing Practices in ENGL 201W	40
TOTAL	100

All contents related to our course will appear on our course schedule page, with some materials provided on Blackboard.

For our purposes, a Blog Post is informal writing of no less than 300 words that cites one source. Most of the time, you will begin your blog writing during class; so if you miss class, you miss the opportunity to make progress on this low stakes writing.

To fulfill the Participation & Class Work portion of your grade, I ask that you attend every class session on time and stay in class until the end of the period. Be prepared to take notes, have the day’s readings and writing assignments available, work productively with fellow students, listen attentively to what others have to say, and contribute meaningfully to class discussion. Your attendance and participation in this course are crucial to your successful completion of in-class writing assignments, homework for your blog, and all major projects.

Your three Projects are all collaborative, in that you will work with your peers in an intentional way on each one. I consider these assignments to be high stakes writing since they are scaffolded by low stakes assignments, involve a longer process of pre-writing, writing, and revising with others, and account for a higher portion of your total grade.

COURSE POLICIES

You will co-author our course’s AI Statement as Project 2 of this course!

Various technologies will be present in our class; I encourage you to have a tablet or laptop available during class, as well as paper and pencils. If I find a particular technology distracting to you or other students, I will ask that you temporarily set it aside.

Students with disabilities needing accommodations should register with and provide documentation to the Office of Special Services, Frese Hall, Room 111. For more information about the services available to QC students, contact the Office of Special Services at 718-997-5870 or https://www.qc.cuny.edu/sp/.

You can find a complete guide to Queens College’s Grading Policy at https://www.qc.cuny.edu/aac/academic-and-grading-policies/.

Academic Integrity refers to ways scholars identify and give credit to the sources that shape their ideas. Citing sources happens differently across disciplines and genres. I will indicate my expectations for citing sources throughout the semester. Please read CUNY’s Academic Integrity Policy to understand consequences for academic dishonesty: https://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/legal-affairs/policies-resources/academic-integrity-policy/.

This is a Writing Intensive (W) course, which means there will be a significant portion of time devoted to writing instruction. This may include activities like drafting and revision workshops, discussion of rhetorical strategies, and reflective writing. I’ll often ask you to write in-class—and receive credit for that work—so it is important that come to class regularly and be prepared to engage with our community.

Your Attendance in this course directly affects your grade. If you miss class, you will miss in-class writing assignments that cannot be made up. If you miss four classes, you will be at risk of failing the course.

Deadlines are real, but life happens. If you feel you have a unique circumstance that requires extra time for a major project, it is your responsibility to be in touch with me at least 48 hours before the assignment is due. If you do not contact me in advance and you hand-in an assignment late, you risk not receiving credit for the late work.

During the final four weeks of the semester, you will be asked to complete a Course Evaluation. I will share that link at the end of the term and appreciate your participation.