Freshman Composition
Course Number: ENGL101
CRN: 33505
Instructor: Koritsoglou, Angela
Email Address: akoritsoglou@avc.edu
Telephone: 661.722.6056 X6056
Meeting Requirements:
Welcome to English 101.
This class meets exclusively online; therefore, we will not have on-campus meetings.
On the first day of class (February 4), you will receive an announcement with instructions about how to access our online class. Please check your AVC student e-mail account for the announcement. All students have an AVC email account, and you are required to use it for this class.
You must “show up” for the first day of class. In an online environment this is accomplished by reading the syllabus and posting your first entry in the introductions discussion board. This must be done NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, February 5 by 11:59pm. If you do not do this, you will be dropped from the course in accordance with the AVC policy of dropping no shows.
There is no wait list for this class. Once the sections fill, the ONLY way to enroll is to continue trying. If a student drops, a space will become available.
Special Requirements:
All students must use their AVC email address for correspondence.
All materials must be submitted in MSWord 2003 or later. Vista or Microsoft 2007 users must submit their work as .doc files not .docx files.
Students must be confident computer and Internet users to be successful in this course.
Students must have the required textbooks, which are available at the Marauder Bookstore at AVC by Tuesday, February 5.
This an intensive online course, which means that you should be prepared to at least nine hours each week preparing for and participating in our class. The class requires your active participation in discussion boards and groups. English 101 is an intensive course in reading, writing, and critical thinking. You will write several formal essays and reader responses totaling 32 pages or 8,000 words. In addition to reading a novel, you will read numerous selections from our text, Seeing and Writing 3. You should plan to work very hard in this course and commit the time needed to be successful. If this is not possible due to other commitments, you should consider taking this class another semester. Late work will not be accepted. Students who are not active in the class for week may be dropped.
Required Texts:
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid’s Tale. Anchor, 1998.
Hacker, Diana. A Writer’s Reference. 6th ed. Boston: Bedford / St. Martin’s, 2006.
Seeing and Writing 3. eds. Christine and Donald McQuade. Boston: Bedford / St. Martin’s, 2006.
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