BARTON  COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Bartonline I.  GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION Course Number:              ENGL 1204 Course Title:                  English Composition I Course Description:       An approach to purposeful writing stressing self-expression through written communication by logical presentation of ideas with emphasis on content, organization, and mechanics. II.  CLASSROOM POLICY  Students and faculty of Barton Community College constitute a special community engaged in the process of education.  The college assumes that its students and faculty will demonstrate a code of personal honor that is based upon courtesy, integrity, common sense, and respect for others both within and outside the classroom. The college reserves the right to suspend a student for conduct that is detrimental to the college’s educational endeavors as outlined in the college catalog. Plagiarism on any academic endeavors at Barton Community College will not be tolerated.  Learn the rules of, and avoid instances of, intentional or unintentional plagiarism. Anyone seeking an accommodation under provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act should notify Student Support Services. III.  COURSE AS VIEWED IN THE TOTAL CURRICULUM English Composition I is an approved general education course at Barton Community College, which can be used to fulfill degree requirements as a fundamental course acceptable as general education credit towards any degree (A.A., A.S., A.G.S., or A.A.S degree). This course transfers well and may be used to help fulfill credit and course requirements for general education at most if not all Kansas Regents’ institutions.  General education requirements vary among institutions, and perhaps even among departments, colleges or programs within an institution.  Also, these requirements may change from time to time and without notification.  The students shall assume the responsibility to obtain relevant information from intended transfer institutions during their tenure at Barton County Community College to ensure that they enroll in the most appropriate set of courses for the transfer program.  Most will not accept this course unless the student earns a C or better.  Transfer equivalencies are located online at this website: http://www.bartonccc.edu/transfer The learning outcomes and competencies detailed in this syllabus meet, or exceed the learning outcomes and competencies specified by the Kansas Core Outcomes Project for this course, as sanctioned by the Kansas Board of Regents. IV.        ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING / COURSE OUTCOMES and V.        COURSE COMPETENCIES Barton Community College assesses student learning at several levels:  institutional, program, degree and classroom.  The goal of these assessment activities is to improve student learning.  As a student in this course, you will participate in various assessment activities.  Results of these activities will be used to improve the content and delivery of Barton’s instruction.

1. BARTON
COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Bartonline
I. GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
Course Number:
ENGL 1204
Course Title:
English Composition I
Course Description:
An approach to purposeful writing stressing self-expression
through written communication by logical presentation of ideas
with emphasis on content, organization, and mechanics.
II. CLASSROOM POLICY
Students and faculty of Barton Community College constitute a
special community engaged in the process of education. The
college assumes that its students and faculty will demonstrate a
code of personal honor that is based upon courtesy, integrity,
common sense, and respect for others both within and outside
the classroom.
The college reserves the right to suspend a student for conduct
that is detrimental to the college’s educational endeavors as
outlined in the college catalog.
Plagiarism on any academic endeavors at Barton Community
College will not be tolerated. Learn the rules of, and avoid
instances of, intentional or unintentional plagiarism.
Anyone seeking an accommodation under provisions of the
Americans with Disabilities Act should notify Student Support
Services.
III. COURSE AS VIEWED IN THE TOTAL CURRICULUM
English Composition I is an approved general education course
at Barton Community College, which can be used to fulfill
degree requirements as a fundamental course acceptable as
general education credit towards any degree (A.A., A.S.,
A.G.S., or A.A.S degree).

2. This course transfers well and may be used to help fulfill credit
and course requirements for general education at most if not all
Kansas Regents’ institutions. General education requirements
vary among institutions, and perhaps even among departments,
colleges or programs within an institution. Also, these
requirements may change from time to time and without
notification. The students shall assume the responsibility to
obtain relevant information from intended transfer institutions
during their tenure at Barton County Community College to
ensure that they enroll in the most appropriate set of courses for
the transfer program. Most will not accept this course unless
the student earns a C or better. Transfer equivalencies are
located online at this website:
http://www.bartonccc.edu/transfer
The learning outcomes and competencies detailed in this
syllabus meet, or exceed the learning outcomes and
competencies specified by the Kansas Core Outcomes Project
for this course, as sanctioned by the Kansas Board of Regents.
IV. ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING / COURSE
OUTCOMES and
V. COURSE COMPETENCIES
Barton Community College assesses student learning at several
levels: institutional, program, degree and classroom. The goal
of these assessment activities is to improve student learning.
As a student in this course, you will participate in various
assessment activities. Results of these activities will be used to
improve the content and delivery of Barton’s instructional
program.
Outcome A
: Use a variety of planning strategies.
Competencies
1. Employ planning strategies that are effective for a variety
of writing tasks, including, but not limited to journaling, listing,
freewriting, brainstorming, clustering, reporter’s questioning.
Outcome B

3. : Employ effective narrowing strategies to draft an effective
thesis.
Competencies
1. Organize an essay using outlining strategies.
2. Write an opinionated, focused thesis statement and topic
sentences for a specific audience and purpose.
3. Compose a thesis that will address a specific audience.
4. Adequately test a hypothesis to determine whether it is
specific and well-focused.
Outcome C
: Effectively and logically organize body/topical paragraphs.
Competencies
1. Demonstrate mastery of a variety of organizational methods
appropriate to the writing task, such as comparison/contrast,
cause/effect, definition, problem/solution, classification, and
process analysis.
2. Compose opinionated topic sentences that not only support
the thesis but also direct the content of the paragraph
3. Incorporate both general and specific supporting evidence.
4. Judge whether topical paragraphs display unity,
completeness, order and coherence.
Outcome D
: Write introductions and conclusions appropriate to the
subject, audience and purpose of the essay.
Competencies
1. Compose introductions that address a specific audience and
introduce the topic appropriately.
2. Compose conclusions that effectively lend closure to the
many ideas expressed within the essay’s development.
Outcome E
: Recognize the importance of coherence to the audience and
incorporate effective and appropriate coherence devices to meet
this need.
Competencies
1. Correctly use appropriate and effective transitional devices.
2. Correctly incorporate pronouns and key words as coherence

4. devices.
3. Demonstrate proficiency in using parallel structure.
Outcome F
: Compose essays that meet the standards of academic writing.
Competencies
1. Choose diction that is specific as well as vivid and
appropriate for college level academic writing.
2. Compose sentences that clearly express the author’s ideas.
3. Demonstrate the ability to judge writing situations when
non-standard English grammar is appropriate and when it is
not.
4. Write using standard English grammar.
5. Produce documents which conform to recognized (standard)
guidelines such as those of the Modern Language Association
(MLA), the American Psychological Association (APA), or the
Associated Press (AP).
6. Avoid plagiarism by crediting any outside sources
incorporated into a document using attributive tags and/or in-
text references as well as works cited/ bibliographical listings.
Outcome G
: Revise effectively.
Competencies
1. Evaluate the effectiveness of the relationship between the
thesis and the essay to determine
a. whether the essay develops the idea expressed in the thesis
and
b. whether the thesis accurately conveys the ideas developed
in the essay.
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of the relationship between each
topic sentence and its paragraph to determine
a. whether the paragraph develops the idea expressed in the
topic sentence and
b. whether the topic sentence accurately conveys the ideas
developed in the paragraph.
3. Revise paragraphs for logical presentation and complete
development of ideas.

5. 4. Revise sentences for clarity, emphasis, economy and
variety.
5. Write in third person, when appropriate, following the rules
for correct pronoun/antecedent agreement.
6. Employ strategies that promote the use of active voice.
7. Use conjunctions correctly, observing the conventions of
parallel structure and correct punctuation.
8. Demonstrate proficiency in proofreading and editing.
VI. INSTRUCTOR EXPECTATION OF STUDENTS IN
CLASS
BCCC distance learning classes are designed in weekly or bi-
weekly blocks. Students are expected to complete all required
reading, submit completed projects, post module essay entries,
and participate in required threaded discussions by the due dates
posted on the syllabus.
Final drafts of papers and all assignments must be posted on the
document sharing website on or before the due date (posted
under the “Assignment” section of each unit and on the
syllabus). It is vitally important that you keep up in this class.
Therefore, late assignments, in general, will not be accepted.
Work that is submitted late (after 2400 MST on the due date)
may not be graded. In the event of technical problems or natural
disaster, contact the instructor by email:
[email protected]
. You may also contact the Barton office by FAX at (785) 784-
7542, office 1-877-620-6606, or send an email to:
[email protected]
. Courteous participation in class threaded discussions is the
standard. Disruptive and/or offensive behavior in the electronic
medium will not be tolerated.
VII. TEXT AND SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS USED IN
THE COURSE
Title:
St. Martin's Guide to Writing
Author: Axelrod, Rise B. / Cooper, Charles R.

6. Edition/Copyright: 9th Edition / Copyright 2010
Publisher: Bedford Books
Type: Hardback or eBook
ISBN-10: 0-312-53612-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-53612-1
eBook ISBN: 0-312-59681-2
**If you
still have the 8th edition, this is also acceptable (ISBN-10: 0-
312-44624-1 or ISBN-13: 978-0-312-44624-6).
VIII. REFERENCES:
No additional references are required.
IX. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION
How to submit your work:
All papers should be typed, double-spaced, and submitted to the
appropriate dropbox using the guidelines specified in the
Submitting Your Assignment sections that appears in Units 1, 4,
7, 10, 14, & 15. Your name, the date, and the assignment name
should be in the upper left-hand corner of the first page.
Late Assignment Policy:
Final drafts of papers and all assignments must be posted in the
appropriate dropbox on our course website on or before the due
date (posted under the “Submitting Your Assignment” section of
Units 1, 4, 7, 10, 14, & 15). You can also find these due dates
on the syllabus and under our Course Announcements. It is
vitally important that you keep up in this class. Therefore, late
assignments, in general, will not be accepted.
Revision Days:
Revision is an integral part of this course. There will be a
workshop/revision unit for each of the four major essays you
will write, and I recommend you get an outside option on your
paper, prior to turning it in to me. If you’d like to participate in
a peer response group--in which you and several of your
classmates exchange drafts by email and give each other
comments--please let me know and I will set up an email list for
your peer group. You will also be allowed to revise each of

7. your four major papers after you have received grades and
comments from me. (The due date for revisions will be
specified each time I email to let you know that
grades/comments are ready to view.
Grades:
1) Major papers will receive a numerical grade (see formula
below). Papers which are unacceptable (or would not yet pass
an outside portfolio reading) at the first grading will be marked
“Needs Revision” (R). Unacceptable papers
must be revised
to an acceptable degree for them to pass. An unrevised paper
with an original grade of R will be counted as an F in
determining final grades.
2) Any major paper may be revised once, regardless of
initial grade.
Once I email you your grade and my comments on your draft,
you will typically have at least 3-5 days to revise
(with the exception of the Introduction Assignment and the
Final Letter to the Instructor, which you will not be able to
revise due to semester time constraints).
I will list the specific revision due date in my email announcing
that grades and comments are ready to view.
Please keep in mind that a revision does not automatically
receive a better grade. The revision must be substantially
improved, simply making editing corrections will not warrant a
higher grade. For a definition of ‘revision’ for this course, see
below.
3) I will determine your final grade by the following
formula:
Introduction Essay
_____/05 pts
Major Paper #1: Point of View
Essay _____/20 pts
Major Paper #2: Personal Narrative
Essay _____/20 pts

8. Major Paper #3: Summary & Strong Response
Essay _____/20 pts
Major Paper #4: Explaining a Concept Research Paper
_____/25 pts
Major Paper #5: Final Letter to the
Instructor _____/05 pt
Review
Quizzes _____/05
pt
TOTAL
_____/100 pts
[100-90 A 89-80 B 79-70 C 60-69 D Below 60 F]
Definition of a Revision:
The paper must demonstrate significant change in global issues
such as focus (what the paper is trying to accomplish or topic),
arrangement (the order of information presented), or
development (the amount of detail and/or support for major
generalizations). Revisions that do not meet these criteria will
be returned to the author unread. Simply correcting errors in
spelling, punctuation, usage, or grammar will not meet the
above criteria.
Other Guidelines for Revisions:
When you turn in a revised draft, you
must
include a summary explaining what you changed (specifically)
and why.
X. ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS
BCCC distance learning classes are designed in weekly or bi-
weekly blocks. Students are expected to complete all required
reading, submit completed projects, post module essay entries,
and participate in required threaded discussions by the due dates
posted on the syllabus. Final drafts of papers and all
assignments must be posted on the document sharing website on
or before the due date (posted under the “Assignment” section
of each unit and on the syllabus). It is vitally important that
you keep up in this class. Therefore, late assignments, in

9. general, will not be accepted.
Work that is submitted late (after 2400 MST on the due date)
may not be graded. In the event of technical problems or natural
disaster, contact the instructor by email:
[email protected]
.
If you plan on dropping the class, you must use the drop/add
link that is located on the left side of your bartonline home
page. Please review the drop/add dates and refund policy that is
contained in the academic calendar portion of the bartonline.org
website.
XI. COURSE OUTLINE & SCHEDULE
Our first few days of the semester are designed as an
ORIENTATION PERIOD. In other words, for the first three
days of class (Monday, June 1st through Wednesday, June 3rd),
your only task is to complete the required Orientation Week
tasks and familiarize yourself with the course and the online
structure (as outlined in the welcome/introductory notes), so
that you're ready to get down to work on Thursday, June 4th.
After our orientation period, I recommend you complete
two units per week
to keep up in this course. While you do not have to have every
unit done by the date I've listed below, the red dates--when
papers are due--are non-negotiable.
In other words,
you must have your papers posted to the appropriate dropboxes
by the
red dates listed below
.
Sunday, June 7 Unit 1 Completed, Introduction Essay
Due (& Unit 1 Review Quiz Due)
Wednesday, June 10 Unit 2 Completed (recommended)
Sunday, June 14 Unit 3 Completed (recommended)
Wednesday, June 17 Unit 4 Completed--Point of View Essay
Due
(& Unit 4 Review Quiz Due)

10. Sunday, June 21 Unit 5 Completed (recommended)
Wednesday, June 24 Unit 6 Completed (recommended)
Sunday, June 28 Unit 7 Completed--Personal Narrative
Due
(& Unit 7 Review Quiz Due)
Wednesday, July 1 Unit 8 Completed (recommended)
Sunday, July 5 Unit 9 Completed (recommended)
Wednesday, July 8 Unit 10 Completed--Summary & Strong
Response Due
(& Unit 10 Review Quiz Due)
Sunday, July 12 Unit 11 Completed (recommended)
Wednesday, July 15 Unit 12 Completed (recommended)
Sunday, July 19 Unit 13 Completed (recommended)
Wednesday, July 22 Unit 14 Completed--Explaining a
Concept Research Paper Due
(& Unit 14 Review Quiz Due)
Sunday, July 26 Unit 15 Completed--Final Letter to the
Instructor Due
ALL ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE TURNED IN BY SUNDAY,
JULY 26TH. UNIT 16 IS DESIGNED TO GIVE YOU TIME TO
REVISE THE UNIT #14 EXPLAINING A CONCEPT
RESEARCH PAPER, AND IT ALLOWS YOU TIME TO
COMPLETE THE FINAL POST-TEST AND COURSE
SURVEY.
ADDENDUM
Kansas Regents Shared Number Courses Syllabus Statement
Reapproved by the Kansas Council of Instructional
Administrators, September 26, 2013
KRSN Course ENG1010
The learning outcomes and competencies detailed in this course
outline or syllabus meet or exceed the learning outcomes and
competencies specified by the Kansas Core Outcomes Groups
project for this course as approved by the Kansas Board of
Regents.

11. Detailed Course Equivalency Information for Kansas Regents
Institutions Can Be Found Here:
http://kansasregents.org/transfer_articulation