Expository Writing 101:EI

Fall 2016

Instructor: Laura Smith, M.A, M. Phil.

Instructors Email: lasmith@rci.rutgers.edu
Class Meetings: T TH 2:50-4:10 HH A1
Office Hours: T TH 6:15-7:15 MU 036B
This course should meet twice a week in your assigned
classroom. It cannot be converted into a hybrid or online
course. If you have concerns about cancelled class meetings,
please contact the Director of the Writing Program, Kurt
Spellmeyer, at 848-932-7570 or wp@rutgers.edu.
The certified learning goals for 355:101 are:
1. To communicate complex ideas effectively, in standard written
English, to a general audience.
2. To evaluate and critically assess sources and use the
conventions of attribution and citation correctly.
3. To analyze and synthesize information and ideas from multiple
sources to generate new insights.
Course Description
In this course you will read and write about a variety of texts
concerning a range of fascinating, relevant, contemporary issues.
Course goals include helping you to read deeply, think critically, and
write interpretively and effectively, creating your own independent
argument that synthesizes multiple sources.
Required Texts
Miller and Spellmeyer, The New Humanities Reader, 5th Edition
Miller-Cochran and Raimes, Keys for Writers, 7th Edition
Selected student papers to demonstrate and correct errors, or
as models of strong writing
Course Requirements
Write a first day writing sample
Read six selections from The New Humanities Reader
Write five out-of-class essays, minimum of five typed pages each
Write a typed rough and final draft for each assignment (and
demonstrate significant revision between drafts)
Give three brief oral presentations in class, including one on
grammar

Complete an in-class midterm exam (essay format, graded pass

or fail)
Complete an in-class final exam (essay format, graded pass or
fail)
Students must pass the final exam to pass the course.
Keep all rough and final drafts in a folder, for mid-semester and
end of semester folder review.
Regularly check your Sakai Course Site at sakai.rutgers.edu. (To
access Sakai, you will need your Rutgers Net ID and password.
You will receive announcements from Sakai at your Rutgers email address, so remember to check that account frequently.)

Grading
The final course grade will be determined by your highest level
of sustained achievement until the end of the term.
You must complete the midterm exam to pass the course.
You must pass the final exam to pass the course.
Half a letter grade will be deducted from the final draft for each
day its rough draft is late, one full letter grade will be deducted
from a final draft for each day it is late.
The lowest passing grade for a paper and for the course is C.
Papers that exhibit significant errors of punctuation, grammar,
spelling, or syntax (generally, three or more errors per page)
risk failing.
All grades are subject to departmental review.
Policies
Attendance at all classes is expected. After four absences you
risk failing the course.
Punctuality is important. Lateness of twenty minutes or more
counts as half an absence. After missing forty minutes of class
you will be marked absent.
You must submit rough and final drafts of all five papers to pass
the class (there should be substantial revision between rough
and final drafts). Rough drafts must be four full pages, and final
drafts must be five full pages in length. You must also complete
the midterm exam, and pass the final exam to pass the class.
If you are two final drafts behind, for any reason, you
automatically fail the course.
If you transfer into a section of Expos late, you have one
excused absence only. If, for example, you miss the first three
classes of the semester, only one will be excused and you will
have two absences.

You must review and abide by the Universitys Policy on

Academic Integrity. This can be found online at:
http://academicintegrity.rutgers.edu.
You cannot drop Expos 101 without a Deans permission.
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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Americans with
Disabilities Act Amendments (ADAA) of 2008, and Sections 504
and 508 that mandate that reasonable accommodations be
provided for qualified students with disabilities. If you have a
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examination accommodation, please register with the Office of
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services and administering exams with accommodations for
students with disabilities. The Office of Disability Services
for Students can be contacted by calling 848.445.6800
and is located on the Livingston campus at the following
address: 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Suite A145, Piscataway,
NJ 08854.
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