LS 462 Senior Project II

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Second program capstone experience for prospective multiple subjects teachers. 4 lecture/counseling. Prerequisites: Completion of LS 461 and completion of (or concurrent enrollment in) all required English, math, science, fine arts, and human development (kinesiology and psychology) courses.

COURSE GOALS
LS 462, part of a two-course sequence, provides a workshop opportunity to help students complete the portfolio designed to show their competence in the subject areas that comprise the Liberal Studies curriculum. Students are held to a high writing standard. The instructor and classmates will help students refine their work. The course will also give students a chance to articulate and evaluate the knowledge and critical skills you acquired during your university education.

TEXTS

De Botton, Alain. The Art of Travel.Vintage Books, 2004. ISBN: 0375-72534-2

Elkins, James. Pictures and Tears.Routledge, 2004. ISBN: 0415-97053-9

Palmquist, Mike.Designing Writing. Bedford/ St. Martin, 2005. ISBN: 0312-45017-6

ASSIGNMENTS
1. Selected readings from your texts.
2. Three short essays (750 words), to be written in class.
3. Three Major essays( 1250-1500 words).
4. Three essaydrafts, each 750-1000 words.
5. Participation in Writer's Workshop

GRADES
To earn credit for the course, you must complete all papers and turn in all assigned weekly writings. Grades on your papers will be added together to arrive at a final grade. An "A" or "B" is given when your writing demonstrates excellence CONSISTENTLY. See Appendix A.

Your grade is based on the following criteria:

ATTENDANCE
This is not a lecture course. You will be asked to write regularly and often, both within class and outside of it. Much of the writing you do will become the focus of class discussions and workshops. The essays you are required to read will be the subject of classroom discussions. Because this workshop format stresses the value of collaborative learning, ATTENDANCE IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL!

You may miss no more than TWO class meetings over the course of the entire quarter. If you miss more than two meetings, without written documentation, your course grade will be lowered by one full letter grade. Anyone missing five class meetings will fail the course, regardless of documentation. Unfortunately, serious long-term illness requires that a student will miss too much class time to be able to complete the course. Tardies are handled in the same manner.

NO late papers will be accepted.

If you are not present in class on the day an in-class draft is written, you will not receive points for the draft, even though you are required to turn in a first draft with your finished argument essay. Those present in class for the in- class draft will, at my discretion, earn UP TO 30 points for the draft. You will not earn points for reading or sleeping! Excessive tardies will count as an unexcused absence.

PAPER FORMAT
Presentation of papers is very important. You will put a great deal of time and effort into your papers for this class--please make sure that your papers look professional!! For clarification of appropriate margins, placement of headings, and so on, please SEE APPENDIX B

NOTE
According to the California Administrative Code, Title 5, Section 41301, "any student of a state university or college may be expelled, suspended, placed on probation or given a lesser sanction for...cheating or plagiarism in connection with an academic program at a state university or college." See Appendix C for more information on Academic Integrity.

STUDENT CONDUCT
As noted in the Cal Poly Pomona Catolog, 1999-2001, page 47: "It is expected that all students are enrolled for serious educational pursuits and that their conduct will preserve an atmosphere of learning. All students are expected to assume the responsibilities of citizenship in the campus community. Association in such [a] community is purely voluntary, and students may withdraw from it at any time that they consider the obligations of membership disproportionate to the benefits. While enrolled, students are subject to university authority, which includes the prerogative of dismissing students whose conduct is inimical to the aims of an institution of higher education."

Please turn your cell phones and pagers off during class time; these items, when on and in use, are disruptive and disrespectful.

This syllabus is your contract for LS 462. If you choose to stay in this class, you also choose to accept the terms of this contract.

copyright© 2005 by Susan Rogers

These are official class materials of LS 462 as taught at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona by Susan Rogers, and are subject to change without notice.