However, you should have no serious mechanical or fluency problems, and you must be willing to commit yourself to the time it will take to succeed in the required reading and writing assignments. The last eight assignments will count more than the first two. This will give you a chance to write a reading response and an essay and get used to forms of writing that may be new to you. If at any point in the course you have a question about your grade or how to improve it, please let your instructor know. Each assignment must be submitted one at a time .
Essays take time to write, and they take time to read and respond to well.
This is not a quick course to complete. Depending on the pace of your work, you should expect to complete this course in six to seven months, from submission of first to last assignment. You should expect it to take two weeks to receive an assignment back after you send it in. If you have deadlines to meet such as graduation, please let your instructor know when you begin this course. The textbooks listed below may be ordered from Iowa Book and Supply, Iowa City.