This syllabus constitutes a kind of contract between you as a student and me as your instructor. These criteria reflect my goals for your writing. Another goal is to promote tolerance and open-mindedness. Each paper gets up to 50 points, the final one up to 100. In-class paragraphs get up to 10 points, and you get points for the peer analyses, the Reader Profile, and the final.
Papers are due on the dates scheduled before class is dismissed .
I drop the lowest of the first three papers. Plagiarism gives you a zero the first time, a course failure the second. You must do the last four papers to pass the course . I grade by a curve at the semester's end, which means some on the borderline may receive the higher grade, depending on the other grades. Please note the withdrawal policies and dates, pp.