ENG 104 ONLINE Brief Course Description
from current COCC Catalog:  https://oraweb.cocc.edu/2011/LIT.htm#ENG104

ENG 104 - Introduction to Literature: Fiction
Explores human purposes, literary structures, cultural values and rich varieties of the short story and the novel. Close reading, interpretation and evaluation of selected works of fiction, with attention to authors' contexts, creative process, narrative elements (such as theme, character, plot, point of view, setting, symbol, and style) and reader responses. . . . Credits: 4    Lecture: 4
--See also ENG 104 Learning Outcomes below.

ENG 104 is an approved COCC and Oregon state Arts and Letters discipline studies course option for students seeking lower-division college transfer course credits, COCC associates’ degrees and program certificates. For example, students who successfully complete ENG 104 (with a grade of “C” or higher) may count this course toward satisfying current Arts and Letters discipline studies (formerly known as humanities general education distribution) requirements for the Oregon Transfer Module (OTM) certificate, the Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer (AAOT) degree, for other COCC Associate degrees, and for COCC certificate programs. 
--See the current COCC College Catalog: Pathways to Success: Overview of COCC Degree Options (pages 35-49), including DISCIPLINE STUDIES COURSES: Arts and Letters discipline studies course options--also available online:
http://current.cocc.edu/UserData/Documents/current/catalog/2010-11%20pathways%20pp35-49.pdf
--Please consult Cora Agatucci and/or your COCC academic advisor if you have questions.

ENG 104 ONLINE Mandatory Prerequisite, Recommended Preparation,
Mid-Week #1 Introduction and Attendance Requirement,
and COCC Blackboard Help 

ENG 104 ONLINE Mandatory Prerequisite:
Fall 2010 ENG 104 ONLINE (CRN # 41360) is a COCC Blackboard-based course conducted entirely ONLINE.  Therefore, the mandatory prerequisite for this COCC online course is successful completion of COCC’s Online Orientation Units 1-5 (Free COCC Online Mini-Course):
--Information:  http://web.cocc.edu/onlineorientation/   
--Sign-up: http://web.cocc.edu/onlineorientation/orientation_signup.htm
*NOTE: To register for this Fall 2010 ENG 104 Online course OR to get yourself on the Wait List for this course, you MUST have already successfully completed the above mandatory prerequisite.

ENG 104 ONLINE Recommended Preparation:
--Students with college entry-level critical thinking, reading, and writing skills are best prepared for success in this course.  ENG 104 is an introductory Arts and Letters discipline studies course, so prior course work in literature is helpful but NOT necessary for success. 

ENG 104 ONLINE Mid-Week #1 Introduction and Attendance Requirement:
Beginning Mon., Sept. 20, 2010 (early am), officially Registered and Wait-Listed ENG 104 ONLINE students will have temporary access to our Blackboard course:
ENG104-41360_FA10:Intro to Literature: Fiction
--Both registered and wait-listed students should login to Blackboard, access our Bb course, complete UNIT 1: START HERE required readings and post DB [Discussion Board] Forum Introduction and Attendance Requirement by the Wed., Sept. 22, 2010, 11:00 PM deadline.
--If you have questions about UNIT 1 readings or experience (technological) problems posting this required assignment on time, please Contact Cora Agatucci ASAP via COCC email: <cagatucci@cocc.edu>

COCC Blackboard Help:
COCC Blackboard courses and tools generally display and work best when accessed using Mozilla Firefox internet browser (Firefox 3.6 or later version).  For more information, see:
--COCC Blackboard > Blackboard Login & Help . . . for Students
http://blackboard.cocc.edu/login/Default.aspx
--COCC Blackboard > Computer Configuration Recommendations
http://blackboard.cocc.edu/CompRecommend/default.aspx
--COCC Blackboard > Ask COCC for help form
http://blackboard.cocc.edu/support.aspx?topic=Assistance%20With%20Blackboard

ENG 104 ONLINE Required Textbook and Other Course Requirements

(1) Required Textbook for ENG 104  ONLINE - Fall 2010:

Charters, Ann.  The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short
        Fiction.  8th Compact ed. Boston: Bedford-St. Martin's, 2011.

--The ISBN [13] of this required textbook is 978-0-312-59624-8, and this textbook can be purchased online from COCC Bookstore: http://bookstore.cocc.edu/

(2)  Required Readings will include sections from our course textbook, as well as Bb course documents provided by Cora, as assigned our ten Blackboard course instructional Units. A couple of  course Unit assignments (e.g. Source Reviews) also require outside (limited) online research and reading. Graded assignments also include reading-based Bb Quizzes and Discussion Board Seminars.
--ENG 104 ONLINE, like most other ONLINE COCC courses, is reading intensive.  ENG 104 ONLINE Recommended Preparation, as stated above, is college entry-level critical thinking, reading and writing skills.
--See also ENG 104 ONLINE planned Assignments, Grading, and Late Policies/Penalties below and Plagiarism Policy below.

(3)  Regular ENG 104 ONLINE "Attendance" is required, which means . . .
--ENG 104 ONLINE students are expected to access regularly and monitor carefully our ENG ONLINE Bb course several times every week—preferably daily--to keep abreast of Bb course Unit assignments and to meet deadlines, as well as any necessary changes. 
--ENG 104 ONLINE students are expected to access regularly and read carefully their COCC email for important course-related messages. 
--ENG 104 ONLINE students are expected to monitor Bb "View Grades" to check their assignment scores, notes, and overall course grade to date; and to contact Cora Agatucci ASAP via COCC email if students have grading questions or concerns.

(4) ENG 104 ONLINE is NOT a self-paced course; the instructor establishes Unit-based course work schedule and sets assignment deadlines--and LATE penalties will be applied to course assignments submitted after announced deadlines.  Cora has developed and paced ENG 104 Online Bb instructional Units and graded assignment deadlines to build students’ skills and knowledge in a carefully planned step-by-step sequence designed to help students achieve targeted ENG 104 learning outcomes and succeed in this course. (In these respects, COCC Online courses are not so different from traditional face-to-face and hybrid classes--and for the very same very good pedagogical reasons.)

(5) ENG 104 ONLINE *Tentative* Course Plan and Assignment Schedule – Fall 2010, a Bb document provided in UNIT 1, projects our weekly Unit-by-Unit work schedule and announces deadlines for Unit graded/scored assignments. Students must access individual Bb course Units for detail specifying required readings, graded assignment directions and deadlines, etc. 
--NOTE that Unit graded assignment deadlines do NOT fall on the same day/time each week; deadlines vary because sequenced Unit instruction & graded assignments are not all the same in challenge, scope, type, and time needed to complete.
--If changes affecting assignments and deadlines have to be made, students will be given reasonable advance notice via Bb course Announcements, COCC Email, and revisions within instructional Units.  (I added "Tentative" to Course Plan and Assignment Schedule because sometimes even the best-laid plans have to be changed due to unforeseen circumstances, like interruptions in COCC Blackboard service.)

(6) Students are expected to adhere to COCC Student Rights and Responsibilities:
http://studentlife.cocc.edu/Policies/Rights+and+Responsibilities/default.asp
--See also Plagiarism Policy below.

ENG 104 Learning Outcomes,
or what you will learn in ENG 104 ONLINE

ENG 104 students who successfully complete this course, will:

A.  Build Knowledge of a Major Literary Genre* [i.e. Fiction, focusing on the Short Story]
--1. Situate works of fiction within their contexts (e.g. literary historical periods and influences, cultural and biographical background of authors, authorial intentions and critical reception).
--2. Explain and illustrate how works of fiction reflect and shape significant aspects of their contexts.
--3. Define and explicate key literary elements of narrative fiction, such as plot, character, theme, point of view, setting, symbol, and style.

B.  Develop Skills in Literary Analysis & Evaluation
--4. Apply close reading, contextual background information, literary concepts and approaches, and multiple perspectives to the analysis and interpretation of works of fiction.
--5. Use comparative analysis to demonstrate significant differences and similarities among works of narrative fiction (e.g., between short stories by the same or different authors; between short story and novel or film; between works of fiction from different literary-historical periods).
--6. Formulate and apply persuasive criteria to the evaluation of works of fiction-- appropriate to the context and genre of the literary text, and distinguishing between personal responses and literary-critical judgment.

C.  Exercise Effective Communication Skills
--7. Use effective written communication to express literary interpretations and evaluations--developed both independently and collaboratively.
--8. Use well-selected evidence from the literary text(s) to support one’s literary interpretations, analyses, and evaluations.

Course instruction will also enable students to: 
D. Develop Knowledge and Skills in Avoiding Plagiarism and Using MLA-style Documentation

from Humanities Dept. > Literature: English > Literature English Outcomes (Rev. 07-09-2007):
http://humanities.cocc.edu/UserData/Documents/humanities/LiteratureEnglish.pdf

What is *Genre? According to Ann Charters, our textbook author-editor, "GENRE" is defined as "A type of literary work, such as SHORT STORY, NOVEL, essay, play, or poem. The term may also be used to define literature within a type, such as science-fiction stories or detective novels.  In film, the term refers to a recognizable type of movie, such as a western or a thriller, that follows familiar NARRATIVE or visual CONVENTIONS" (Charters 1144). 
--See Ann Charters' "Appendix 6: Glossary of Literary Terms (pp. 1140-1149) in our textbook The Story and Its Writer for quick definitions of many key literary terms.

ENG 104 ONLINE planned Assignments, Grading, & Late Policies/Penalties

--Every course required reading and graded assignment is designed to help students achieve one or more relevant  ENG 104 Learning Outcomes (stated above and in Bb course Units).
--See current ENG 104 Online *Tentative* Course Plan and Assignment Schedule for deadlines.
--See Bb course UNITS for required readings and graded assignment directions.
--Please contact Cora Agatucci ASAP via COCC email if you have questions about ENG 104 Bb Unit assignment directions, and/or if you experience (technical or other) problems completing and submitting ENG 104 Bb Unit assignments on time.
--See also Plagiarism Policy below.

Unit 1:
  10 pts.
  possible

UNIT 1: Course Introduction and Attendance Requirement
  10 pts = DB Forum Introduction & Attendance Requirement
ALL Registered students who wish to hold their place in this course, and ALL Wait Listed students who wish to hold their Wait List priority for permission to add this course, are required to complete UNIT 1 readings and post DB [Discussion Board] Forum 1: Intro & Attendance Requirement by Wed., 9/22/2010, 11:00 PM. 
LATE Policies/Penalties, in the case of this mid-Week #1 DB Forum Introduction & Attendance Requirement assignment, are:
--(a) Officially Registered students who do NOT complete and post this DB Forum Introduction & Attendance Requirement on time, will be administratively dropped from this course;
--(b) Officially Wait-listed students who do NOT complete and post this DB Forum Introduction & Attendance Requirement on time, will be lose their prioritized place on the wait list.

UNIT 4: Avoiding Plagiarism, UNIT 4 Quiz, and Seminar 1
  20 pts = UNIT 4 Quiz
Descriptions given above of Cora’s Bb Quizzes and Bb Quiz First "Attempt Policy and LATE Quiz Penalty apply.
  40 pts = DB Forum Seminar 1: Literary Analysis Exercises
  15 pts = DB Forum Seminar 1: Responses
(See Bb UNIT 4 for detailed assignment directions and examples.)
LATE DB Policy: Blackboard DB (Discussion Board) Forums will remain open for late postings after announced assignment posting deadlines AND students who post DB Forum assignments LATE are required to advise Cora ASAP via COCC email
LATE Penalties: Points equivalent to one letter grade will be subtracted:  
--from (a) DB Forum Seminar 1 Literary Analysis  Exercises completed and posted LATE after announced assignment posting deadline; and
--from (b) DB Forum Seminar 1 Responses completed and posted LATE after announced assignment posting deadline.
See also Plagiarism Policy below.

Plagiarism Policy . . . and Help

Plagiarism—intended or unintended—is a serious violation of academic honesty standards and legal intellectual property rights, and constitutes justifiable grounds for COCC instructors to assign a grade of F or 0 on a student’s assignment in which plagiarism occurs, or to require that the student complete another assignment, or to assign a final grade of F for the course.

BUT DO NOT PANIC!  Beginning in Bb UNIT 4, ENG 104 ONLINE will provide instruction on what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid plagiarism, as well as directions and examples for how to cite your sources using MLA style in ENG 104 written assignments. 

Proper in-text citations and complete bibliographical documentation of all sources that you quote, paraphrase, and/or summarize in your writing are required whenever you borrow the words, facts, and ideas of others. Direct quotations, repeated verbatim (i.e. word-for-word) from a source, must be appropriately set off as such, and the source must be cited and documented.  If you put others’ ideas & information in your own words—i.e. paraphrase and summary—you still have to cite and document the source/s you use in your writing assignments. In college writing assignments, source(s) must be cited and documented both (a) IN-TEXT at the point in your papers where the borrowing occurs (using parenthetical citations for most documentation styles), and (b) AT THE END of your papers in a list giving full bibliographical documentation of all sources cited within your papers.  
--NOTE: Placement of complete and correctly formatted bibliographical entries differs for Source Reviews (i.e. Annotated Bibliographies) will be explained and modeled in relevant instructional Units.

Please read COCC Student Rights and Responsibilities, especially
SECTION III: Code of Conduct > A. INSTRUCTIONAL: Academic and Speech > a, Academic Dishonesty
http://studentlife.cocc.edu/Policies/Rights+and+Responsibilities/default.aspx

COCC Students with Special Needs

"COCC strives to make available to all students the opportunity for an excellent and rewarding education," and in accordance with federal guidelines, "COCC is committed to making physical facilities and instructional programs accessible to all students.  Awareness of students' needs and goals helps to create an atmosphere in which learning and growth can occur."
--Services for Students with Disabilities: http://disability.cocc.edu/

Students with special needs who  . . .

• have documented disabilities requiring special accommodations,
• have any emergency medical information that the instructor should know of,
  AND/OR
• require special arrangements in the event of an evacuation,

. . . should share these special needs as early as possible with COCC course instructors AND with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities: 

Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD):
Services for Students with Disabilities
http://disability.cocc.edu/
Boyle Education Center (BEC), 2600 NW College Way, Bend OR 97701 
Telephone/Voicemail: 541-383-7583

See also: Guide for Students with Disabilities:
http://disability.cocc.edu/Guide/default.aspx
--COCC campus maps and disabled parking areas:  
 http://web.cocc.edu/admit/new/publ/bendcampusparking.pdf

Contact Cora Agatucci

Electronic mail:
Cora's Office Location: Grandview 106-B  (Bend campus)
See Cora's current Schedule (& also by appointment):
http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/schedule.htm 

Cora's Office Phone & Voicemail: (541) 383-7522
Humanities Dept. Office (Bend campus): Modoc 226 
Fax:  (541) 330-4396 - Attention: Cora Agatucci
Cora Agatucci's COCC Home Page: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/