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Schedule > ENG 200 Orientation
Fall 2012 English 200: Reading and Composition I (3 units)
Sections 0324 & 0325 Class Begins August 20, 2012
Course Description
This course fulfills the requirement of first semester freshman composition at the university level. Transfer: CSU; UC.
Recommended Prep: Concurrent enrollment in Eng 60 and Eng 70
- Instructor: Kathlyne Adams
- Email: kadams@mendocino.edu
After the class has started, please use ETUDES Private Messages for communication.
- Textbook Information:
The Contemporary Reader: 10th Edition by Gary Goshgarian.
ISBN: 0-205-74144-4 Approximate cost: $70.00
Rules for Writers: 7th edition, 2009 MLA Update by Diana Hacker
ISBN: 0-312-64736-0 Approximate cost: $ 35.00
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
ISBN: 978-0-15-603020-9 Approximate cost: $15.00
- Estimated Time per Week: Students can expect to spend approximately 9 hours per week reading, working on research assignments, taking quizzes and participating in online class discussions. This class is not self-paced. Specific assignments and discussions are meant to be completed for the whole class at the same time.
- Special Requirements: Log into ETUDES by the first day of class (8/20) and begin working on the first week’s assignment and discussion.
- Assignments & Tests: Course content will consist of the following:
-Class and Group Discussions
-Textbook and Novel Reading and Analysis, Quizzes, Grammar Exercises
-Journals, multiple entries
-Summary/Responses
-Essays (Narrative, Expository, Argumentative) (2-5 pages)
-One Research paper, multiple parts (7-15 pages)
-Midterm and Final Exams
Assignments may vary as the course progresses based upon the needs of the class
- Additional Comments: The entire course will be conducted online through the ETUDES course management system. Students are required to have Internet access, an active email account, the ability to use word processing, conduct Internet searches, attach files, send emails and private messages, and work independently.
- New to ETUDES:
Here is an
Online Orientation (Flash presentation opens in a new window)
that will show you the basics of how to use ETUDES. Here is a
flash tutorial (Flash presentation opens in a new window)
that demonstrates the log in protocol. Be sure to check System
Requirements before getting started with ETUDES. You need to do this
on each computer you use while taking a class through ETUDES.
- ETUDES Course: You will log into the
Etudes classroom with the log-in information provided below.
Log in to your course on the first day of the class. Here's how:
Go to the ETUDES portal at https://myetudes.org/portal
Log-in ID |
Password |
First 2 letters of first name +
First 2 letters of last name +
Last 5 digits of Student COLLEAGUE ID
(Type using all lower case letters)
Example:
Jose A. Garcia
Student ID: 1021945
Username = joga21945 |
Month Day of birth in school records
(Type using all lower case letters)
Example:
Birthday is April 11th, 1982 (04/11/82)
Password = 0411 |
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