ENC 1101: Writing About Food (Online Only)

Fall 2011-1 Term

Session 4 :: October 21, 2010 - December 15, 2010

English Composition I (ENC 1101) - Writing About Food

Reference Number 401296

ATTENTION: MANDATORY ONLINE ORIENTATION!

You will have access to the course on October 21, 2010 at 8:00 AM. You must complete the online orientation by 11:59 PM on TBA or you will be dropped from the course.

Faculty Introduction

See the About Me section for more about me!

Course Description
This is a special section of the standard freshman composition course, focusing on writing about food. The curriculum is specially designed to highlight different modes of writing using food-related examples. When we write about food, we are often writing about our deepest appetites: for nourishment, for love, for connection. This course will provide you with excellent examples of both fictional and non-fiction writing about food, along with assignments geared to various modes of discourse, and will facilitate your process of learning to write clearly and correctly. You will write four three-page essays during the term as well as a one-page narrative essay, a one-page expanded definition and a one-page restaurant review. In addition, you will write a five-page research paper which must contain proper MLA citation.

Methods of Instruction
We will be reading selections from Choice Cuts, edited by Mark Kurlansky, which will be available at the South Campus bookstore, as well as from Diana Hacker's A Writer's Reference, 6th Edition. I'll supplement our textbook with additional readings related to the essays you write, and you will also be required to carry out online exercises in grammar, punctuation and research. Your online class participation is an important part of the learning process, responding to readings and asking questions.

This is a 3-credit hour course. Normally, during a face-to-face 16-week course, students would meet twice a week for 1.5 hours each class. This, however, is an 8-week course, so students can expect to spend at least 6 hours a week working on their online course. Students should be prepared for reading, discussion and essay assignments each week, which will require a combination of on-line and off-line time commitment.

Learning Outcomes
This course requires students to master four general learning outcomes:

• Be able to compose units of discourse and provide ideas and information suitable to the purpose and the audience.
• Be able to transmit ideas and information in effective written language by employing good diction, conventional sentence structure, and standard written American English grammar and usage.
• Be able to locate and evaluate primary and secondary sources and incorporate the relevant information into a paper documented internally and bibliographically.
  
• Be able to read assignments with a view to their artistic merits, content, logical progression and thoroughness of citations (if any).

Course Requirements
Internet Access:

In addition to the required texts, you must have access to a computer with Microsoft Word and Internet access. If you do not have computer access at home, computers are available at various locations on the BC South campus, including the library and the Learning Resource Center.

BC E-mail Address
New to e-learning? Take the e-learning orientation before enrolling in any e-learning course.
Before enrolling in an e-learning course review computer requirements.
Hardware or Software Requirements specific to your course (if different from the BC standard)
All students must obtain their BC email address. It is used for course login.
You will need a library card in order to access online research materials. If you do not have a Broward County library card, you can get one at the South Campus library by showing your paid tuition bill. You can get library information here.

Course Materials
Two books are required for this course:

• Choice Cuts, edited by Mark Kurlansky
  
• A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker

How to Register for this Course
Register for this course through your myBC website . Students must pay for the course before they will be able to log into the course.

Information Contact
For more information, about this course, feel free to contact me ataalessan@broward.edu or call the South Campus English Department at (954) 201-8919. To learn more about Blackboard classes, you may want to see the video at the bottom of this page.

How to Access this Course once you are Enrolled in this Course
Once you log in for the first time, you will have to take an orientation quiz. Once you pass the quiz with 100%, you will have full access to the course. You can take the quiz as many times as you need in order to score 100%.

The login date will be the first day of the session in which the course is scheduled. The only people who will be permitted to login are those students who have registered and paid for the course. There may be a delay of up to 24 hours from when a student registers and pays before Blackboard login is activated.

Obtain BC email user ID and PIN code before attempting to login to Blackboard.
At BC email address site, click on "ID Lookup", then enter your Student# (or INTL Student ID#) and PIN code (2 digit birth month and 2 digit year). Write down your email ID (not the @mail.broward.edu part), which is your Blackboard User Name.

Your Blackboard User Name is the same as your BC email ID. Your Blackboard password is the same as your BC email PIN code.

Here are some other helpful, useful links:

• Links to help students get connected to Blackboard/e-learning course(s) at BC: BC Blackboard/e-Learning login page
• The direct link for Blackboard login is https://elearning.broward.edu/.
• Student e-learning Resources
• Blackboard Helpdesk is available if you need any technical assistance using or logging into Blackboard.