List of Courses for Winter 2012-2

Below is a list of the courses (with brief description) I'll be teaching in the winter 2012-2 term. I will add more specific info for each course in the coming weeks.

For those who are serious about completing their English Composition courses in one term and online, I'm offering a *fast-track* option as follows:

Session 2: Jan 5 - Feb 29, 2012
ENC 1101 #420917
Online only, Writing About Food
Books:

• A Writer's Reference with Strategies for Online Learners by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers (Students will have the option to purchase EITHER the physical book or the eBook.)
• Choice Cuts by Mark Kurlansky
  

Session 4: Mar 12 - May 2, 2012
ENC 1102 #420918
Online only, Writing About the Memoir/Creative Nonfiction
Books:

• Creating Nonfiction: A Guide and Anthology by Becky Bradway and Doug Hesse
• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
• A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers (book or eBook option) OR any reference book students may have from their ENC 1101 classes
  

If you'd like to participate in this *fast track* option, make sure you register for BOTH courses at the same time; otherwise, you risk not finding a spot in the ENC 1102.

Session 1 Courses at Pines Center: Jan 5 - May 2, 2012
ENC 0025 #420919
TR 11:00 - 12:15 PM
Web-enhanced
Books: The Writer's World: Essays by Lynne Gaetz and Suneeti Phadke, packaged with MyWritingLab access code.

and

ENC 1101 #420920
TR 2:00 - 3:15 PM
Web-enhanced
Books: TBD

In the meantime, if you have any questions, send me an email at aalessan@broward.edu! I check my email more often than my voicemail, so that's the best way of contacting me!

ENC 1102 #410753 - Fall 2012-1

With mixed feelings, I announce that the Twilight Learning Community has had to be dismantled. Instead, the ENC 1102 below will be taught as a regular class, and will focus on writing about memoir/creative-nonfiction.

Fall 2012-1 Term

Session 1 :: August 18 - December 12, 2011

Days/Times: Tues & Thurs, 12:30 - 1:45 PM

Reference #410753

Books for this class:

- Creating Nonfiction (2009) - Bedford/St. Martins (Publisher)

- Persepolis: A Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (1st book only)

Web-enhanced

This class will be web-enhanced, and there will be learning materials online, via Blackboard, that will be mandatory for the class; therefore, students should have some familiarity with computers and the internet (and ideally, Blackboard).

I will be putting up a full course preview for this course shortly. In the meantime, if you have questions about this course, feel free to email me at aalessan@broward.edu.

ENC 0015: Sound Hearts, Minds and Bodies (Learning Community)

Term: Fall 2012-1, Session 1

Dates: August 18, 2011 - December 12, 2011

Days/Times: Tues & Thurs, 11:00 M - 12:15 PM

Reference #410744

NOTE: This is a Learning Community course. Students enrolled in this class must also co-register for: SLS1001 (#413537- MW 9:30-10:45 am), REA0017C (#413740 - MW 11:00 - 12:30 pm), and HLP1081 (#415050 - TR 9:30 - 10:45 am).

NOTE: This course is web-enhanced using Blackboard.

Faculty Info

See the About Me section for more info about me!

Course Description

Sound Hearts, Minds, and Bodies is a Learning Community in which students will discover that in order to achieve all three, they need the skills covered in these four courses. Students will learn concepts of achieving healthy bodies, and in doing so, will also learn how to achieve healthy hearts and minds.

The catalogue description for ENC 0015 is as follows: An overview of the fundamentals of grammar, mechanics, usage, sentence structure, and paragraph development. With a "D" or an "F", a student must repeat the course. Credit for this course may not be used to meet degree requirements. Students must pass a series of competency-based tests to receive credit for ENC0015.

Methods of Instruction

Your grade in this course consists of readings, quizzes, lab assignments and tests, in-class and out-of-class assignments.

Learning Outcomes

• Students will learn to apply their reading and writing skills to content area (health and student success skills) textbooks.
• Students will learn terminology from content area textbooks.
• Through reading and writing assignments, students will discover the connection between reading, writing, speaking, listening, and critical thinking.
• Students will demonstrate their ability to work in a diverse group and apply their findings in both oral and written format.
• Students will be able to directly apply skills learned in SLS to other content areas.

Course Materials and Requirements

Books required for this course are:

Evergreen: A Guide to Writing with Readings

Food Rules by Michael Pollan

Any college level dictionary

In addition to books, students should have easy access to a computer (computers are available on campus for student use), a USB drive, writing equipment (a.k.a. pen and paper!) and a notebook for organizing and saving work.

A note on Internet access and necessary software: You must have access to a computer with a word processor such as MS Word. This is the preferred program as assignments will be turned in using Blackboard and Turnitin, which only accept *.doc, *.rtf, and *.pdf. WordPerfect and MS Works are not recognized by Turnitin; therefore, unless you are able to convert from either into MS Word or any of the aforementioned, I would suggest not to use them. Also, keep in mind the following:

• You will need a BC E-mail address

• You will need a library card in order to access online research materials. If you do not have a Broward County library card (note there's a difference between Broward COLLEGE and Broward COUNTY libraries - as a BC Student, you can have access to both), you can get one at the South Campus library by showing your paid tuition bill. You can get library information here.

How to Register for this Course
Register for this course through your myBC website. Students must register for BOTH courses in the Learning Community at the same time. Students must also pay for the course before they will be able to log into the course. If you're having difficulty registering for the course, contact your advisor or me (see below).

Contact Information

If you need more information about the course, you may contact me at aalessan@broward.edu.

ENC 1101: Writing About Food (Online Only)

Fall 2012-1 Term

Session 1 :: August 18 - December 12, 2011

English Composition I (ENC 1101) - Writing About Food

Reference Numbers: 410749 and 416655

ATTENTION: MANDATORY ONLINE ORIENTATION!

You will have access to the course on August 18, 2011 at 8:00 AM. You must complete the online orientation by August 25, 2011 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. 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 fully online course, so students can expect to spend at least 3 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.