Syllabus



ENG 256-WN110: Creative Non-Fiction Writing Winter 2012 Syllabus

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 * Location, Day/Time, and Instructor Information ****
 * Location: || Main Campus

__Class Website__ : http://2012eng256.wikispaces.com || 2 - 3:25 p.m. || Assistant Professor of English || (Northern Michigan University, 2003)
 * Days/Times: || Tuesdays and Thursdays
 * Instructor: || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Michael Somers
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Instructor Credentials: || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">M.A. - English/Writing

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">B.A. - English <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Albion College, 1997) ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Email: || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">michaelsomers@delta.edu ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Phone: || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">989.686.9173 (Main Campus office)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">989.495.4010 (Midland Center office) ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Office: || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">S-025 (Main Campus) ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Office Hours: || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mondays: 10 - 10:55 a.m. (Midland Center)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tuesdays/Thursdays: 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. (Main Campus office)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Note: If these days and times do not work for you, we can schedule a phone or instant message conversation appointment. ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Publisher: Writer’s Digest Books <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ISBN: 9781582977966 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Publisher: Simon & Schuster <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ISBN: 9781416535034 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Publisher: Penguin Books <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ISBN: 9780143117346 ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Required Texts ****
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Crafting the Personal Essay__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> by Dinty W. Moore
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Old Friend From Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> by Natalie Goldberg
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__For You Mom, Finally__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> by Ruth Reichl


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A Special Note About This Course ****
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hands down, this is my favorite class to teach. First of all, it’s an elective, so all of you are here by choice. Second, it’s a 200-level class. Third, it’s a pleasure to teach writers to start to land inside themselves by making sense of their lives through writing.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In ENG 256, I consider all of us -- teacher and students alike -- equals. Yes, I create the assignments and homework calendar and I lead the class, but beyond that, I’m writing right along with you. I’m drafting. I’m rubbing up against hard truths. I’m revising. I’m sharing. I’m seeking feedback. I’m a writer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m looking forward to making sense of life as we know it together. ||


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Course Description ****
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Prerequisite: A "C" grade or better in a <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__college level composition II course__] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> or permission of instructor. Requires students to draw on personal experiences and viewpoints to produce a range of writing, and read and respond to published works of creative nonfiction. Includes reading memoirs, autobiographies, journals, essays, and other subjective literary forms. Emphasizes both generating and revising writing. (45-0) ||


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Course Outcomes and Objectives ****
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Outcome 1: Generate personal writing, i.e. creative non-fiction.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Objectives

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A. Write personally about a range of subject matter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">B. Write creative non-fiction in a variety of forms, e.g. memoir, familiar essay, journal.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">C. Write personally using a range of devices, e.g. controlled imagery, focus statements, self-editing. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Outcome 2: Revise personal writing.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Objectives:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A. Rewrite effectively by using such devices as sharpening, combining sentence/paragraphs, developing a writing “voice”.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">B. Apply techniques of revising and editing to self-created writing as well as to the writing of others. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Outcome 3: Interact productively with classmates and instructor for the purpose of increasing writing skills.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Objectives:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A. Give and receive verbal and written responses to personal writing.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">B. Apply the concept that writing is both an individual and collaborative activity by generating and editing material that shows changes based on comments from others. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Outcome 4: Interpret, analyze, and evaluate a range of creative non-fiction.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Objectives:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A. Identify elements of particular pieces of literary non-fiction, e.g. tone, point of view, imagery.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">B. Interpret individual works of non-fiction, e.g. memoir, essays, autobiographies.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">C. Evaluate creative non-fiction using both subjective and external standards. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Outcome 5: Develop writing confidence.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Objectives:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A. Generate and revise a body of creative non-fiction.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">B. Use verbal and written feedback constructively.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">C. Evaluate progress in attitudes toward writing. ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">· Projects (Essays, Digital, Portfolios, etc.): 60% <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">· Writer’s Notebook/Formal Responses/Discussion Responses: 30% <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">· Quizzes/Assessments: 10% || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You begin the course with no points and must earn credit to achieve a passing grade or better. The final number of points for the course will be dependent upon the number of assignments given. Delta utilizes a +/- system, which will be reflected in your final course grade.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Grading Information ****
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignment Types and Grade Values:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Grading Procedure:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I will utilize a variety of rubrics for grading assignments and projects. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Grades are weighted by category. Individual grades within each category are calculated according the following:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Calculating Grades:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The calculation of each assignment’s grade is based on the denominator of a fraction representing the weight of the assignment. For example, a minor assignment may have a denominator of 10, and a major assignment a denominator of 250. The numerator that completes the fraction determines the percentage that results in the letter grade (example: 200/250=80%=low B or 15/20=75%=mid C).

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The following is a sample model based on percentage of total points earned:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">% Points Grade % Points Grade <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">93-100 A 70 - 72 C- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">90-92 A- 67 - 69 D+ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">87-89 B+ 63 - 66 D <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">83-86 B 60 – 62 D- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">80-82 B- 0 – 59 E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">77-79 C+ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">73-76 C

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE you to keep track of your assignments and points earned throughout the semester. KEEP ALL GRADED WORK UNTIL FINAL GRADES <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ARE ISSUED. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Where to Check Your Grades:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bookmark the following website: http://www.engrade.com/mikesomers

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You can view your grades online at anytime on Engrade. (I do not utilize Desire 2 Learn’s grading feature.) || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">None accepted or graded! (See the Assumptions section for more on this.) ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Late Work:


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Attendance ****
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Attendance will be taken each class session. Attendance is crucial to success in this class, especially considering it is part of a learning community. In excess of four absences will result in your being dropped from the class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Timeliness is also expected; interrupting class by barging in late is rude and disruptive. Two tardies and/or times leaving class early equal one absence. Only students who are on time and stay the entire class period will be considered fully present.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On Engrade, the following attendance codes will be used:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">P = Present for the full class session
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">T = Tardy (arrived late)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">LE = Left Early
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">E = Excused (in the event of snow days, or instructor-approved events)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Special Note:__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Just so we’re clear, here: “I paid for this class. I can choose to attend or not attend. It’s my money.” Newsflash: You are not “buying” your education. If that were the case, you wouldn’t need to be here at all; you could just send in a check, and get a diploma in the mail. When you sign up for classes, you enter into an agreement that you will work to meet the requirements set forth in each class by each instructor, who, in turn, is meeting requirements set by the state and the college to assure that each person who “earns” a degree has achieved minimum standards. If anything, for every class you miss, you’re missing a piece of your education, a piece of your future. How much is that worth? || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your English Division instructor will drop you from this course if you miss, for any reason, in excess of 2/15 of your classes for this course. For this particular course this semester, that means in excess of four class periods. This is an English Division policy. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Instructor Initiated Drop for Lack of Attendance:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A Note on Etiquette: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Certain behaviors are rude and take focus away from the class proceedings. A sampling of such behaviors is: Talking out of turn; passing notes; cell phones ringing/buzzing; checking cell phones in class; falling asleep; listening to a digital music device (i.e., iPod or similar)during lecture/discussion times; among other things. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cell phones should be on Silent mode and put out of sight during class time. If you must answer your phone, leave the room before answering. No texting during class.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Classroom Conduct ****
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The expectation is attentive, civil, and respectful behavior toward the instructor, class members, and course materials, outcomes, and objectives at all times. This classroom is a safe environment to express ideas, but also an environment where ideas can be challenged vigorously without the person expressing them being attacked. The Delta College Student Code of Ethical Conduct is our guide. The link is: www3.delta.edu/classes/StudCodeConduct.htm.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cell Phones and Digital Music Devices:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Digital music devices should not be on, and ear buds should be removed, during class discussion or lecture times. During freewriting or workshop times, such devices are allowed, as long as the volume is low and non-disruptive and ear buds are used. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Disruptive conduct taints the educational atmosphere and may endanger the safety of students and staff. Accordingly, when student conduct on campus creates a serious enough disruption such that the only reasonable solution is removal of the student, a faculty/staff member may temporarily suspend or permanently expel that student from class/campus.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Disruptive Students (From the Delta College Catalog):

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This policy and accompanying procedures assumes that the faculty/staff has made every attempt to resolve this issue with the student through such informal methods as individual conferences and/or written messages. If these informal methods have not met with success, the following formal procedures will be implemented.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. The student will be verbally warned by the faculty or staff member the student’s behavior is considered to be disruptive (describe the behavior to which the faculty/staff member is referring) and that if the student continues the behavior, s/he will be asked to leave the class/building.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. If the student persists with the disruptive behavior, the faculty/staff member can then ask the student to leave the class or campus. At this time the faculty/staff must warn the student that failure to leave may result in police intervention. The faculty/staff must indicate whether the suspension is just for that day or if the student must appeal to the appropriate Division Chair to reenter the class. In other words, clarify for the student whether the suspension is temporary or permanent.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. If after the previous verbal warnings the student continues to demonstrate disruptive behavior, the faculty/staff will summon the appropriate police agency who will have the option of arresting the student for criminal trespass, if necessary. The faculty/staff member’s request for the student to leave provides the police agency with sufficient probable cause to effect an arrest.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. If as a result of faculty/staff member’s request for expulsion the student leaves the classroom/campus, the faculty/staff will notify their Division Chair or immediate supervisor in writing within 24 hours of the incident. The written report must include the student’s identity and the behavior that was considered to be disruptive. Sufficient detail must be provided to allow the Chair/Supervisor to assess whether or not the policy was followed. Please note that the written report is only necessary when considering expulsion. Temporary suspension is handled informally by the faculty/staff member.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. The Division Chair/Supervisor must immediately contact the student by phone, with a follow-up through registered mail, notifying them of the opportunity to explain the incident from the student’s point of view. In addition, this notice will include the date by which the student must respond back to the Division Chair (or designee) or else forfeit their right to appeal the expulsion. Generally, the student will be given three class* days to respond in person, by phone, or mail (postmarked). Within 24 hours of the conclusion of the meeting to review the suspension, the Chair/Supervisor will decide if the removal was justified or if the student should be reinstated. The Chair/Supervisor may find it necessary to consult with other College employees, students, or records for additional information upon which to base their decision. The Chair/Supervisor may support or deny the removal, or make other arrangements for the student.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. The decision of the Chair/Supervisor will be conveyed to the student and the faculty/staff member who caused the removal as soon as possible, either in person or by phone. A written confirmation of the decision will be sent to both the staff member and the student within three class days. Within three class days of the receipt of the written decision, the student or the staff member may appeal in person, by phone, or in writing the decision to the appropriate Dean/Supervisor (identified in the written decision by the Chair); whose decision will be final.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. It is important to emphasize that each step of the process should proceed as quickly as possible, while maintaining fairness and objectivity.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">*For the purpose of this policy, class days include only Monday-Friday when Delta College classes are in session. ||


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Plagiarism ****
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Plagiarism (misrepresenting the work of others as your own) is a serious offense and will result in an F for the project and possibly for the course. It could even lead to expulsion from the class and the college.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For more information about Delta’s policies, refer to the “Integrity of Academic Work” section in the “Students’ Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct” section of the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[| Delta College Catalog] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. The link is: http://alpha.delta.edu/catalog/StudentsRights.asp.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The English Division home page has information, as well: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If in doubt about plagiarism, please ask me for clarification. Note that I consider the submission of papers that you have previously written for another course to be plagiarism. Note, too, that taking any ideas or words from any source (including Internet sources) without proper citation is also plagiarism; to check for this, I use various Internet-based tools. In this class, we will use MLA citation methods. ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Delta College is committed to affording equal opportunity to students with disabilities by providing access to its programs, activities, and services. It is the responsibility of the student to make known, in a timely manner, the need for any accommodation or auxiliary aids. Please contact Disability Support Services department by calling 989.686.9322, or via e-mail at disabilityservices@delta.edu. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The last day to withdraw with a grade of W, to apply for a grade of pass/no credit (P/NC), or to be withdrawn with a grade of WI is by the end of the 12th week of the semester. Please see me if you are having problems with this course. I will be happy to help you individually. Also, please consult with an academic advisor before you withdraw (D102, 686-9330, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #001ee6; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__http://www.delta.edu/ServicesforStudents/CounselingAdvisingandCareerServices.aspx)__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, and if you have or will ever have financial aid, you should also talk to the financial aid office before you drop the course (D101, 686-9080, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #001ee6; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.delta.edu/futurestudents/AdmissionsEnrollment/MoneyMatters/InformationAbout/TypesofFinancialAid.aspx__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">). If you stop coming after this date, you will receive an F instead of a W/WI at the end of the semester. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In an effort to ensure you have the supports necessary to be successful, Delta College has an Early Alert Referral Program. If I feel you could benefit from additional support outside of the classroom, I may make a referral. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The instructor retains the right to modify this syllabus and any of its terms as appropriate throughout the semester. This right, however, is limited to practical necessities (schedule, assignments, etc.) and legal or institutional requirements that supersede this syllabus as a contract. Students will be notified of any change. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Final “News You Can Use” Categories ****
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Accommodations:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Last Day to Withdraw:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Early Alert and Retention:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Syllabus Revision/Instructor Prerogative: