Creative Writing 1, Hybrid

Welcome to the Spring 2021 Creative Writing 1 course with Robert Allen!

This course (CRW 2001 41T) will provide you with an opportunity to earn college credit for developing creative writing of your own selection and design, writing that you actually want and choose to write—which can mean anything from song lyrics to family history, literary journalism to personal essays, travel blogging to comic strips.

To help facilitate this goal, we will meet every alternate week throughout the semester, for a total of nine meetings, beginning with week one, then week three, and so on through week 15 and 17 (finals week). Presence and participation in these nine on-campus class meeting will earn each writing 25 points.

Over the first eight weeks of the course (the first four on-campus class meetings), I will discuss concepts that, when consciously considered and carefully applied, can improve the quality of almost all forms of writing. I will strategically pair each of these discussions with short reading samples, which writers will then relate to the discussion concept with a brief 200-word response, due before the end of Friday the week after the the discussion. These four responses, together, will earn each writer 25 points, graded simply for completion.

Writers should provide a full length* rough draft of their creative project when we meet during Week 11 (Tuesday, March 23), worth 25 points, graded simply by awarding half the points for the draft’s timely arrival and half for its completeness.

Writers should provide a revised draft of their creative project, worth another 25 points, when we meet during finals week.

As creative expressions that each writer builds upon individual goals and personal visions, I will not assess these revised compositions by subjecting them to my own literary aesthetics, which may differ from another writer’s artistic sensibilities. Instead, I will confine my consideration of the final project’s grade to five objective categories, each worth up to five points:

– discernible development beyond the rough draft

– stylistic consistency

– observation of due date

– original concept or original approach/treatment of concept

– full length*

*For our purposes in this course, full length means all forms of narrative or expository writing must reach at least 1,200 words, all forms of illustrated projects must reach at least eight pages, all forms of theatrical scripts must also reach eight pages, and all collections of poetic or musical compositions must reach at least 1,000 words.

Writers will find a variety of office hours and contact information under the tab labeled “Office Hours” on the course website, thoughtsrevised.com. Please also note that I may withdraw any student who falls out of correspondence with me for more than 28 consecutive days.

The college also requires that the following information appear in every syllabus:

Religious Observations:

When the observance of a student’s religious holiday(s) interferes with attendance in class, class work assignments, examinations, or class activities, the student must notify the instructor in writing within the first week of class. Students are held responsible for material covered during their absence. The instructor should provide alternative arrangements for students to complete the work for the missed session. Students excused for religious observances will be expected to meet the class requirements for those days without undue delay. Students who believe they have been unreasonably denied educational benefits due to their religious beliefs or practices may seek redress through the student appeal procedure. [FS 1001.64, 1002.21, 1006.53] Nationally recognized religious holidays shall be acknowledged plus any significant day of religious observance as recognized by the highest governing body of that particular religious faith. Students may be required to provide information or proof the religious holiday if such holiday is not generally known.

Academic Dishonesty:

EFSC Policy: Any form of academic dishonesty is subject to the disciplinary actions set forth in the Student Code of Conduct. Cheating, plagiarism and any other misrepresentation of work are prohibited. Students who are found to be in violation of this standard may receive severe sanctions, including a failing grade in their respective course and depending on the circumstances, possible expulsion from Eastern Florida State College.

In general terms, plagiarism is the adoption or incorporation of another’s ideas without proper attribution of the source. It is more simply defined as taking the writings of another person or people and representing them to be one’s own. Please note that access to or obtaining information/copying assignments provided from sources like CHEGG, Course Hero, Accounting Tutor, or any other online applications that purport to offer the answers to exercises or instructor materials for courses, may be considered CHEATING, and any instances that can be substantiated will be treated as such.

To avoid plagiarism, you should always credit the sources used when writing as essay, research paper, or other assignment in accordance with the appropriate style manual or format required in your course. Confirm with your instructor the appropriate format to use.

Types of actions defined as plagiarism include but may not be limited to:

Cutting and pasting to create a written document from a single or various sources.
Citing a source with false or inaccurate information. (Bibliographical or URL).
Quoting less than all the words copied or paraphrasing a source without proper citation or notation the document has been altered.
Submitting papers, assignments, exams, or forums that were completed by someone other than yourself.
Working in a group or otherwise colluding with other students to prepare and submit work without prior acknowledgment and approval from the instructor.
Receiving or giving outside help without prior written faculty consent, this includes assistance from tutors, websites, or other online resources.
Sharing assignments, exams, or discussions with other students.
Selling or purchasing (or copying) papers, assignments, or exams from any website that buys or sells them and submitting them as your work in whole or in part.
Using a quotation without proper quotation marks and citation.
Preparing a draft for final paper for another student.
Submitting a paper, assignment, quiz or exam that you submitted in a previous and/or concurrent class without requesting and receiving in writing prior permission from your instructor(s). This could also apply to “revising” papers, assignments, quizzes or exams that were previously submitted in any course.
Copying a non-text material such as: image, audio, video, spreadsheet, PowerPoint presentation, etc., without proper citation and reference.
Altering any information on forms, electronic attachments or emails after the original has been submitted.
Presenting statistics, facts, or ideas that are not your own, or is not common factual knowledge either by the general population, or commonly known within the particular discipline, without citation, even if you view them as common knowledge in your own educational background.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding plagiarism, ask your instructor or Associate Provost for assistance before a plagiarism problem arises. For more information about plagiarism and proper citations please visit the campus learning lab and/or writing center.

Sexual Misconduct:

Eastern Florida State College is committed to providing a safe and productive learning environment. Title IX and our school policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex. Sexual Misconduct—in any form, including sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking—is prohibited at EFSC. Our school encourages anyone experiencing Sexual Misconduct to talk to someone about what happened, so they can get the support they need and our school can respond appropriately. For more information about your options, please visit easternflorida.edu/our-campuses/campus-security/titleix-sexual-misconduct. Our school is legally obligated to investigate reports of Sexual Misconduct, and therefore it cannot guarantee the confidentiality of a report, but it will consider a request for confidentiality and respect it to the extent possible. As an instructor, I am also required by our school to report incidents of Sexual Misconduct and thus cannot guarantee confidentiality. I must provide other EFSC officials with any relevant information reported to me.

Sail:

Faculty at EFSC are innovative and may utilize additional resources and technology (including recording devices) above and beyond the required course materials to enhance the instructional experience. EFSC strives to provide equitable access at the same academic and instructional level for all students and is committed to ensuring access for students with documented disabilities. A person with a disability may qualify for reasonable accommodations. SAIL (Student Access for Improved Learning) ensures that reasonable accommodations are provided for students with documented disabilities that significantly impact major life functions. While personal services and personal aides cannot be provided, reasonable accommodations will be arranged to assist a student with a disability based on documentation provided by the student. For more information about accommodations and the resources available to students with disabilities, students are encouraged to go to the website or visit a SAIL office on any campus. Student’s have the responsibility to discuss these accommodations with each instructor. This will ensure that the instructor has been made aware of the accommodations, and ensure that the instructor and student have the same understanding about how the accommodations will be implemented.

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