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Southern Utah University
Fall Semester 2025

Introduction to Academic Writing (Face-to-Face)

ENGL 1010-14

Course: ENGL 1010-14
Credits: 3
Term: Fall Semester 2025
Department: ENGL
CRN: 32200

Course Description

The first of the required GE writing courses introduces students to academic composition. Students will engage in writing as a process, pre-drafting strategies, multiple drafts, peer review, and large and small-scale revisions. Students with ACT English scores below 29 are required to take ENGL 1010 before enrolling in ENGL 2010. Those with scores below 17 must concurrently enroll in ENGL 0990 Academic Writing Workshop.

Required Texts

Readings posted on Canvas

Learning Outcomes

Student Outcomes for English 1010

  • Genre Awareness: Demonstrate critical and conceptual awareness of genre in reading and writing—including organization, content, presentation, formatting, and stylistic choices.
  • Context and Purpose: Analyze rhetorical situations and adapt to the audience, purpose, modalities, and the circumstances surrounding a range of reading and writing tasks.
  • Language Awareness and Usage: Recognize and make intentional, critical, and contextually-informed language choices across a range of rhetorical contexts/situations.
  • Recursive Writing Processes: Develop flexible, iterative, and reflective processes for invention, drafting, workshopping, and revision.

Course Requirements

* = Failure to complete the Project Analysis Paragraph is an automatic letter grade reduction to Essay grade.

**= No late work is accepted. Writing Assignments are graded on a check/check minus/check plus basis. You should keep ALL returned assignments. I will collect the portfolio on the date indicated on the schedule.

Essays

You will complete a number of essays in this class. Each essay has specific instructions that are provided on Canvas. Essays handed in late will be penalized by one letter grade for each class period that it is late. I will not accept essays that are more than one week late. I reserve the right NOT to grade late until the end of the semester. Please hand your work in on time. You make a successful appeal to ethos by meeting deadlines appropriately.

Peer Reviews

It takes a village to write. We will engage in peer reviews for all of the major writing assignments. You will find your peers paper and give the peer review on the class wiki. You should keep a document that contains ALL of the peer reviews you GIVE to other writers for each major paper. This document is handed in on Canvas. All combined the peer reviews are worth ten points. I will grade your peer reviews based on the helpfulness of the review you offer, as well as tone, and other aspects of good writing. Remember to give the type of review that you would like to receive. Hard copies of the peer reviews are due when you hand in the final drafts of the essays.

In-Class Writing Exams

You will have the opportunity to take several in-class writing exams. These exams are graded on unity, coherency, development, and grammar. In order to receive points for the in-class writing exam, you must pass TWO exams. I will record the highest grade. Keep these writing exams. I do not keep the grades. You hand in the highest scores you receive (through Canvas) at the end of the semester.

Writing Assignments

Writing assignments are due nearly every class period for the first half of the semester. The Writing Assignments are graded on a complete/incomplete basis. After all ten assignments are completed, I will assign a holistic numerical grade. Writing Assignments may be revised prior to the numerical grade assignment.

Calculating Grades

Grades will be determined on a percentage basis. Major assignments will be graded on the standard letter-grade scale with plusses and minuses. Your overall grade and project grades are based on the following percentages:

ProjectsComponentsPercent of gradePoints (100)
Essay 1
Informative/ Concept
  • Draft(s)
  • Instructor & Workshop Notes
  • Revised Draft
  • Project Analysis Paragraph*
10%10.00
Essay 2
Rhetorical Analysis
  • Draft(s)
  • Instructor & Workshop Notes
  • Revised Draft
  • Project Analysis Paragraph*
10%10.00
Essay 3 ResearchProposal1%1.00
Essay 3 ResearchWorks Cited Page1%1.00
Essay 3 ResearchAnnotated Bibliography2%2.00
Essay 3 ResearchNarrative Sketch1%1.00
Essay 3 ResearchFinal Written Essay25%25.00
Essay 3 ResearchProject Analysis Paragraph**--
Peer Reviews
  • Peer reviews (5 points for first two essay reviews/5 points for all reviews for research essay)
  • Project Analysis Paragraph*
10%10.00
In-Class Writing Exam
  • Highest In-class Writing Exam
  • Project Analysis Paragraph*
10%10.00
Writing Assignments
  • Writing Assignments**
10%10.00
Class participation
  • Participation and attendance
10%10.00
Final Exam
  • Objective & Essay
10%10.00
A = 100 – 94 %A- = 93 – 90 %B+ = 89 – 88 %B = 87 – 83 %B- = 82 – 80 %
C+ = 79 – 78 %C = 77 – 72 %C- = 71 – 70 %D+ = 69 – 68 %D = 67 – 62 %
D- = 61 – 60 %F = 0 %

Course Outline

This calendar is subject to change. Items listed on the calendar are due at the beginning of class. For example, everything listed as “due” on Sept 3 is due at the beginning of class on Sept 3.

Assignments marked with * require a project analysis paragraph.

WeekDayDateClass DiscussionAssignments Due
Week 1ThurAug 28Rhetoric and writing
Week 2TueSept 2Ethos (Writer) Introduce Concept EssayDue: Writing Assignment 1 (intro)
Week 2ThurSept 4Logos (Message) Sample Concept EssaysDue: Writing Assignment 2 (king)
Week 3TueSept 9Pathos (Audience) Test your topicDue: Writing Assignment 3 (Singer)
Week 3ThurSept 11Peer Reviews / ExamplesDue: Writing Assignment 4 (Park)
Week 4TueSept 16No Class / Student MeetingsDue: Draft of Concept Essay
Week 4ThurSept 18Show vs TellDue: Peer Review of Concept Essay
Due: Writing Assignment 5 (sentences)
Week 5TueSept 23Begin Rhetorical Analysis ProjectDue: Final Draft of Concept Essay
Week 5ThurSept 25Test Your Topic / Rhetorical analysesDue: Writing Assignment 6 (Movie)
Week 6TueSept 30SamplesDue: Writing Assignment 7 (Rhetoric)
Week 6ThurOct 2Peer ReviewsDue: Draft of Rhetorical Essay
Week 7TueOct 7Revision and EditingDue: Peer Review of Rhetorical Essay
Week 7ThurOct 9Begin Research Project / ProposalsDue: Final Draft of Rhetorical Essay
Week 8TueOct 14Fall Break No ClassFall Break No Class
Week 8ThurOct 16Begin Research Project
Week 9TueOct 21Finding sources / The Works Cited PageDue: Proposal
Week 9ThurOct 23Writing in the middleDue Works Cited Page
Week 10TueOct 28Annotated Bibliography / Article ReviewsDue: Writing Assignment 8 (anno bib)
Week 10ThurOct 30Say back to a sourceDue: Writing Assignment 9 (Syllables)
Week 11TueNov 4Reclaiming Your Topic (meet in WC)Due Annotated Bibliography
Week 11ThurNov 6Getting to the draftDue: Narrative Sketch
Week 12TueNov 11Writing WorkshopDue: Draft of Research Paper
Week 12ThurNov 13Student MeetingsDue: Peer Reviews of Research Project
No Class
Week 13TueNov 18Global / Organization RevisionDue: Writing Assignment 10 Global
Week 13ThurNov 20Wrestling with the draft / paragraphsDue: Writing Assignment 11 Paragraph
Week 14TueNov 25Thanksgiving BreakNo Class
Week 14ThurNov 27Thanksgiving BreakNo Class
Week 15TueDec 2Sentence Level Revision / editingDue: Revised Draft of Research Project
Week 15ThurDec 4Sentence Level Revision / editingDue: TWO In-class Writing Exams
Final ExamThurDec
8-11 finals		Due: Final Draft of Research Project (Friday at midnight)
Due: Final Exam

Instructor's policies on late assignments and/or makeup work

Essays

Essays handed in late will be penalized by one letter grade for each class period that it is late. I will not accept essays that are more than one week late. I reserve the right NOT to grade late until the end of the semester. Please hand your work in on time. You make a successful appeal to ethos by meeting deadlines appropriately.

Late Work (read carefully)

No late work is accepted for the Writing Assignments of peer review assignments.

If you submit a major project without a Project Analysis Paragraph, I will return the project to you, and you may submit it late (see above for deductions for late work)

Late projects receive a deduction of one letter grade for each class period they are late. If they are more than one week late, I will not accept them.

I cannot respond with helpful feedback to late drafts.

Rude and Disruptive Behavior

Rude and disruptive behavior will not be tolerated in this class. Southern Utah University students are governed by the Student Responsibilities and Rights section of University Policy (5.46). All students are expected to demonstrate “conduct that respects the rights and interest of others in common endeavor...Students who violate expected standards of conduct will be subject to disciplinary action.” Inappropriate use of electronic devices during class time constitutes rude and disruptive behavior.

Projects that do not have a project analysis paragraph, when a project analysis paragraph is requested, will be considered incomplete and will be returned. You may resubmit the projects for a late grade, along with the project analysis paragraph.

Attendance Policy

Class Participation

The class participation grade reflects your engagement in the class. I expect active and enthusiastic participation at all levels of class. Texting, talking, sleeping, or being otherwise disengaged from the class affects all of us, and your grade will be lowered at my discretion. Please feel free to check with me at any time if you have questions about your participation grade. Absences and tardiness will affect this grade as well. PLEASE DO NOT USE LAPTOPS IN CLASS!

Attendance and Participation Grade

If you miss more than four class periods, your grade will be substantially lowered. It takes a village to write. If you are absent, the village suffers. We will be working together often, and your comments often help your peers. I cannot give you participation points for the activities that we complete in class, which are frequent and unannounced.

Course Fees

No additional fees are required

Writing Center

The SUU Undergraduate Writing Center invites all students to the Writing Center in Braithwaite Center 101 where qualified peer tutors are ready to help with any stage of the writing process. Fall hours start September 2: M-Th 8 am–9 pm, F 8 am–5 pm, and Saturday 11 am–3 pm. All appointments are free, and in-person, online, and written feedback appointments are available. To schedule, visit our website at .

https://www.suu.edu/writingcenter/

ADA Statement

Students with medical, psychological, learning, or other disabilities desiring academic adjustments, accommodations, or auxiliary aids will need to contact the Disability Resource Center, located in Room 206F of the Sharwan Smith Center or by phone at (435) 865-8042. The Disability Resource Center determines eligibility for and authorizes the provision of services.

If your instructor requires attendance, you may need to seek an ADA accommodation to request an exception to this attendance policy. Please contact the Disability Resource Center to determine what, if any, ADA accommodations are reasonable and appropriate.

Academic Credit

According to the federal definition of a Carnegie credit hour: A credit hour of work is the equivalent of approximately 60 minutes of class time or independent study work. A minimum of 45 hours of work by each student is required for each unit of credit. Credit is earned only when course requirements are met. One (1) credit hour is equivalent to 15 contact hours of lecture, discussion, testing, evaluation, or seminar, as well as 30 hours of student homework. An equivalent amount of work is expected for laboratory work, internships, practica, studio, and other academic work leading to the awarding of credit hours. Credit granted for individual courses, labs, or studio classes ranges from 0.5 to 15 credit hours per semester.

Academic Freedom

SUU is operated for the common good of the greater community it serves. The common good depends upon the free search for truth and its free exposition. Academic Freedom is the right of faculty to study, discuss, investigate, teach, and publish. Academic Freedom is essential to these purposes and applies to both teaching and research.

Academic Freedom in the realm of teaching is fundamental for the protection of the rights of the faculty member and of you, the student, with respect to the free pursuit of learning and discovery. Faculty members possess the right to full freedom in the classroom in discussing their subjects. They may present any controversial material relevant to their courses and their intended learning outcomes, but they shall take care not to introduce into their teaching controversial materials which have no relation to the subject being taught or the intended learning outcomes for the course.

As such, students enrolled in any course at SUU may encounter topics, perspectives, and ideas that are unfamiliar or controversial, with the educational intent of providing a meaningful learning environment that fosters your growth and development. These parameters related to Academic Freedom are included in SUU Policy 6.6.

Academic Misconduct

Scholastic honesty is expected of all students. Dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent (see SUU Policy 6.33). You are expected to have read and understood the current SUU student conduct code (SUU Policy 11.2) regarding student responsibilities and rights, the intellectual property policy (SUU Policy 5.52), information about procedures, and what constitutes acceptable behavior.

Please Note: The use of websites or services that sell essays is a violation of these policies; likewise, the use of websites or services that provide answers to assignments, quizzes, or tests is also a violation of these policies. Regarding the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), you should check with your individual course instructor.

Emergency Management Statement

In case of an emergency, the University's Emergency Notification System (ENS) will be activated. Students are encouraged to maintain updated contact information using the link on the homepage of the mySUU portal. In addition, students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the Emergency Response Protocols posted in each classroom. Detailed information about the University's emergency management plan can be found at https://www.suu.edu/emergency.

HEOA Compliance Statement

For a full set of Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) compliance statements, please visit https://www.suu.edu/heoa. The sharing of copyrighted material through peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, except as provided under U.S. copyright law, is prohibited by law; additional information can be found at https://my.suu.edu/help/article/1096/heoa-compliance-plan.

You are also expected to comply with policies regarding intellectual property (SUU Policy 5.52) and copyright (SUU Policy 5.54).

Mandatory Reporting

University policy (SUU Policy 5.60) requires instructors to report disclosures received from students that indicate they have been subjected to sexual misconduct/harassment. The University defines sexual harassment consistent with Federal Regulations (34 C.F.R. Part 106, Subpart D) to include quid pro quo, hostile environment harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking. When students communicate this information to an instructor in-person, by email, or within writing assignments, the instructor will report that to the Title IX Coordinator to ensure students receive support from the Title IX Office. A reporting form is available at https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?SouthernUtahUniv

Non-Discrimination Statement

SUU is committed to fostering an inclusive community of lifelong learners and believes our university's encompassing of different views, beliefs, and identities makes us stronger, more innovative, and better prepared for the global society.

SUU does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex (including sex discrimination and sexual harassment), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ancestry, disability status, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, military status, veteran status, or other bases protected by applicable law in employment, treatment, admission, access to educational programs and activities, or other University benefits or services.

SUU strives to cultivate a campus environment that encourages freedom of expression from diverse viewpoints. We encourage all to dialogue within a spirit of respect, civility, and decency.

For additional information on non-discrimination, please see SUU Policy 5.27 and/or visit https://www.suu.edu/nondiscrimination.

Pregnancy

Students who are or become pregnant during this course may receive reasonable modifications to facilitate continued access and participation in the course. Pregnancy and related conditions are broadly defined to include pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, lactation, related medical conditions, and recovery. To obtain reasonable modifications, please make a request to title9@suu.edu. To learn more visit: https://www.suu.edu/titleix/pregnancy.html.

Disclaimer Statement

Information contained in this syllabus, other than the grading, late assignments, makeup work, and attendance policies, may be subject to change with advance notice, as deemed appropriate by the instructor.