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Southern Utah University
Spring Semester 2026

Introduction to Academic Writing (Face-to-Face)

ENGL 1010-08

Course: ENGL 1010-08
Credits: 3
Term: Spring Semester 2026
Department: ENGL
CRN: 12051

Course Description


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 between 17 and 28 must take 1010 before ENGL 2010; those with scores below 17 must enroll in ENGL 1010E. (Fall, Spring, Summer) [Graded (Standard Letter)] Prerequisite(s): ENGL 0990 or ACT English Subscore or Accuplacer Next Generation score - Prerequisite Min. Grade: C Prerequisite Test (Min. Score): ACT English Subscore (17) or Accuplacer Next Generation (250) Registration Restriction(s): Intensive English Program majors may not enroll General Education Category: Written Communication

Required Texts

Required Text: None. I will post the readings.  Whatever readings I post and assign, be aware that you will need to note page numbers,  and paragraphs for many of our assignments.

Learning Outcomes


Learning Outcomes

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

Course Requirements


Course Policies


Attendance, Preparation, and Participation


This class moves very fast. Some of the weekly assignments you will not be able to make up if you miss them. Also, you will not be able to make up major writing assignments (essays) or other longer assignments after one week.  Additionally, you will not be able to receive full points for late work. It is best to attend class regularly and turn assignments in on time.


Etiquette for our Online Class Discussions and Assignments

  • Be nice. Please refrain from inappropriate language and personal attacks.
  • Recognize and value the experiences, abilities, and knowledge each person brings to class. Value the diversity of the class.
  • Make a personal commitment to learning about, understanding, and supporting your peers.
  • Participate actively in the discussions, having completed the readings and thought about the issues.
  • Pay close attention to what your classmates write in their online comments. Ask clarifying questions, when appropriate.
  • These questions are meant to probe and shed new light, not to minimize or devalue comments. 
  • Think through and re-read your comments before you post them.
  • Challenge others with the intent of facilitating growth. Do not demean or embarrass others. 
  • Be open to be challenged or confronted on your ideas or prejudices. 
  • Encourage others to develop and share their ideas.
  • Disagree with ideas, but do not make personal attacks
  • The instructor reserves the right to delete messages which do not follow these guidelines.

Course Grades


I will keep track of your scores online in the Canvas grade book located on our course site. If you see a score that you do not believe is accurate, please contact me. I will enter grades weekly, so be sure and check your grades each week. Note that the total percentage column only reflects grades that have been entered. Again, contact me if you have questions.


Course grades will be assigned based on the total of these assignment percentages in the following areas: Individual Assignments 20%,  Canvas Discussions 20%, Reading Reflections 25%, and Narrative Essay and Process and Persuasive Project and Process 30% and midterm 5%.


Point ranges: Individual Assignments 5-20, Group Assignments 5-20, Canvas Discussions 2-10, Reading Reflections 2-10, Narrative Essay—200 total including process work and peer review. Persuasive Project---200 total including process work and peer review.


Late Policy: I will accept late work up to one week after the original due date for reduced points.


Major Writing Assignments:


Weeks 2-7 Narrative Essay—6 to 10 pages. Final, revised draft due Friday, February 20, before midnight.


Weeks 9-14 Persuasive project—6 to 10 pages. MLA format.  Final, revised draft due Monday, April 13. 


 Grading


Acceptable and Unacceptable Use of AI


The use of generative AI tools (e.g.ChatGPT, etc.)is permitted in this course for the following activities:

  • Brainstorming and refining your ideas;
  • Checking grammar and style.

The use of generative AI tools is NOT permitted in this course for the following activities:

  • Impersonating you in classroom contexts, such as by using the tool to compose discussion board postings.
  • Completing individual or group work that your group has assigned to you;
  • Writing a draft of a writing assignment or presentation
  • Writing entire sentences, paragraphs or papers to complete class assignments;

You are responsible for the information you submit based on an AI query (for instance, that it does not violate intellectual property laws, or contain misinformation or unethical content). If using AI tools, it must be properly documented and cited in order to stay within university policies on academic honesty. Any assignment that is found to have used generative AI tools in unauthorized ways will receive a zero in the assignment. When in doubt about permitted usage, please ask for clarification.


 Grading Policy:


Assignments will be carefully assessed and given a letter grade. Work that exceeds expectations will receive an A grade; work that is competent and correct, a B; work that meets the minimum requirements, a C; and work that is poorly executed or incomplete, a D. Students’ final grades will be calculated based on the following weights for individual assignments and final grades using the scale below.


Your final grade will be determined by the weighted percentage of total points earned: 94-100 % A, 90-93 A-, 87-89% B+, 83-86% B, 80-82% B-, 77-79% C+, 73-76% C, 70-72% C-, 67-69% D+, 63-66% D, 60-62% D-, and 59% and below, F. If you have a question about my comments or a grade at any point in the semester, be sure to contact me to discuss it. Borderline grades may be bumped up if a student attends class regularly and participates in class. Participation assignments can’t be made up. Late work will be reduced 10% from the earned grade and will not be accepted one week after the due date.

Course Outline


Major Writing Assignments:


Weeks 2-7 Narrative Essay—6 to 10 pages. Final, revised draft due Friday, February 20, before midnight.


Weeks 9-14 Persuasive project—6 to 10 pages. MLA format.  Final, revised draft due Monday, April 13. 

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


Attendance, Preparation, and Participation


This class moves very fast. Some of the weekly assignments you will not be able to make up if you miss them. Also, you will not be able to make up major writing assignments (essays) or other longer assignments after one week.  Additionally, you will not be able to receive full points for late work. It is best to attend class regularly and turn assignments in on time.

Attendance Policy

A student is responsible for attending the courses for which they are enrolled. They are also responsible for making up any work missed by failing to attend class, even if the absence was approved by the university, necessitated by illness, or personal emergency. In this sense, then, there are no “excused” absences.

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.