Course Guidelines

UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO – ARECIBO
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
INGL 3238, INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING
DR. JANE ALBERDESTON CORALIN

COURSE GUIDELINES
Office: Department of English, Room 12
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 11 – 12
Monday & Wednesday: 1 – 2:30 pm

Email: jane.alberdeston@upr.edu
Assignments Email: jalberdeston@yahoo.com

The Department's course syllabus is posted on the university website: www.upra.edu
Please make sure you read both the course syllabus and the course guidelines.

Required Textbooks and Supplies:

• Googlesite Course Pack (short stories, essays, and poems)
• Writing Journal (8 ½ x 11” notebook)
• Ink Pens (black or blue ink only)
• Portfolio Folder (a strong, plastic folder to turn in for review)
• A college-level American English dictionary, such as Merriam-Webster or American Heritage
• American English Thesaurus

Important Course Information:

Course Website: http://upraingl3238.blogspot.com

Email: Several times during the semester, I will send email messages to your university email address. Your university email inbox should be checked frequently for important messages from me. EMAILS MUST INCLUDE YOUR FULL NAME AND COURSE SECTION.

All assignments will be submitted to the following email address: jalberdeston@yahoo.com

Office Hours: You are encouraged to meet with me several times during the semester. Please do not wait until the end of the semester to discuss issues with me.

Attendance: At the beginning of every class, I will leave an attendance sign-in sheet at my desk. Every student in attendance should sign the sheet on entering and then return to their desks. The sign in sheet will remain on the desk for ten minutes after the start of class.

Missed Work (this includes missed assignments, exams): It will be solely your responsibility to turn in missed work after an absence. All missed work must be turned in one class week after the absence to receive credit. Work not turned in will receive a “0". You should remember that the course involves a hefty amount of in-class writing and discussion. This work is valuable to your experience and cannot be made up.

Assignments: All typed essays must be in Times New Roman, 12 font. They must have your name, date, class number and section, and assignment title. Essays without this information will not be accepted. Please follow the format below:
Paulina Rubio, Intermediate English, 3103-ME5
November 24, 2011
Assignment: Essay 3: Classification

Electronic devices: Cell phones, PDAs and pagers MUST be turned off during class.

Classroom Behavior: Your classmates and I expect you to conduct yourself in ways that create a safe learning and teaching environment, free from violence, intimidation, and harassment. This space is created by mutual respect. I expect you to take full responsibility for your own learning, As an active (rather than passive) learner, you should ask relevant questions, share your insights, participate in small and large group discussions, take notes, and complete assignments. You should do your best to accomplish these goals without interrupting others or being physically or verbally abusive. I expect you to work collaboratively with other students to support their learning; when you do this, your own learning will benefit as well.

Academic Honesty: If you use words or ideas from another source (a book, friend, relative, website, etc.) without crediting that source in your paper, you are committing plagiarism, which is a form of academic dishonesty. Typical penalties range from being asked to redo an assignment to failing the course. Further discussion of plagiarism and the proper ways to cite sources will come during the semester, but if you have doubts or questions, please ask me at any time during the semester. Please read the student manual regarding plagiarism policies at the University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo.

LEY 51: Students that receive vocational rehabilitation services should get in contact with the professor at the beginning of the semester to make sure that all academic and technical needs are addressed in accordance with the Oficina de Asuntos para Personas con Impedimento.Other students that require special accommodations should also notify the professor in charge.