| Two essays will be due and collectively
account for 50% of your grade. All students in this class are expected
to have completed at least ENG 101 and ENG 102 and are expected to write
at an advanced college level. In the past, students have complained
that essays were marked as though they were English essays. Do not
deceive yourself; since you are all juniors and seniors, I expect you to
write better than you did during your freshman year and better than you
did during ENG 101 and ENG 102. Poor organisation, poor grammar,
poor sentence structure, and ineffective communication skills will result
in lost marks. All students are encouraged to make full use of the
TAMUC writing center. Essays must be turned in on the day they are
due. Late essays will be penalized by 5% per regular university day
(MTWRF).
For a copy of the Essay 1 assignment click
here.
For a copy of the Essay 2 assignment click
here.
Essay format
All essays must follow the following format.
Failure to use this format will result in lost marks.
1. The essay should have a title
page that includes:
- title
of the paper, the course name, your name and SSN, the date the paper was
turned in
2. The essay must be typed (hand
written papers will not be accepted under any
circumstance). Use 1" margins, 12 point type, and double space throughout.
I will measure the type face if necessary - failure to use the proper format
will
result in lost marks.
3. The essay must be written in
your own words. Avoid the excessive use of quotes.
Any paper whose content is more than 10% direct quotes will lose marks
in
proportion to the percentage of the paper that is represented by direct
quotes.
4. All sources must be cited using
a standard citation format. Since students in this
class come from a variety of disciplines, a variety of citation formats
are
acceptable. In the body of the paper, ideas and concepts obtained
from the
literature must be indicated either with a superscript number1 or by giving
the
authors name and the publication year (i.e. Smith 1997, Smith and Rogers
1996,
Smith et al. 1998). Sources cited in the body of the paper must have
full citations
in a bibliography at the end of the paper. Format for the bibliography
is flexible,
but all citations must contain enough information for a person to be able
to look
up and find that work. Book citations must include: The author’s
name, the year
of publication, the name of the chapter (if the material comes from a chapter
written by a separate author), the name of the book, the name of the editor
(if
applicable), the name of the publisher, and the city of publication.
Journal citations
must include the author’s name, the year of publication, the name of the
article, the
name of the journal, the volume and page numbers. Failure to cite
sources will
result in lost marks. Copying of sentences, parts of sentences, paragraphs,
parts
of paragraphs, or entire articles will result in a grade of zero for the
paper.
Sources used in the essay must be appropriate for the topic. They
must be recent
and they must be authoritative. Broad topics should utilise many
sources. Internet
sources are acceptable, but should represent less than half of the sources
used in
the paper. Web pages should be cited as follows:
Spuches, Charles. 1998. Environmental Ethics in Practice.
SUNY College of
Environmental Science and Forestry /
IDEaS. http://www.esf.edu/ideas/ethics.htm |
