Read the following information carefully before you make the decision to enroll in this composition course.

English 1302 On-line
English 1302 On-line is a course designed for the distance learner who, for whatever reason, cannot or would prefer not to study college writing in a more conventional classroom setting. For the person on-the-go or someone who is located remotely from a college or university, this course provides a full introduction to college-level argumentative and academic writing and fulfills the requirements for most second-semester college writing programs.

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About Mountain View College and Staff
Mountain View College is one of seven campuses in the Dallas County Community College District in Dallas County, Texas. Opening in the fall of 1970, MVC is located in the southwest corner of the city of Dallas. 

The faculty and staff of Mountain View College are seasoned professionals, many with more than twenty-five years of teaching experience at Mountain View. Several have long been at the forefront of innovation in the facilitation of learning and frequently receive both national and international acclaim for their work on behalf of their students and the MVC college community.

Mountain View faculty have developed distance education materials and courseware for more than fifteen years. This is one of more than a dozen on-line courses created and facilitated by the college instructors. Dr. Geoffrey Grimes, the creator of English 1302 Online and several other English courses for the Internet, has taught college writing courses for more than forty years and was recognized as one of the five most outstanding community college instructors in North America in 1991 by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). He is currently the Chair of the Department of English at Mountain View College and an adjunct graduate professor at Amber University (Garland, Texas). In 2006, Dr. Grimes received the "Ellison Miles Award for Outstanding Teaching," an annual honor recognizing the most outstanding professor in the Dallas County Community College District.

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Course Content
English 1302 Online is a course in academic writing. In this course, students refine the writing, research, and reading skills introduced in English 1301. A related goal is the development of critical thinking skills.  Writing assignments emphasize argumentation and persuasion.  Students will also write a formal research paper. Click here for ENGL 1302: 6426 in the current semester.

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Course Enrollment
Institutional Qualifications for Enrollment
Credit students must have completed satisfactorily (with a grade of "C" or better) English 1301 or its equivalency at another accredited college or university.

Personal Qualifications for Enrollment
Online instruction and learning is not for everyone. While you may be a successful student in some other academic setting, effective learning and completion of academic coursework online is extremely demanding and requires, perhaps, more time and tenacity than learning in other modes of instruction.

If you have never completed a course of study in a distance-learning format, here are some factors that indicate you are likely to be successful in this course:

• You have completed successfully at least 15 credit hours in other college-level courses.
• You enjoy independent study.
• You are self-confident and a self-starter.
• You have at least eight hours per week free to devote to your assignments in this course.
• You are a competent reader.
• You are comfortable reading text materials at a computer monitor.
• You have the technical skills or access to technical support to help you with malfunctions of your computer.
• You have demonstrated successful college-level writing skills in other classes.
• You have access to a public library or some other institution of learning for conducting secondary research.

Course Calendar and Dropping an Online Course
As a student enrolled in an online section of English 1302 at Mountain View College, you have about four weeks from the official date of your registration to complete the assignments for this course. It may be helpful at this point to review the schedule for submissions in the course syllabus. Note: It is your responsibility to know the date beyond which you may not drop this course with a "W." You will find the drop date posted on the home page of this website and in the syllabus.

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Online Support for Composition
In addition to support included for assignments in each unit, you will find helpful many Internet resources prepared by faculty in universities around the country and throughout North America. Click here for a list service to Internet resources on the World Wide Web. Note that this document will be updated from time to time for your additional enrichment.

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Submission of Assignments
You may send assignments to me only through email:

• E-mail to gagrimes@dcccd.edu (attach all assignments as Microsoft Word files only).

Receipt and Return of Your Assignments
I will try to return your assignments within the same week I receive them, although that is not always possible at peak times or when I am completing special assignments for the college.  I mark your papers, using the "Tracking" function in MS Word, inserting comments and occasional edits, and the grade at the end of the exercise.  I return them to attachments to the computer station from which you sent them originally.  I cannot keep track of additional or different websites, so please don't direct me to any other station.

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The "First Step"
Before you submit any assignments, you should checkout your electronic links to me. To do that, e-mail me the results of your learning style from the brief Mountain View College Cognitive Style Map (from time to time, this program is off line.  When that is the case, go ahead with your first unit assignment.

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This page was last modified on July 2, 2010,
and is maintained by Dr. Geoffrey A. Grimes.
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