English 2327: Survey
of
American Literature
Course Orientation
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Read
the following information carefully before you make the decision to
enroll
in this literature course. .
English 2327 Course
Orientation
Table
of Contents
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Letter
from Dr. Harold Nolte, Dean
Course
Description
About
Navarro College and Staff
Course
Content
Qualifications
for Enrollment
Institutional
Personal
Course
Calendar and Dropping On-line Courses
Online Support
Submission
of Your Assignments
Receipt
and Return of Your Assignments
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English 2327
On-line
English
2327 On-line is a course designed for the distance learner who, for
whatever reason, cannot or would prefer not to study college literature
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 the support necessary to complement the independent
study and analysis of major literary works from the Colonial,
Revolutionary, and Romantic Periods of American literature.
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About
Navarro College and Staff
Navarro
College, including its main campus in Corsicana and its satellite
campuses
in Mexia and
Waxahachie (right), has one
of the fastest growing enrollments among colleges in the whole state of
Texas. The faculty and staff of Navarro College are seasoned
professionals,
many with more than twenty-five years of teaching experience at
Navarro.
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 Navarro College
community.
 Navarro
faculty have developed distance education materials and courseware for
more than fifteen years. This is one of distance learning courses
created
and facilitated by the college instructors. Dr. Geoffrey Grimes, the
creator
of English 2327 Online and several other English courses for
the Internet, has taught college English courses for more than
thirty-five
years and was recognized in 1991 as one of the five most outstanding
community
college instructors in North America by the Association of
Community
College Trustees (ACCT). He is also an adjunct graduate professor
at
Amberton University (Garland, Texas) and teaches in other area colleges.
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Course
Content
English
2327 Online
introduces the works of major writers of the American colonial,
Revolutionary, and Romantic periods of American cultural history and
the major concepts they address.
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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 and 1302 or their 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:
Course
Calendar and Dropping an Online Course
Mini-Term Students
As
a student enrolled in an online section of English 2327 at
Navarro College, you have three working weeks from the official date of
your registration
to complete the assignments for this course. You should review the
Schedule
of Assignments for the 3-Week Semester found 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 may find out the
drop
date for your section by contacting the Navarro College Registrar's
Office.
When you inquire, you must provide your name and social security number
as well as the course and section number of your online class.
Summer
Students
As
a student enrolled in an online section of English 2327 at
Navarro
College, you have 12 weeks from the official date of your registration
to complete the assignments for this course. You should review the
Schedule
of Assignments for the 12-Week Semester found 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 may find out the
drop
date for your section by contacting the Navarro College Registrar's
Office.
When you inquire, you must provide your name and social security number
as well as the course and section number of your online class.
Regular Semester Students
As
a student enrolled in an online section of English 2327 at
Navarro
College, you have 15 weeks from the official date of your registration
to complete the assignments for this course. You should review the
Schedule
of Assignments for the 15-Week Semester found 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 may find out the
drop
date for your section by contacting the Navarro College Registrar's
Office.
When you inquire, you must provide your name and social security number
as well as the course and section number of your online class.
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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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Instructions
for Submitting Your Exercises, Questions, Comments, and Urgent Appeals
You
must follow exactly the instructions below for 1) naming and saving
your
files and 2) submitting your exercises.
Naming
and Saving Your Files
Name
and save your files using the first letter of your first name/your last
name/-/the name of your exercise.
Example:
JDoe-Ex 5
Each
exercise must be saved in Microsoft Word only and attached as a
separate document to an e-mail message to ggrimes1@aol.com .
Submitting
Your Exercises
You
must attach your exercises to e-mail messages. You are welcome to
attach more than one exercise with a single e-mail message.
In
the subject line, include the name of the file you are attaching.
Example:
JDoe-Ex 5
In
the message window of each e-mail you send, include 1) your first
and
last names, 2) your social security number, 3) your course and section
number, and 4) the name of the file you are attaching:
Example:
Jona
Doe
SSN:
123-12-1234 (or your
student
ID)
ENGL
2311:NTW
JDoe-Ex
5
Submitting
Your Questions, Comments, or Urgent Appeals
Do
NOT attach any exercise to a question, comment, or urgent appeal!
I will delete your exercise and ask you to re-submit it according to
instructions
posted above. Use this option to communicate questions about
assignments
or the course, comments to me about yourself, the course, or other
academic
matters, or urgent requests or concerns about the course, your work, or
my responses to your work.
In
the subject line, enter 1) the first letter of your first name/your
last name/-/the word "Question," "Comment," or "Urgent."
Examples:
JDoe-Question
JDoe-Comment
JDoe-Urgent
In
the message window, include 1) your first and last names, 2) your
social
security number, 3) your course and section number, and 4) your message.
Example:
Jona
Doe
SSN:
123-12-1234
ENGL
2311:NTW
Should
I revise only the sentences you have marked or the whole essay?
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Grading
and Returning Your Assignments
I
will
notify you within three or four days that I have received your
exercise(s) and will make every effort to return
your assignments within the same week I receive them. I will edit
each exercise electronically and post a grade at the end of your
assignment.
Then, I will return them to you as an attachment to an e-mail.
For a discussion of the protocols for the
development of your paper, see "Writing
the Personal Critical Essay." For an explanation of the
grading standards, see "Evaluation
Standards for Written Papers."
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This page was last
modified September 1, 2006,
and is maintained by Dr. Geoffrey A. Grimes.
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