ENC 1101 Fully Online

ENC 1101: Composition I
Ref. # 476630 Online
Winter Session 1 (January 07- May 05, 2014)
This is a fully online class with no face-to-face meetings.

Mandatory online orientation starts on Tuesday, January 07, and orientation must be completed by Friday, January 10 by 11:59 PM.
You must complete the online orientation by the due date or you will be dropped from the class.

Faculty Introduction:

Welcome to ENC 1101: Composition I. I'm Ana Cowo, and I'll be your instructor for this course. I'm a full-time faculty member on North Campus and teach several Composition, Technical and Professional Writing and Literature courses. I look forward to working with you this semester.

Course Description:

A university parallel course in which the student writes expository themes in various modes. Research methods and library skills are introduced, and a documented paper is required. Each student is encouraged to use the writing lab to strengthen writing skills. Placement in ENC 1101 is determined by both standard and departmental assessment tests. A student must earn a grade of "C" or higher to meet the requirements of the Gordon rule.

Methods of Instruction:

This is a three credit hour course that meets fully online for 16 weeks (Session 1).

Students are expected to participate online several hours each week. Participation is required.

Learning Outcomes:

Writing is an important skill for you to obtain. In this course, you will learn to write more clearly and critically. Upon completion go this course you will:

• be able to evaluate assigned readings with a view to their artistic merits, content, logical progression, and thoroughness of citations (if any). You will be able to find the main idea of the assigned reading, recognize and evaluate the supporting details and comment on the effectiveness of the writer's overall technique.
• be able to compose units of discourse and provide ideas and information suitable to the audience.
• be able to transmit ideas and information in effective written language and employing good diction, conventional sentence structure, and standard written American English grammar and usage.
• be able to locate and evaluate primary and secondary sources in both print and electronic formats and incorporate the relevant information into a properly documented paper, both internally and bibliographically.  

Course Materials:

• Text: A Writer's Reference Seventh Edition by Diana Hacker.
• Access to computer and internet. If you do not have your own computer, you can use BC open labs at any BC Learning Resources Center.
• Access to Microsoft Word processing software; all papers must be submitted as a Word document (doc, docx).

How to register for this course:

Please visit myBC website for student information. Students must pay for the course before they will be able to log into the course.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this course, email me at acowo@broward.edu or call me at 954-201-2293.

How to access this course once you are enrolled in the course:

Please Note: the only people who will be permitted to login are those students who have registered and paid for the course. There may be a delay of up to 24 hours from when a student registers and pays before D2L login is activated.

Obtain a BC email user ID and PIN code before attempting to login to D2L. At NC email address site, click "ID Lookup", then enter your Student # (or INTL Student ID#) and PIN code (2 digit month and 2 digit year). Write down your email ID (not the @mail.broward.edu part), which is your D2L User Name.

Your D2L User Name is the same as your BC email ID. Your D2L password is the same as your BC email PIN code.

ENC 2210 Blended

ENC 2210: Professional/Technical Writing
Ref. # TBA


This is a blended class with 50% of the instruction done online and 50% face-to-face. We will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and some Mondays. Those dates will be specified on the course syllabus.

NOTE: We will Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday of the first week during class time.

Mandatory online orientation TBA

You must complete the online orientation by the due date, or you will be dropped from the class.

Faculty Introduction:

Welcome to ENC 2210: Professional and Technical Writing. I'm Ana Cowo, and I'll be your instructor for this course. I'm a full-time faculty member on North Campus and teach several Composition, Technical and Professional Writing, and Litearture courses. I look forward to working with you this semester.

Course Description:

A composition course focusing on writing for business, science and technology. Assignments include letters, memos, reports, resumes, summaries, proposals, oral presentations, and the use of graphics. Students use a variety of research and investigative techniques to produce in-depth documented papers on science, business and technological subjects. Students must pass either ENC 1102 or ENC 2210 to fulfill area 1B general education requirements and Area 7 for the writing requirements for the A.A. degree. This course meets area 5 general education requirement for the A.S. degree. Students must pass with a minimum grade of C to meet the college writing requirement.
Methods of Instruction:

This is a three credit hour course that meets face to face for 50% of the class, and fully online for 50% of the class for 16 weeks.

The student is expected to participate online several hours each week. Participation is required.

Learning Outcomes:

Writing is an important skill for you to obtain. In this course, you will learn to write more clearly and critically.

Upon completion of this course you will:

• demonstrate writing skills that are precise, concise, and grammatically and mechanically correct. You will be able to recognize and discuss the different purposes and contexts of professional versus expository writing.
• be able to interpret data, select and construct appropriate graphics for written and oral reports.
• be able to recognize, identify, and incorporate appropriate elements of page and document design.
• be able to write appropriate letters, memos, and e-mails.
• be able to write a personal resume nad cover letter suitable for applications.
• be able to write a summary appropriate for a particular audience and purpose.
• be able to write an investigative, progress, evaluation, feasibility report, or proposal of appropriate length.
• be able to read and comprehend definitions and write them within a report or to expand definitions as a separate report or as component parts of another report.
• be familiar with criteria for effective web content/design and demonstrate an introductory knowledge of effective web design concepts.
• be able to write and to illusrtate a set of operational instructions, and/or analyze, write about, and illustrate a process.
• recognize and use a variety of research and investigative techniques to produce in-depth documented papers employiing appropriate documentation.
• be able to plan and deliver an oral presentation before the class.

Course Materials:

Text: Business Communication Building Critical Skills, Fifth Edition by Locker and Kaczmarek

Access to computer and internet. If you do not have your own computer, you can use BC open labs at any BC Learning Resource Center.

Access to Microsoft Word Processing software; all papers must be submitted as a Word document (doc, docx) or as Rich Text Format (rtf)

How to Register for this Course:

Please visit myBC website for student information.

Students must pay for the course before they will be able to log into the course.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this course, email me at acowo@broward.edu or call me at 954-201-2293.

How to access this course once you are enrolled in this course:

Please Note: the only people who will be permitted to login are those students who have registered and paid for the course. There may be a delay of up to 24 hours from when a student registers and pays before D2L login is activated.

Obtain BC email user ID and PIN code before attempting to log in to D2L. At BC email address site, click on "ID Lookup", then enter your Student# (or INTL Student ID#) and PIN code (2 digit birth month and 2 digit year). Write down your email ID (not the @mail.broward.edu part), which is your D2L User Name.

Your D2L User Name is the same as your BC email ID.

Your D2L password is the same as your BC email PIN code

ENC 1102 Fully Online

ENC 1102 Fully Online
Composition II

This is a fully online class with no face-to-face meetings.

Mandatory online orientation starts on ___and orientation must be completed by ____ by 11:59 PM for Session 1 class
You must complete the online orientation by the due date or you will be dropped from the class.

Faculty Introduction

Welcome to ENC 1102: Composition II. I'm Ana Cowo and I'll be your instructor for this course. I'm a full-time faculty member on North Campus and teach several Composition, Technical and Professional Writing and Business Writing courses. I look forward to working with you this semester.

Course Description

This course stresses structural and analytical writing, including narration and argumentation. The course introduces the student to three genres of literature: fiction, drama and poetry. It will emphasize student interpretations, analysis and evaluations of various types of literature.

BC Catalog Course Description

A composition course stressing structural and analytical writing, including narration and argumentation. Selected readings in prose, drama and poetry supplement the course and provide topics for discussion and written assignments. Students usa a variety of research adn investigative techniques to produce an in-depth documented paper. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the writing requirements for BC.

Methods of Instruction

This is a three credit hour course that meets fully online for 16 weeks (session 1 class), or 12 weeks (session 3 class).

The student is expected to participate online several hours each week. Participation is required.

The course consists of such assignments as discussion forums, group projects, short response papers, documented research papers and exams. The research papers will incorporate a balance of direct quotations, summary and paraphrases from a variety of sources. The borrowed ideas will be correctly cited and documented. The exams may consisit of multiple choice, matching and short and long essay questions.

Learning Outcomes

Writing is an important skill for you to obtain. In this course, you will learn to write more clearly adn critically in response to literature. You will learn to understand literary devices such as plot, character, setting, tone, mood, and point of view. These devices will be incorporated into your projects. Research will consist of using the various electronic sources to rpovide information and support for your analysis and evaluation. The documented papers will refine research skills acquired in ENC 1101.

Upon completion of this course you will:

• demonstrate writing as a learning mode and as a tool for critical thinking
• employ the process of writing into a multi-paragraph essay
• integrate paraphrases, summaries and quotations smoothly into essays
• generate limited, precise thesis appropriate to essays and develop the thesis without wandering
• define, recognize and discuss literary terms adn concepts, plot, theme, irony, symbols, setting, theme, etc., and apply those terms in analysis of a literary work(s)
• define the general features of major types of literature, e.g. short fiction, poetry, drama, etc.
• demonstrate the process of writing an interpretive paper by developing ideas with specific evidence from the literary work(s)
• write a documented literary research paper employing correct MLA documentation

Course Materials

• Text: Literature and Its Writers, Fifth Edition by Charters and Charters

Access to computer and internet. If you do not have your own computer, you can use BC open labs at any BC Learning Resource Center.

• Access to Microsoft Word Processing software; all papers muct be submitted as a Word document (doc, docx).
• Other: You may be required to view a few films. If you cannot check the video out of a library, you will have to rent it from a video store (approximate cost is $9.00)

How to Register for this Course

Please visit myBC website for student information.

Students must pay for the course before they will be able to log into the course.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this course, email me at acowo@broward.edu or call me at 954-201-2293.

How to access this course once you are enrolled in this course

Please Note: the only people who will be permitted to login are those students who have registered and paid for the course. There may be a delay of up to 24 hours from when a student registers and pays before D2L login is activated.

• Obtain BC email user ID and PIN code before attempting to login to D2L. At BC email address site, click on "ID Lookup", then enter your Student# (or INTL Student ID#) and PIN code (2 digit birth month and 2 digit year). Write down your email ID (not the @mail.broward.edu part), which is your D2L User Name.
• Your D2L User Name is the same as your BC email ID.
• Your D2L password is the same as your BC email PIN code