Standards of Composition

To pass English 110.6 a student must by the end of the class have shown competence in:

• organizing an essay on a set topic, development ideas logically and systematically, and supporting these ideas with the necessary evidence, quotations or examples;
• organizing a paragraph;
• documenting essays properly with parenthetical references (or notes) and a bibliography or works cited (see the Department of English Requirements for Essays);
• writing grammatical sentences, avoiding such common mistakes as:
• comma splices, run-on sentences, and sentence fragments
• faulty agreement of subject and verb or pronoun and antecedent
• faulty or vague reference (e.g., vague use of this, that, or which)
• shifts in person and number, tense or mood
• dangling modifiers;
• spelling correctly; and
• punctuating correctly.

Additional Information

• Late essays will not be accepted without a medical certificate. Late essays will receive 0%.
• Lecture summaries or notes are not provided for individuals who have missed class. It is your responsibility to attend classes or to borrow someone's notes if you've been absent.
• No whispering or chatting during lectures, please. It's distracting.
• My office is in the Arts Tower, Room 411A. Office hours are by appointment. Telephone: 966-5503 to leave a message. E-mail: allison.muri@usask.ca.
• Be sure to buy the correct edition of all texts.

Plagiarism

You are plagiarizing if you present the words or thoughts of someone else as if they were your own (Exceptions are proverbial sayings or common knowledge.), or if you submit without approval of the instructor any work for which credit has previously been obtained or is being sought in another course.

Avoid charges of plagiarizing by acknowledging your sources in the essay and including them in the list of works cited.  When quoting, make sure that all words and phrases from the source are in quotation marks.  When paraphrasing, acknowledge the source of the idea but rewrite in your own language.  For further information see the Department of English Requirements for Essays, which is also on the Department web site.

Plagiarism, whether from the Net, from other students, or from published sources, is a serious academic offense that bears severe consequences.  Instructors will report such offenses to the dean of the student's college, and any allegations will be reviewed by the university's committee on Student Academic Dishonesty.  Penalties can range from a “0” on an essay to a reduced mark for the course to expulsion from the University.   Records of penalties assessed are kept on file by the University Registrar; penalties become more severe for subsequent offences.  For more information on plagiarism, see http://www.usask.ca/honesty.

Students with Disabilities

The University of Saskatchewan is guided by a policy and procedures document with respect to students with disabilities.  You may obtain a copy of this document at the web site for Disability Services for Students.

http://students.usask.ca/support/disability/dss

If you have a disability, you are urged to identify yourself to your instructors, explaining the nature of your disability in order that your instructional needs can be met.