Spring 2010 #45055/T-TH 12:30-1:45/PAR 104
INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Lester Faigley
Robert Adger Law and Thos. H. Law Professor in Humanities
English | Rhetoric and Writing
email: faigley AT uts.cc.utexas.edu
office: Calhoun 216
office phone: 471-7471
office hours: Tuesdays 11:00-12:15 and 2:00-2:30,
Thursdays 11:00-12:15 or by appointmentDESCRIPTION
This course aims to make you a better writer, a better analyst of visual texts, a better visual thinker, and a better producer of multimedia texts. We will examine visual texts ranging from paintings in the Blanton Museum to photography on Flickr, video games, comics, "green" advertising, and online videos.
Expect to write seven short discussion-board essays in response to our readings and viewings, make an oral presentation, and complete four projects. The final project will be a video project examining YouTube.A syllabus and more information about the course is available on Blackboard.
REQUIRED TEXTS
Faigley. The Little Penguin Handbook. 2nd edition with MLA update. Longman, 2009. ISBN: 0-205-74339-0
handouts and online readings and viewings
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
A camera, preferably a 2MB+ digital camera
GRADING
Please note that there will be penalties for late work: two points for each calendar day late for discussion board essays; four points for each calendar day late for projects. The late penalty applies to both drafts and final versions. You must attend class from the beginning on workshop days to receive credit. Points for each project and discussion board essay will be recorded on eGradebook.
Points possible
7 discussion essays
Oral presentation
Project 1
Projects 2-4 (20 each)
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Point equivalents for final grades
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100-93 = A
92-90 = A-
89-87 = B+
86-83 = B
82-80 = B-
79-77 = C+
76-73 = C
72-70 = C-
69-67 = D+
66-63 = D
62-60 = D-
59-0 = F
25
5
10
60
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100
PARTICIPATION & ATTENDANCE
Participation is ESSENTIAL. You expect me to report for work—and on time. I expect the same of you. Coming in late is disruptive. So be punctual. Six absences results in failure of the course.
HONESTY
All work in this course must be your own creation, including photographs. If you wish to incorporate someone else's ideas or images, you must acknowledge your source. If you have questions about the use of source materials, see me before turning in the assignment. Plagiarism is a serious offense in college and can result in failure for the course and possibly expulsion.