INTD 105 | The Battle for Christmas
REQUIREMENTS
Texts
Nissenbaum, S., The Battle for Christmas (Vintage)
Dickens, C., The Annotated Christmas Carol (Norton)
Hackett, D., A Pocket Style Manual (St. Martin's)
The assigned texts represent the largest portion of the required reading for this course. However, I will also assign reserve reading and, as appropriate, reading from relevant websites. To read assignments from the New York Times, you must set up a free Times account.
Papers and Exams
Six papers, approximately 750 words apiece, and six paper drafts.
Paper 1: 5%
Paper 2: 5%
Paper 3: 10%
Paper 4: 15%
Paper 5: 20%
Paper 6: 25%
Drafts: 5%
There are no exams in this class.
Online Writing: Blog, Forum, Wiki
Every student must maintain a weblog. The purpose of your blog will be to record thoughts and experiences related to the material of the course. For this purpose, please do not use a blog that you already maintain; instead, start a new one devoted exclusively to this class. You may keep your blog on your own website or use a free service such as Blogspot. I will post your blog address on our course website so that others may visit it. (See "Our Blogs" in the navigation menu at right.) Your blog is worth 15% of your final grade. You must post to your blog at least three times each week.
From time to time, I may require you to post to the writing forums of The Guide. You may post even when not assigned to do so and are, in fact, encouraged to post frequently.
From time to time, I may require you to post to the course-related forums at the Virtual Coffeehouse. Here, too, you may post even when not assigned to do so and are encouraged to post frequently.
You can add up to 10 points to your grade on Paper 4 by engaging in collaborative writing at the Collaborative Writing Project, SUNY Geneseo's wiki (what's this?). (Papers are graded on a 100-point scale.) In place of Paper 3, you may co-author a research article or essay at the CWP. To be considered a co-author, you must contribute significantly to the factual content or thought of the article or essay. Your grade on co-authored work will reflect both the quality of your individual contribution and the logic, coherence, and polish of the article or essay.
You must complete all assignments to receive a passing grade in this course.
Students with Disabilities
SUNY Geneseo will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented physical, emotional or learning disabilities. Contact Tabitha Buggie-Hunt, Director of Disability Services to discuss needed accommodations as early as possible in the semester.