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Bergen Community College
Division of Humanities
Department of English
Course Syllabus
ENG-201
Composition II
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Course Description:
English Composition II continues the emphasis of Composition I on
expository/analytical writing, with a greater focus on critical thinking and
writing in response to class readings of texts such as short stories,
poems, and plays. The course will develop students’ critical reading,
thinking, and writing skills, essential for the production of persuasive,
well-supported essays and multi-modal assignments. A research project
is required.
Credits: 3; Lecture 3
Pre-requisites: ENG-101
Co-requisites: None
General Education Course
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Student Learning Outcomes: As a result of meeting the requirements in this
course, students will be able to:
Student Learning Outcome: Means of Assessment:
1. Interpret and evaluate
complicated texts including, but
not limited to, literary texts.
-Produce at least four major
assignments, including academic
essays of at least 500
words.
- Complete other writing exercises
such as
summaries, journals, reading
responses,
reading comprehension questions,
quizzes on
reading assignments, et al.
-Identify and apply various literary
terms to the
analysis of texts.
- Complete class discussions and
other in-class
(individual or group) activities.
2. Demonstrate, in discussion and
writing, an understanding of the
themes, techniques, and
rhetorical strategies employed in
the texts.
-Produce at least four major
assignments,
including academic essays of at least
500
words.
- Complete other writing exercises
such as
summaries, journals, reading
responses,
reading comprehension questions,
quizzes on
reading assignments, et al.
-Identify and apply various literary
terms to the
analysis of texts.
- Complete class discussions and
other in-class
(individual or group) activities.
3. Complete essays and multi-modal
assignments using the strategies
learned in ENG-101 with a greater
emphasis on extended
development, tone, and style.
-Produce at least four major
assignments, including academic
essays of at least 500
words.
- Complete other writing exercises
such as
summaries, journals, reading
responses,
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reading comprehension questions,
quizzes on
reading assignments, et al.
-Employ effective proofreading and
editing on
assignments that adhere to current
MLA format
4. Incorporate both primary and
secondary sources in support of
analysis; use critical stances of
others as lenses through which to
view primary texts.
- Produce at least four major
assignments, including academic
essays of at least 500
words.
-Compose a research project using
primary and
secondary sources, integrating and
citing them in current MLA style.
-Employ effective proofreading and
editing on
assignments that adhere to current
MLA format.
5. Incorporate information ethically
by employing current MLA style
for text presentation, in-text
citations, and Works Cited pages
for assignments.
- Produce at least four major
assignments, including academic
essays of at least 500
words.
-Compose a research project using
primary and secondary sources,
integrating and
citing them in current MLA style.
-Employ effective proofreading and
editing on assignments that adhere
to current MLA format.
6. Perform research to support
analysis of a particular text or
texts through scholarly and non-
scholarly sources and write a
focused research paper on a
primary text synthesizing
secondary sources.
-Compose a research project using
primary and secondary sources,
integrating and citing them in current
MLA style.
-Employ effective proofreading and
editing on assignments that adhere
to current MLA format.
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For General Education courses: The chart below indicates how the Student Learning Outcomes align with state Essential Learning outcomes.
SLOs: EL
1
EL
2
EL
3
EL
4
EL
5
EL
6
EL
7
EL
8
EL
9
EL
10
EL
11
1. x x
2. x x x
3. x x x x
4. x x
5. x x
6. x x
EL1-Effective Speaking EL2-Effective Writing EL3-Mathematical Reasoning EL4-Scientific Reasoning EL5-Technological Competency EL6-Information Literacy
EL7-Social-Behavioral Analysis EL8-Historical Analysis EL9-Humanistic Analysis EL10-Intercultural Awareness EL11-Moral Literacy
*In accordance with the Standards for General Education Courses at Bergen Community College (2013), all Gen Ed courses are required to address EL1, EL2, EL6, and EL11 (when appropriate), in addition to the ELO that corresponds to its area of study (EL 3-5 and 7-9).
Signature Assignment
The Research Project
Students are required to compose a research project using primary and secondary
sources, integrating and citing them in current MLA style. (Assesses course SLOs
1,2,3,4 and 5, and assesses EL2 and EL9)
Course Content:
As a student in this course, you can expect to do a great deal of reading, writing,
and thinking. All three of these tasks should work in tandem and not in isolation
from one another. When you read, you should think deeply about the ideas
presented in the text you are studying and the ways in which these ideas are
organized. Don’t simply see the words on the page. Think about them and the
way in which the author put these words together to convey meaning. Write about
what you read. This will help you understand the material better. Read what you
write and be certain that your words convey the meaning you intend. Don’t think
about writing as splashing enough words on a page so that you fill up two or three
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pages of typewritten text. Take pride in your writing for it represents your unique
way of seeing the world.
You can expect to read many literary texts and to write about these texts. Like
Composition I, this class will continue to prepare you for the work that you will do
in this or any other college. Whether you take a math, economics, or philosophy
course, you will have to read and understand the course material. Effective
reading skills are essential to success in college. In addition, many college courses
require a research paper. Composition II will continue to help you develop the
skills that you will need to write research papers for this and for other college
courses. Please don’t think about this course in isolation; instead, think about how
your experience here can help make you a better student.
Course Texts and/or Other Study Materials:
Mays, Kelly ed. The Norton Introduction to Literature, Shorter 14th Edition ISBN:
9781324085898
(or similar text assigned by the individual instructor).
Research, Writing, and/or Examination Requirement(s):
You will be required to do the following:
1. Produce at least four major assignments, including academic essays of at least
500 words. (SLO 1-6)
2. Complete other writing exercises such as summaries, journals, reading
responses, reading comprehension questions, quizzes on reading assignments,
et al. (SLO 1-3)
3. Identify and apply various literary terms to the analysis of texts. (SLO 1, 2, 4)
4. Compose a research project using primary and secondary sources, integrating
and citing them in current MLA style. (SLO 4-6)
5. Employ effective proofreading and editing on assignments that adhere to
current MLA format. (SLO 3-6)
6. Complete class discussions and other in-class (individual or group) activities.
(SLO 1-2)
Grading Policy:
Your final grade will be computed in the following way:
Three essays and revisions, 60%;
research paper, 25%;
completion of short assignments, quizzes, and homework 10%;
and class participation, 5%.
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BCC Attendance Policy:
All students are expected to attend every scheduled meeting of each course in
which they are registered. Attendance and lateness policies and sanctions are to
be determined by the instructor for each section of each course. These will be
established in writing on the individual course outline. Attendance will be kept
by the instructor for administrative and counseling purposes.
Academic Integrity Policy: Bergen Community College is committed to academic integrity – the honest, fair, and continuing pursuit of knowledge, free from fraud or deception. Students are responsible for their own work. Faculty and academic support services staff will take appropriate measures to discourage academic dishonesty. The College recognizes the following general categories of violations of academic integrity. Academic integrity is violated whenever a student does one or more of the following: 1. Uses unauthorized assistance in any academic work. ● copies from another student’s exam ● uses notes, books, electronic devices or other aids of any kind during an exam, when doing so is prohibited ● steals an exam or possesses a stolen copy of any exam 2. Gives unauthorized assistance to another student ● completes a graded academic activity or takes an exam for someone else ● gives answers to or shares answers with another student before or during an exam or other graded academic activity ● shares answers during an exam by using a system of signals 3. Fabricates data in support of an academic assignment ● cites sources that do not exist ● cites sources that were not used ● submits any academic assignment which contains falsified or fabricated data or results 4. Inappropriately or unethically uses technological means to gain academic advantage ● inappropriately or unethically acquires material via the Internet or by any other means ● uses any devices (electronic or hidden) for communication or unauthorized retrieval of information during an exam ● Uses Large Language Models or other Artificial Intelligence programs to generate writing that the student then passes off as his or her own. (more below) AI Policy: AI use not specifically allowed by the instructor falls under the academic integrity category of unethical use of technology as delineated under item 4 above and is subject to the same potential penalties.
Accessibility Statement
Bergen Community College is committed to ensuring the full participation of all
students in its programs. If you have a documented disability (or think you may
have a disability) and, as a result, need a reasonable accommodation to
participate in this class, complete course requirements, or benefit from the
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College’s programs or services, contact the Office of Special Services (OSS) as
soon as possible at 201-612-5270 or www.bergen.edu/oss. To receive any
academic accommodation, you must be appropriately registered with OSS. The
OSS works with students confidentially and does not disclose any disability-
related information without their permission. The OSS serves as a clearinghouse
on disability issues and works in partnership with faculty and all other student
service offices.
Student Support Services
Bergen Community College provides exemplary support to its students and offers
a broad variety of opportunities and services. A comprehensive array of student
support services including advising, tutoring, academic coaching, and more are
available online at https://bergen.edu/currentstudents/.
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Course Outline and Calendar:
Note to Students: This Course Outline and Calendar is tentative and subject
to change, depending upon the progress of the class.
Course Introduction, Syllabus review In-class writing assignment
Readings: Marvell, “To His Coy Mistress” Review Source Types and F.E.A.T. (handout in class) Paper #1 Assignment handed out.
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Library Orientation—Meet in Library Lobby Readings: “The Persuasion of the Coy Mistress” (Academic OneFile) Shakespeare, Sonnets 55 and 60
Readings: Craft of Research, “Using Sources” Shakespeare, sonnets continued Fussell, “The Sonnet” In class workshop Draft of Essay #1 Due
Gray, “Elegy on a Country Churchyard” Psalm 23 (“The Lord is My Shepherd”) Craft, “From Problems To Sources” Gray continued Cleanth Brooks, “Gray’s Storied Urn”
Keats, “When I Have Fears,” “Bright Star” Portfolio #1 Due Craft, “Acknowledgment and Response” Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” “Ode To A Nightingale” Stevens, “Anecdote of a Jar”
Cleanth Brooks, “Keats’s Sylvan Historian” Acknowledgment and response discussion continued.
Draft of Essay #2 due: In-Class workshop Essay #2 Draft Due A.E. Housman, “With Rue My Heart Is Laden,” “Because I Liked You,” “Lovelies of Trees,” “Is My Team Ploughing” Est”
Emily Dickinson, “I Heard A Fly Buzz,” “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” “I Felt a Funeral in my Brain” Portfolio #2 due Wallace Stevens, “Waving Adieu, Adieu, Adieu”
Richard Lovelace, “To Lucasta, Going to Wars” Wilfred Owen, “Anthem For Doomed Youth,” “Dulce Et Decorum Est” Isaac Rosenberg, “Break of Day in the Trenches” James Winn, Introduction and Chapter 1 of The Poetry of War
Randall Jarrell, “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” Yeats, “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death”
Brian Turner, Here Bullet (packet available on Blackboard) Brian Turner, Here Bullet continued
Philip Larkin, “Aubade” Donald Hall, Without (packet available on Blackboard)
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One page prospectus for final project due
Final project open discussion class: come prepared to discuss project with classmates.
In-class workshop of final essay Final Portfolio Due