eng102 xfiles syllabus

8/8/2019 Eng102 Xfiles Syllabus

1/5


2/5

Spring 2011 ENG 102-22: Mulder, Scully, and You

Blog: The web address of our class blog is http://truthininquiry.wordpress.com/ (See bloghandout)

Grading: There are 2000 points available during the course of the semester. These will be distributedas follows:

Reading Responses (RR) (8 x 30 points each) 240 Episode Analyses (EA) (7 x 30 points each) 210 Quizzes (Q) (10 x 25 points each) 250 Blog participation 100 Class Presentation 100 Class Participation 150 Analytical Analysis Package:

o Areas of Inquiry submission (AI) 25o

Thesis #1 (T1) 30o Thesis Response (TR) 30o Thesis #2 (T2) 50o Annotated Bibliography (AB) 200o Status Updates (SU) (3 x 30 points each) 90o Response to Status Update #2 (SUR) 25o Final Document

500

Daily Schedule: ***I reserve the right to alter this schedule throughout the semester. Changes to thedaily schedule will be announced in class only .***

Week Oneo

Monday 1/10- Hello, world!o Wednesday 1/12- On Truth and Lies (BB)o Friday 1/14- Episode backgrounds, RR due, quiz

Week Twoo Monday 1/17- no classo Wednesday 1/19- The Fixation of Belief (BB), RR due, quizo Friday 1/21- Episode: The Erlenmeyer Flask

Week Threeo Monday 1/24- The Truth is Out There (BB), RR due, EA due (on The

Erlenmeyer Flask), quizo Wednesday 1/26- Episode: Little Green Meno Friday 1/28- EA due

Week Four o Monday 1/31- Civil Disobedience (handout), RR due, quizo Wednesday 2/2- Episode: The Post-Modern Prometheuso Friday 2/4- Episode: Eve, EA due (on The Post-Modern Prometheus)

Week Fiveo Monday 2/7- Postdemocratic Society and the Truth Out There (BB), RR due, quizo Wednesday 2/9- Episode: The Pine Bluff Varianto Friday 2/11- EA due

Week Six

Bateman/ENG 102 Syllabus- Spring 2011 2
http://truthininquiry.wordpress.com/http://truthininquiry.wordpress.com/


3/5


o Monday 2/14- I Want to Believe: William James and The X-Files (BB), RR due, quizo Wednesday 2/16- Episode: X-Copso Friday 2/18-

Week Seveno Monday 2/21- EV Ch 5, The Allegory of the Cave (handout), quiz, RR due, EA

dueo Wednesday 2/23- Episode: Paper Heartso Friday 2/25- exercise #1 on page 135 of EV due (hard copy, do not email)

Week Eighto Monday 2/28- EV Ch 6, quiz, complete exercise #5 on page 173 of EV due (hard

copy, do not email)o Wednesday 3/2- Episode: Field Trip, AI dueo Friday 3/4- EA due

Week Nineo Monday 3/7- Friday 3/11 Spring Break- T1 posted to blog by 11:59pm on Friday

3/11 Week Ten

o Monday 3/14- Library Visit: Online Catalogueo Wednesday 3/16- EV Ch 12, TR posted to blog by 11:59pmo Friday 3/18- work on thesis statements in class, T2 due, posted to blog by 11:59pm

Week Eleveno Monday 3/21- Library Visit: Evaluating Sourceso Wednesday 3/23- EV Ch 18o Friday 3/25- Library research day

Week Twelveo Monday 3/28- EV Ch 19, exercise #1 on page 547 of EV due (hard copy, do not

email)o Wednesday 3/30- EV 589-590o Friday 4/1-

Week Thirteeno Monday 4/4- EV Ch 17, exercise #1 on page 512 of EV (we will do this in class)o Wednesday 4/6- EV pp 792-798o Friday 4/8- annotated bib due (hard copy, do not email), SU due- posted to blog

by 11:59pm Week Fourteen

o Monday 4/11- class presentationso Wednesday 4/13- class presentationso Friday 4/15- class presentations , SU with excerpt due- posted to blog by 11:59pm

Week Fifteeno Monday 4/18- conferenceso Wednesday 4/20- Episode Post-Modern Prometheus SUR posted to blog by 11:59

pmo Friday 4/22- no class, instructor at PCA/ACA conference

Week Sixteen



4/5


o Monday 4/25- peer reviews, SU dueo Wednesday 4/27- peer reviewso Friday 4/29- peer reviews, course evaluations

Week Seventeen- Finals Week!o Final document due Thursday, May 5 th by 12:00pm (noon). This means emailed to

me with time stamped no later than 12:00pm (noon). Also, post to blog by this sametime!

Additional Resources: Disability Support Services- If you need special assistance in this class due to a physical or

learning disability, please contact Disability Support Services at (618) 650-3782, RendlemenHall Rm 1218.

SIUE Writing Center- The Writing Center offers help in developing, organizing, proofreading, and clarifying your papers. Their services are free to university students so takeadvantage of them! The Writing Center is located in Rm 1254 of the Student Success Center.Please call (618) 650-2045 to make an appointment.

OWL- The Purdue Online Writing Lab (or OWL) is a great resource for a variety of writingissues such as MLA and APA format and guides to avoiding plagiarism. Please visit OWL athttp://owl.english.purdue.edu /

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/


5/5


ENG 102 Syllabus- Spring 2011 5

eng102 xfiles syllabus

Documents