LR10 - Syllabus

Course Description:

LR 10 is a one-unit course introducing students to academic research. The course is designed to be taken concurrently with English 1: College Composition.

Course Objectives:

In this course you learn to:

Student Learning Outcome

By successfully completing LR10 (Grade of 'C' or higher), students will be able to perform basic information competency skills.

Required Text and Materials:

There are no required textbooks for this course. All required reading will be contained within the online course shell, either in lecture or in Doc Sharing.

Passing or failing LR10

How you do in LR10 is up to you. It will take some time management as well as work. Although this course is a co-requisite of English 1, failing this course will not fail you in English 1. You do not need to pass this class to pass English 1. This course is not a requirement for graduation. That said, it is a transferable, for-credit course. Your grade for this course will appear on your transcripts. Eventually you will need to learn how to conduct academic research and work efficiently online. Why not now?

Note to the wise: the work you do throughout the semester in LR10 is important for knowledge and POINTS. The final project will make or break your grade in LR10.

 

Reference Desk:

The SCC Reference Desk and centers are open when the librarian is "IN", click here for hours. During these times a librarian will be available to provide research assistance.

Passing or Failing LR 10:

How you do in LR10 is up to you. It will take some time management as well as work. Although this course is a co-requisite of English 1, failing this course will not fail you in English 1. You do not need to pass this class to pass English 1. This course in not a requirement for graduation. That said, it is a transferable, for-credit course. Your grade for this course will appear on your transcripts. Eventually you will need to learn how to conduct academic research and work efficiently online. Why not now?

Note to the wise: the work you do throughout the semester in LR10 is important for knowledge and POINTS. The final project will make or break your grade in LR10.

Course Requirements:

Your Grade

Your grade in LR10 is weighted per course item.

The breakdown is:

Keep in mind the real grade killer: skipping an assignment. For example, imagine student Ella Arten has an 86.5% in the class. She skips the Unit 7 quiz. Her grade drops to 76.66%! However, imagine if Ella takes the quiz and scores 50%. She still failed the quiz but her overall but her grade only drops to 82.38%. Don't skip assignments.

At the end of the semester your grade will add up to what it adds up to...no mystery here!

Late Work

See the Course Calendar for each assignment's due date. More often than not, you will have an assignment/quiz due every week in LR10. If you miss a due date, for any reason, you may make up that assignment/quiz. This means: if you were sick, your computer exploded, you forgot, etc. With the exception of the items below, you will receive one letter grade deduction for every week your work is late. Items NOT included in this policy: (1) Student Comments MAY NOT be made up. (2) Rough Draft and Final Project: points for late work for these two assignments will be assigned as instructor sees fit if at all.

Rough Draft & Final Project

Annotated Bibliography (aka: Final Project): This will be your chance to show off your new skills. We will discuss how and why we do the annotated bibliography in class. Your Final Project will be graded on the quality and diversity of source selections, the quality of the annotations, the accuracy of the documentation and the appropriateness of the sources. Your annotated bibliography may be directly linked to your coursework in English 1 or not at all, that will be up to your English 1 instructor.

Attendance/Participation Policy:

A course such as this one depends upon the regular attendance and participation of every student. You are expected to be "in class" on a consistent basis. Even though this is an online course, you will need to participate with your fellow students, visit the library, turn in work on time, etc.

Check your SCC email

Your instructor may employ various methods for communicating with you, most of them via electronic means. You are responsible for checking the announcements, your MySolano email, etc. Once the instructor has emailed or posted course-related information, you will no longer be able to say "I didn't know".
screenshot of email button in MySolano

Plagiarism:

We will discuss this in detail. FYI: Any act of plagiarism, either intentional or unintentional, will result in the grade of “F” for that assignment if not the entire course. Please refer to the student handbook.

Using a Computer:

Whatever the reason: no computer at home, no internet at home, computer on the blink, etc. etc. -- don't worry, there are plenty of computers for use on campus. See a list of campus lab hours

Problems Accessing Resources FROM HOME! (Numbers and Passwords)

Access to the library's databases from home using your MySolano username & password. That said there are still bugs (sometimes). When MySolano goes down, you may access some of the library's databases using a library barcode, FROM THIS PAGE ONLY.


Here's a backup library card number if you don't have a card already: 27045000010003
Some databases require a username &/or password. They are:
CQ Researcher: username is solano, password is library
Gale Virtual Reference Library: "barcode" (password) is solanolibrary

Need to Drop LR10?

Dropping is YOUR responsibility.

First and foremost, if you enroll in a class, any class, and you decide to drop, it is always your responsibility to do so. Do not expect that your instructor is going to do it for you. Receiving an "F" for a class you should have dropped is a hard lesson to learn. Once you have logged in to LR10 you will not be dropped by your instructor, even if you only attend for one minute the entire semester. Dropping is YOUR responsibility.

If you drop LR10, you will be dropped from English 001. That is the rule. That said, if you drop English 001 you CAN stay in LR10 (talk to your LR10 instructor first). That said if you drop English 001 and you want to drop LR10, MAKE SURE you are dropped from both to avoid receiving an “F” in LR10.

Pay special attention to: http://www.solano.edu/ar/dates.php
Last day to drop a full-semester class and get a refund
Last day to drop a full-semester class with no course or grade recorded
Last day to drop a full-semester class with a 'W' grade