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Writing and Research Bachelors of Science in Life and Health Sciences ENG 420 BREYER STATE UNIVERSITY Instructor: Sonya Stephens, MS, BS SYLLABUS COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to Writing and Research, a Bachelor Level course in the curriculum for the Degree, Bachelor of Life and Health Sciences. I am pleased to instruct you in this course, which gives you a basic understanding of how you find and apply research in your field of study. This course will give you an overall understanding of how to do research, which you will need for your future in the field of Pre-Medicine. Without the basic understanding, you will not be able to find, synthesize, and apply your own knowledge for your future. This course is structured in a way that you will understand how to find research, then apply it to your own research paper. Knowing where to find research is essential in applying it correctly. This course will be exciting because you will be finding research in your own field of study. You will be able to find out much more information than you previously knew when knowing exactly where to find not only new research in the field, but where professionals in your study have done previous research. TIME FRAME: This is a 6-semester hour course. This course is allotted 10 weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the 10-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which you notify me that your textbook has arrived and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive six semester hours of credit. TEXTBOOK(S): There is one (1) textbook required for this course. Book 1: Writing Research Papers. James D. Lester & James D. Lester, Jr. New York, New York; Pearson, Longman Publishing: 2005. ISBN # 321392264. You can buy this book from the university bookstore.
EXAMINATIONS: There will be one examination for this course which will be the final exam. The exam covers the material in your textbook "Writing Research Papers." The final exam must be taken by the end of the 10th week in the course, although you may take it earlier. The exam is programmed and is located in the classroom for this course. The examination is "open book" objective type. You will have one (1) day to complete your exam, once you access it from the classroom. To access the exam, you must send me an email and request to have your access to the exam. Upon registration, you will receive your email address. I will then program your access in. You will receive an email back from me telling you that you are now authorized to go ahead and to access your exam. To access, you will come into the classroom, click on testing, and click on the exam you are taking. You will need your User ID and PASS WORD to access the exam. The exam will appear on your screen. Once you access the exam, you have 24 hours to submit your answers. The program provides me the exact date and time that you accessed the exam. The program also notifies me of the exact date and time that you submitted your answers. Thus, the program is timing you. When you are ready, go back into the classroom and click in your responses and then click submit. Shortly, you will receive the exam in your email box with your computed score. You will also know what questions, if any, that you missed, and what the correct answer is. I also receive a copy of your exam and your score. GRADING: The grading scale for this course is as follows: 90-100% = A COMMUNICATION: You are encouraged to communicate with me. I am available as a teacher and mentor to assist you in meeting your goals for this course. Primarily, communication is through email. However, I am also available for conversation by telephone if you would like. Our classroom for this course has a "chat" room. I am also very willing to meet with you one-on-one in the chat room at your request. From time to time, depending on how many students are enrolled in this course at a particular time, we will have some scheduled group chats. You will receive more detailed information at the time such chat sessions are scheduled. Please keep my email address handy so that you can contact me whenever necessary. I will check my email every day, including weekends. If at any time during this course you change your email address, please be sure to notify me right away. WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: This course is researched based; therefore, you will be writing a research paper. Since you will be finding research for your topic, I expect to have sent to me, through email, a thesis statement, an outline, your rough draft, and your final paper. The paper will be a minimum of 10 pages using APA documentation. This documentation style is found in your book. ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR: I, Sonya Stephens, MS, BS, currently teach this undergraduate course for Breyer State University . I hold a degree in Masters Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in both English and Psychology. I am also an instructor at a community college in the University of Arkansas system. I am a member of the National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals, National Who's Who of College Instructors, a member of the American Psychological Association, and a member of the National Council of Teachers of English. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: 1). Understand how to select a topic for research. ASSIGNMENTS: For specific assignments, please click on the link "Assignments." INFORMATION: If you have any questions regarding this program, you may address them to admassistant@breyerstate.com. An administrative faculty member will respond to all questions.
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