Syllabus

Contact information

Susan Delagrange
Office hours (B-117): MW 9-9:45, 1:30-3:00 (or chance/appt)
Phone: 419.755.4235
e-mail: delagrange.2@osu.edu
Course web site: http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/delagrange/569

Required texts and materials

You will need to have your own copy of these texts and materials:

• Ellen Lupton, Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for designers, Writers, Editors, and Students (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2004).
• Alex White, The Elements of Graphic Design: Space, Unity, Page Architecture and Type (New York: Allworth Press, 2002).
• Other readings supplied online or as handouts.
• a Flash drive or other portable media (at least 1 GB) to archive your work and allow you to continue your projects on other computers out of class. In a 500-level class, "The computer ate my homework (or my file or my web page)" is not an acceptable excuse.

Attendance

You must attend class regularly. If you don't, it will affect your performance and your final grade. Class participation includes coming to class prepared, keeping up with the readings, participating in class and group discussions (oral and written), and completing assignments on time. If you miss three or four class meetings without acceptable excuses, your grade will be lowered; if you miss five classes or more, I don't see how you can pass the course.

Please, please come to see me if you are having problems. I (may) give extensions, but only if you ask me long before the due date; I will not give extensions the day an assignment is due. This applies to all presentations, papers, media pieces and the final portfolio of your work. If you find that you must miss a class or a scheduled conference with me, please notify me in time to make other arrangements.

The Writing Center

The Writing Center (C-201, C-211) promotes writing as a way of learning both within and beyond the university. Its services are free to all students, staff and faculty. Consultants offer feedback on your work at any stage of the composing process, and many of them are proficient in digital media, so please take advantage of their helpful responses on your drafts and revisions.

Accommodations

If you have a disability and need particular accommodations, please feel free to discuss the issue with me during office hours. Students with disabilities who need accommodations should also contact Michelle McLane in the Conard Learning Center (755-4304) to arrange for documentation and a variety of other services.

Academic integrity

Don't cheat. Don't plagiarize. (details)