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to the Program of Lower Division Studies in the English Department at Georgia State University. We oversee all the lower division courses (courses at 1000 and 2000 levels) within the English Department. Beyond our normal responsibilities, i.e., providing services related to lower-division English courses, we also strive to foster a community for students and instructors.

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LDS NEWS

If you are not using CompClass this semester, please read this:

Because most students in ENGL 1101 this fall will be buying a copy of Everyday Writer, 4th edition with access to the CompClass included, the department and the CompClass team want to make sure that students retain their CompClass access for the spring semester in case their ENGL 1102 instructor teaches with CompClass.

Instruct students on the first day of class to keep the access code for CompClass included in their book. On the first or second class session, assign students the task of registering their access code by following these steps:

If you are not teaching with CompClass but your students are buying the default Everyday Writer/CompClass package, please download the following file and give them the instructions within.

Procedures for Non-CompClass Instructors

2009 Fall GTA Conference (Friday, 8/14/09)
We'll jump start our Fall semester with our annual GTA conference. This conference, as usual, is mandatory for all GTAs, old and new. We look forward to seeing everybody.
9:30-10:00	Breakfast and Conference Registration (Troy Moore)
10:00-11:00	Announcements (Drs. Gu, Hall-Godsey, Roudane, Thomas, & Malamud; Juliette Kitchens)
11:00-11:45	FIRST ROUND OF SESSIONS
	TML:	Tools for the Contact Zone: Teaching in a Multicultural Classroom (Shauna Morgan Kirlew)
	904 GCB:	Making 1102 Relevant to All Majors (Jody Brooks)
	Writing Studio:	Mistakes in Teaching (Peter Fontaine and Sarah Higinbotham)
12:00-1:00	PDC LUNCHEON
1:00-1:45	SECOND ROUND OF SESSIONS
	TML:	The Writing Studio (Juliette Kitchens, Oriana Gatta, Andrew Davis, Dr. Burmester, and Alice Myatt)
	904 GCB:	Assessment in the 1101 and 1102 Courses (Dr. Marti Singer and Dr. Baotong Gu)
	Writing Studio:	Epistemology of Our Teaching (Pete Rorabaugh)
2:00-2:45	THIRD ROUND OF SESSIONS
	TML:	Popular Culture/Cultural Studies in the Composition Classroom (Jennifer Forsthoefel, Oriana Gatta, Jim Shimkus, and Diana Sullivan)
	904 GCB:	Waste Management: How to Approach the Really, Really Bad Work (James May, Karen Gentry, and Dionne Irving)
	Writing Studio:	Tales of a New GTA: Think, Plan, Prepare...Praxis...(and prayer?) (Laura E. Johnson, Danielle Tillman, and Ashleigh Whelan)
3:00-3:45	FOURTH ROUND OF SESSIONS
	TML:	The Literature Survey Committee--for interested ABD GTAs (Dr. Angela Hall-Godsey)
	904 GCB:	Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the First Year (Amber Estlund, Diana Sullivan, and Sara Hughs)
	Writing Studio:	Teaching ENGL 3130 Business Writing (Dr. Baotong Gu)
	135 Sparks:	Bedford/St. Martin's CompClass--for GTAs piloting CompClass in the Fall (Pete Rorabaugh, Lynette Ledoux)
4:00-4:30	Wrap-up(Troy Moore) University Libraries (Rebecca Drummond) Early Alert Program (Dr. Calhoun Brown) Graduate English Association (Jennifer Foresthofel) GEA New Voices Conference (Phil Purser and Andrew Davis)

NAVIGATING THE SITE

If You Are a Student

You might be trying to decide what English courses to take, to find some information about the Regents' Test, to find out whether you can get credit for an English course you took elsewhere, or to find information on how to exempt one of our composition courses. Here, you should be able to find all such information and more. If you don't find the information you need, please contact us, and we'll help you the best we can.

If You Are an Instructor

This is your home. This website provides, we hope, most of the basic information you'll need to assist you in your teaching and professional development: course descriptions, sample syllabi and assignments, policies and procedures, key department personnel, teaching portfolio requirements, professional development communities, and various forms.

If you are not currently an instructor in our program but would like to become one, please visit our "TA Application" link as well as our department website to find out how. We welcome all instructors who are responsible, dedicated, and innovative and who could contribute to the welfare of our students and our program.