UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER DEPT. OF COMMUNICATION Plaza 102 www.cudenver.edu/CLAS/communication CMMU 2101 PRESENTATIONAL SPEAKING SECTION 002 SPRING 2011 COURSE SYLLABUS Class Location: PL 116 Meeting Days/Time: Mon & Wed 12:30 - 1:45 Instructor: Kathy Pounders Office: Plaza 102B Office Hours: by appointment only E-Mail: [email protected]Please do not use attachments. I do not accept assignments via e-mail, but I will offer feedback on rough drafts via e-mail, but please don’t use ―cut and paste‖ or attachments. I check my e-mail several times a day Mon - Fri but I don’t guarantee what time of the day I will check it. I usually check it on the weekends, but I don’t guarantee that will happen each and every weekend. Please use our course as the ―title‖ for your e -mail. I am teaching 6 courses this semester—I might not automatically remember which course you are in. I don’t open e-mails without a title. Course Prerequisites: None Catalog Description of Course: Theory and practice of presentational speaking in a variety of contexts to accomplish goals of asserting individuality, building community, seeking adherence, discovering knowledge and belief, and offering perspectives. Three credit hours. Instructor Pedagogy: Through lecture and role-modeling, I hope to provide you with skills and techniques that will help you be more organized in constructing presentations; and more confident and dynamic in delivering presentations. The informal exercises, formal presentations, and individual feedback that I will provide are all geared toward helping you to achieve the learning objectives for this course. Learning Objectives: At the end of the semester, the average student in this course should be able to: 1. demonstrate construction and delivery of 5 standard types of presentations 2. formulate constructive and specific self-evaluations 3. formulate and deliver constructive & specific feedback to other speakers 4. construct professional visual aids to accompany presentations 5. demonstrate ethical audience member behavior Required Text: Inviting Transformation: Presentational Speaking for a Changing World, 2 nd Edition by Foss & Foss Policies and Procedures 1. Department of Comm. Participation Policy: Attendance is a basic requirement of students enrolled in COMM 2101. Whether delivering a speech or being part of the audience, you are in an active learning situation at every class meeting. Students who do not regularly attend class typically do not do well in the course. The Dept. policy stands for each and every student. As part of the learning objectives for this course is to become an ethical audience member, and to give constructive feedback to other speakers, your attendance is required on all presentation days. Attendance will be taken on presentation and quiz days. Unless you have signed documentation on official letterhead of illness or emergency, 25 points will be deducted from your final grade for each absence on a presentation or quiz day. All of the presentations and quizzes are marked in bold on the
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
DEPT. OF COMMUNICATION Plaza 102 www.cudenver.edu/CLAS/communication
Instructor: Kathy Pounders Office: Plaza 102B Office Hours: by appointment only
E-Mail: [email protected] Please do not use attachments. I do not accept assignments via
e-mail, but I will offer feedback on rough drafts via e-mail, but please don’t use ―cut and paste‖ or attachments.
I check my e-mail several times a day Mon - Fri but I don’t guarantee what time of the day I will check it. I
usually check it on the weekends, but I don’t guarantee that will happen each and every weekend. Please use
our course as the ―title‖ for your e-mail. I am teaching 6 courses this semester—I might not automatically
remember which course you are in. I don’t open e-mails without a title.
Course Prerequisites: None
Catalog Description of Course: Theory and practice of presentational speaking in a variety of contexts to
accomplish goals of asserting individuality, building community, seeking adherence, discovering knowledge
and belief, and offering perspectives. Three credit hours.
Instructor Pedagogy: Through lecture and role-modeling, I hope to provide you with skills and techniques
that will help you be more organized in constructing presentations; and more confident and dynamic in
delivering presentations. The informal exercises, formal presentations, and individual feedback that I will
provide are all geared toward helping you to achieve the learning objectives for this course.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the semester, the average student in this course should be able to:
1. demonstrate construction and delivery of 5 standard types of presentations
2. formulate constructive and specific self-evaluations
3. formulate and deliver constructive & specific feedback to other speakers
4. construct professional visual aids to accompany presentations
5. demonstrate ethical audience member behavior
Required Text: Inviting Transformation: Presentational Speaking for a Changing World, 2nd
Edition by Foss
& Foss
Policies and Procedures
1. Department of Comm. Participation Policy: Attendance is a basic requirement of students enrolled in
COMM 2101. Whether delivering a speech or being part of the audience, you are in an active learning situation
at every class meeting. Students who do not regularly attend class typically do not do well in the course. The
Dept. policy stands for each and every student. As part of the learning objectives for this course is to become an
ethical audience member, and to give constructive feedback to other speakers, your attendance is required on all
presentation days. Attendance will be taken on presentation and quiz days. Unless you have signed
documentation on official letterhead of illness or emergency, 25 points will be deducted from your final grade
for each absence on a presentation or quiz day. All of the presentations and quizzes are marked in bold on the
Weekly Course Schedule. I suggest you put them on your calendar now. If you miss a Quiz day, you will
receive a zero for the quiz as well as the deduction of 25 points for your absence. Students consistently
arriving late and/or leaving early will eventually accumulate a full absence. If you are late on a presentation
day it is your responsibility to locate and sign the attendance sheet.
*Note—we will have a guest speaker on April 11th
, attendance will also be taken that day and will count. The
week of April 11th
is the annual Communication Department ―Communication Days.‖ During that week,
Instructors are encouraged to bring guest speakers to class to further awareness of communication in the
community. You will be given a calendar of the guest speakers for all of the classes and you are invited to any
of the class presentations during the week. This year’s keynote speaker for the week is Dr. Robbie Cox, three-time President of the Sierra Club and Emeritus Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina. He will be speaking on Wednesday, 13 April 2011, at 11:00 in the St. Cajetan’s Cathedral. All of our students are strongly encouraged to attend.
2. CLAS Incomplete Policy: The faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences passed effective as of
January1, 2009 a CU Uniform Grading Policy relating to the awarding of Incomplete grades. No longer will the
IW or IF be used. This CLAS policy is consistent with the UC Denver campus policy. Incomplete grades are
not granted for low academic performance. To be eligible for an Incomplete grade, students must:
1. successfully complete a minimum of 75% of the course
2. have special circumstances beyond their control that preclude them from attending class and
completing graded assignments
i. Verification of special circumstances is required
3. make arrangements to complete the missing assignments with the original instructor
Completion of a CLAS Course Completion Agreement is strongly suggested. Incompletes cannot be awarded
that stipulate:
i. a student may repeat the entire course
ii. repeat or replace existing grades
iii. allow the student an indeterminate period of time to complete the course
iv. allow the student to repeat the course with a different instructor
The CLAS Course Completion Agreement is available from the CLAS Advising Office, NC2024
If the student does not complete the work for the course within 12 months, the grade reverts to an F. It is the
student’s responsibility to be aware of all academic drop/add dates (attached to syllabus)
3. Assignments: Assigned chapter readings are to be done outside of and prior to class. Students are
responsible for text information, and need to come prepared to discuss text material. Class lecture is meant to
supplement text material, not cover it in entirety. There is a lot of reading up front in order for you to
assimilate the information necessary to deliver effective presentations. Students are responsible for printing all
handouts from Blackboard at the beginning of the semester and bringing them to class to have them readily
available when discussed in class.
All written assignments must be typed or word-processed using size 12 font. Assignments of more than
one page must be stapled. Unstapled papers will be penalized. Late assignments will be penalized by one full
letter grade for each class period the assignment is late. If an assignment is not turned in by two class periods
past the due date, it will not be accepted, and you will receive a grade of 0 (zero) for that assignment.
Typed Speaking Plans can never be turned in late. Typed Speaking Plans are due at the beginning of
the class period in which the speech is to be delivered. If the typed Speaking Plan is not turned in, you will not
be allowed to deliver your speech. Students are required to deliver their speeches at the assigned time. The
schedule for this class is extremely tight; there is very little time allowed for make-up speeches. If you miss a
speech you must contact me immediately, and you must bring signed documentation on official letterhead of
illness or emergency to the next class period. You must come prepared to deliver your speech the next class
period (or when called upon). If you have the documentation , you will be allowed to make up your speech with
no penalty. If you do not have the documentation, you must come prepared to give your speech the very next
class period. If there is time, you will be allowed to make up your speech. A speech that is given one class
period late will have 25% deducted from the top. A speech that is given 2 class periods late will have 50%
deducted off the top. If you haven’t given your speech by 2 class periods after it was assigned, or if you are
not prepared when called on, you lose the opportunity to speak.
Outside sources are required for outlines and speeches. Dictionaries and personal interviews do not
count as sources for this requirement. Sources must be seen in the body of the Speaking Plan and heard in the
body of the speech in order to fulfill the requirement. Complete bibliographical information must be given for
each source on the speaking plan (this means, for example, that you must provide the article name or place on
the website if using an electronic source—just giving the web-path is not complete information).
4. Academic Honesty: Plagiarism and cheating will not be tolerated and will lead to possible dismissal from
the University. Plagiarism and cheating will be dealt with to the letter according to the Academic Honor Code
(found in the UCDHSC catalog) and on our Dept. website (under Student Resources). Plagiarism is the
unacknowledged use of materials prepared by others. Any student who is not certain as to what may be
considered plagiarism should consult with the Writing Center. A safe rule of thumb is: when in doubt, give
credit to the source.
You are responsible for being attentive to or observant of campus policies about academic honesty as stated in
the University’s Student Conduct Code (hhtp://thunder1.cudenver.edu/studentlife/discipline.html)
5. Speaking Language: Please use sex-neutral language in your speaking and writing. As the language we
speak and write leads us to perceive in certain ways, sex-neutral language will help all of us perceive women
and men on equal terms, participating fully in the world. Language that demeans or slurs any cultural, ethnic,
or religious group in any way will not be tolerated.
The Dept. of Communication Mission Statement:
“The mission of the Department of Communication is threefold. First, the Department aims to create a
learning environment in which students develop the skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary to use
communication to create a more civil and humane world. Second, the Department strives to create scholarship
of the highest intellectual merit and to contribute scholarly and creative works that further the study, teaching,
and practice of communication. Third, the Department aspires to provide excellent service to our college,
university, profession, and community.”
6. Class Conduct: You have ethical responsibilities as a class member. Your activities in class affect those
around you. Please do us a favor and turn off all cell phones and pagers before coming to class, and take
off/turn off all I-Pods, music devices, text messaging, etc. Take off all ear-phones. Please do not read or do
work for other classes/activities. Please do not carry on side conversations with fellow students. Please do not
sleep!! If you are using a laptop to take class notes, make sure that is all you are doing with your computer—
don’t check e-mail, play games, etc. These behaviors are rude and distracting to those around you.
7. Communication Portfolio: Some of you may have the opportunity to take the Department’s Capstone
Course (CMMU 4688 Senior Seminar: Transitioning from College to Career) before you complete a degree. In
the Capstone Course you will be asked to put together a communication portfolio—a compilation of the major
projects completed in your communication courses. Major projects are things such as literature reviews,
position papers, communication journals, major speeches, etc. The possibility that you may one day take our
Capstone Course means that you should keep the major projects completed in your communication courses.
Even if you have no intention of taking the Department’s Capstone Course, a communication portfolio is a
valuable asset to have once you graduate and begin looking for a job.
8. Communication as a Field: Communication is a very highly marketable degree. All of the current business
literature shows that the business world is seeking Communication graduates. Please feel free to talk with me
about the career possibilities afforded a Communication graduate. Whether you are interested in majoring or
minoring in Communication, the chances are very high that you will decide to take another Communication
course. I encourage you to visit the Communication Department’s Website to see all that the Communication
Department can offer you http://www.cudenver.edu/CLAS/communication
Advising: The Communication Department offers 4-days-a-week advising. You can sign up for an advising appointment by using the sign-up sheet outside the Advising Office, Plaza 102N.
9. Special Accommodations: Religious Holiday Accommodations: The faculty at UCD has both a legal and
moral responsibility to provide reasonable accommodations to students absent from classes because of religious
holidays. Faculty are expected to develop course-consistent accommodations for students who miss class or
graded assignments in order to observe religious holidays. Faculty are encouraged to (1.) avoid examinations during major religious holidays and (2.) ask students to privately identify all course conflicts at the beginning of
the semester. We will provide reasonable accommodations to students who must be absent from classes
because of religious holidays. The student must provide a list of all such holidays by the end of the second week
of the semester.
Disability Accommodations: The faculty at UCD have both a legal and moral obligation to provide
reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities. To be eligible for these accommodations, the student
must be registered with the UC Denver Office of Disability Resources and Services (DRS), located at NC2514,
(303 556-3450 or TTY/TDD 303 556-4766. The DRS staff has experience to assist faculty in determining
reasonable accommodations and to coordinate these accommodations. If a student is given accommodations,
they must be followed. If a student chooses not to accept the accommodations set forth by the DRS, they must
complete all assignments and do all course work in the same manner as all other students. No exceptions or