SPEECH 120: FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH
Online Class

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San Ramon Valley Campus of
Diablo Valley College
Fall 2011

SYLLABUS

 

Instructor:

Jennifer Tejada

 

Office:

Room 144 West, SRC

 

Phone:

866-1822 x5118

 

Email:

jtejada@dvc.edu

 

Website

www.srvc.net/speech

 

 

 

 

Office Hours:

Monday 9:00 – 9:30 am
and 1:00 – 2:00 pm at SRC

 

Wednesday 9:00 – 9:30 am
at SRC

 

T & Th 8:30 am – 9:30 am
at Pleasant Hill (PAC 104)

 

Appointments by arrangement

 

 

 
Time and Location of
Class Meetings:		 San Ramon Campus
- Section 9510
room 187
6pm - 9pm		  
  Pleasant Hill Camus
- Section 5105
PAC 101
6pm - 9pm		  

 

Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes:

The purpose of this course is for students to learn to prepare and present public speeches using the principles of effective communication. Emphasis is placed on speaking to inform, persuade, and special occasion speeches. Key principles learned include audience analysis, determining speech goals, organization, clarity, language, evidence, visual aids, and delivery.

After completing this course you will be able to:

 

TEXTBOOK:

         Public Speaking: An Audience Centered Approach, Seventh Edition.  Beebe and Beebe

 

SUPPLIES:

A method for recording the Special Occasion Speech.  In addition, students are responsible for their own presentation materials.

 

ASSIGNMENTS

Points:

Artifact Speech

50

Demonstration Informative Speech

100

Informative Lecture Speech                                

175

Special Occasion Speech (videotaped)                   

50

Problem-Solution Persuasive Speech                   

200

Quizzes  

Informative Speech Video Question Worksheet                                                  

100

10

Speech Criticism Paper                                        

50

Attendance and Participation                               

120

Total Points Possible                                          

855

 

 

GRADING SYSTEM:

         Grade for total points:

         A=855-770.5

         B=770-685.5

         C=685-600.5

         D=600-515.5

         F=515-0

 

SPEECHES:

There will be five speech assignments, four of which will be performed in class and one that will be submitted to the instructor on videotape/DVD/CD.  STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE ALL FIVE SPEECHES IN ORDER TO PASS THE COURSE.

 

TOPICS AND SOURCES TO AVOID FOR SPEECHES:

Abortion, Capital Punishment, Seat Belts, Drunk Driving, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Fitness and/or Exercise, Teenage Pregnancy, Child Abuse, Smoking, Religion, and Gun Control.

 

Wikipedia is NOT an academically credible source of information.  The website does not verify the expertise of the contributors and anyone can change the content of another’s posting.  I will not accept Wikipedia as a source for any research based speech or paper.

Use some common sense, speech topics that show some imagination, creativity and credible research will get better grades.

 

OUTLINES:

         Outlines must include complete sentences and be typed.

 

MAKE-UP ASSIGNMENTS:

Only one speech that is missed can be made up in a regularly scheduled class meeting when time permits.  Late speeches will be penalized one letter grade.  Your right to make up a speech is not guaranteed!  Students must have completed at least two of the required speeches by the mid-point of the semester or they will be dropped from the class.  The mid-point of the semester is considered the day after the class meeting when the Informative Lecture Speech is due.

 

PARTICIPATION:

Students will be graded on their contributions to class discussion and constructive criticism of classroom speeches.  Active participation is essential to maximize the educational process.  Supportive behaviors (good listening skills) are especially important in a public speaking class.

 

CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE POLICY:

It is extremely distracting for the instructor and other students to hear electronic devices in class; it is also extremely rude for students to generate text messages or leave the classroom to return messages during class. .  Please turn off cell phones before coming to class.  Text messaging is not allowed.  Please limit your use of the restroom, getting drinks and snacks, etc. to before class and during the break.  Leaving the room during class is disruptive and you miss out on learning from your classmates’ work.  In addition, we miss out on your insights and feedback!

 

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MISSING CLASS:

Since we only meet face to face 6 times, it is essential that you attend each class meeting.  If however you do miss a class you can make up ONE missed class meeting through an extra Outside Speaker Evaluation Paper, two pages in length.  A guidelines sheet is provided in this syllabus packet.  This paper will only make up for the missed attendance points.  It will not be a substitute for a missed speech!

 

ACADEMIC DISHONESY:

Students at Diablo Valley College/SRC are working towards completion of individual courses or of course work leading to earned degrees.  Grades and degrees are earned as a result of a student’s work.  Students are expected to complete their own course work.

 

Cheating and plagiarism are the unethical use of another person’s work as one’s own.  Plagiarism, according to Webster, is to steal and pass off as one’s own the ideas, words, writings, etc. of another.  Merely changing a few words or the order of the sentences still makes you guilty of plagiarism.  When you are taking an excerpt from a source word for word or even if you paraphrase, you must cite that source.  If you don’t, you have plagiarized that material.

 

Neither cheating nor plagiarism will be tolerated in any academic program.  Students who are caught either cheating or plagiarizing as a first offense will fail that assignment and will be reported to the Dean of Student Life.  If the problem occurs again or if the instructor believes that this has been an ongoing problem in the past, the student will fail the course.

 

STUDENT CODE of CONDUCT

Students are responsible for following the policies of the college.  The Student Code of Conduct can be found on the DVC website at the following address:    http://www.dvc.edu/union/CodeAll.htm

 

EXTRA CREDIT:

Students can earn a maximum of 30 points extra credit.  An outside speaker evaluation paper can be written for extra credit.  1 page = 10 points.

 

IMPORTANT DEADLINES AND DATES

August 25th

Last day to drop and be eligible for a partial refund of enrollment fees. Last day to add a full term course.

September 9th

Last day to drop if course is not to appear on transcript. Last day to take credit/no credit option.

November 18th

Last day to withdraw from a term length course

 

 

WELCOME TO THIS CLASS!

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