SYLLABUS


     

COMS 1013 (HONORS)                                          DR. CHARLES HOWARD

 

FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION: This course is designed to improve the individual's understanding of the human communication process.  Classroom exercises involve the student in interpersonal, small group, and presentational speaking situations.  Special emphasis on developing communication skills needed to check and validate perceptions, control language usage, and analyze and improve reasoning processes.

  <>ATTENDANCE: Required for a good grade but absences are not recorded.  <>

TEXT: Communication: Principles for a Lifetime by Beebe, Beebe and Ivy  & Workbook 

 www.tarleton.edu/~howard/1013main.html

  ASSIGNMENTS: Two test (100 pts. Each) Three Speeches (100 pts. Each) 
Aug 27-31                   Introduction                                                      Chat. 1&2                               

Sept. 3-7:                     Verbal and Non-verbal                         Chat. 3&4       

Sept. 10-14:                 Listening                                                           Chat. 5            

Sept. 17-21:                 Public Speaking                                                Chap. 12-14               

Sept. 24-28:                 Public Speaking                                                Chap. 15-17

Oct. 1-5:                      SPEECH 1 (informative)                                                                      

Oct. 8-12:                  Persuasion                                                        Chap. 18

Oct. 15-19:                  Diversity in thought                                           Chap. 7

Oct. 22-26:                  Intercultural Comm.     

Oct. 29-Nov. 2:          SPEECH 2 (Persuasive)          

Nov. 5-9:                    Policy issues                                                                           

Nov. 12-16                  Group Analysis                                     Chap. 9                                   

Nov. 19-21:                 SPEECH 3

Nov. 26-30:                  SPEECH 3

Dec. 3-5:                      Make up & review   

 
  OFFICE HOURS: MWF 9:00-10:00 & 1:00-4:30 TTH 9:30-12:00 & 1:30-4:30 or by appointment. My office is 410A in  Davis Hall  and the telephone number is 9640, my e-mail is choward@Tarleton.edu 

Students With Disabilities Policy

It is the policy of Tarleton State University to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal, state, and local laws relative to the provision of disability services.  Students with disabilities attending Tarleton State University may contact the Office of Disability Services at (254) 968-9478 to request appropriate accommodation.

 

  <>Academic Honesty Policy

Cheating, plagiarism (submitting another person's materials or ideas as one's own), or doing work for another person who will receive academic credit are all impermissible.  This includes the use of unauthorized books, notebooks, or other sources in order to secure or give help during an examination; the unauthorized copying of examinations, assignments, reports, or term papers; or the presentation of unacknowledged material as if it were the student's own work.  Disciplinary action may be taken beyond the Department of Fine Arts & Communications.

 

  <>NO CELL PHONES HAD BETTER GO OFF IN MY CLASS!!!