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Frederick
Community College CMSP107-ONL Career
Communications
SUMMER 2009
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Class begins: 5/30/09 |
Class ends: 7/25/09 |
Last Day to
Withdraw: 7/8/09 |
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You must email your
instructor from your myFCC
account before class begins. |
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Instructor
Information: |
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Name: Dr. Rhonda Fulton E-mail: rhfulton@frederick.edu |
Phone
Number: You may leave a
message for me at 301-846-2512. |
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Office
Hours: by appointment |
Campus
Mail Box #: 248 |
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Course
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Credits: 3 |
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On-campus
Meetings: 1 |
On-campus
Exams: |
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Prerequisites: EN52 |
Corequisites: |
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Course
Description: |
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Offers students knowledge and skills
needed to communicate with their prospective professions and with others
outside those professions. Assignments in interview, group discussion and
extemporaneous speaking are adapted to individual students. |
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Core
Learning Outcomes: |
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Upon
completion of this course students will be able to: |
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Instructional
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Methods
of instruction will include mini lessons, discussion, completion of homework
and other activities, peer observations, use of multi-media materials, and
individual and group presentations. |
How this course is organized: |
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This course will include both an on-campus component, as well as
instruction online using the college's Blackboard site. Speeches will be
delivered, and peer observations completed, during the mandatory on-campus class
session. CMSP107-ONL1 meets 5:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. on 6/29 in L109 CMSP107- ONL2 meets 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. on 6/27 in L228 Other assignments, discussions, quizzes, etc. will be accessed
and submitted electronically. The group project will require students to
coordinate and meet a couple of times with other students in the course. |
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Text(s)
for Course: |
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Adler & Elmhorst, Communicating at
Work: Principles and Practices for Business and the Professions, 9th
Edition. All students must
have a textbook. |
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Evaluation
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Tests / Papers /
Projects
Reaction Papers [4 @ 20 pts each] Interview Project Group Project Informative Speech Project Resumι and Cover Letter Homework Discussion board forums Total Points: 880 |
Point Value 80 points 100 points 200 points 200 points 75 points 75 points 150 points |
Final Grade Scale 792 880= A 704 779 = B 616 703 = C 528 615 = D
Below 528= F |
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Progress
Report: |
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By
the end of the 3rd week of the semester, you will have an opportunity to
evaluate your progress in this course and decide if you need to make any
adjustments (additional study, tutoring, conference with instructor) to
assure your success in this course. Students may
check the status of their grades at anytime by going to the "Tools"
section of the course Blackboard site and selecting "View Grades." To determine your current grade, take the number of
points you have earned so far and divide it by the number of points that have
been possible so far. This will give you a decimal. Convert the decimal to a
percentage and you will see what your current average is in the course. 90%
and above=A, 80%-89%=B, 70%-79%=C, 60%-69%=D, and below 60%=F. |
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Academic
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Work in this course is subject to the provisions of the
FCC Code of Academic Honesty. Plagiarism in any form will not be tolerated.
As a student, it is your job to practice academic honesty at ALL times. Make sure that all sources, particularly
Internet sources, get proper credit for quotations, paraphrases, and
ideas. |
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Attendance/Participation
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Students must attend the
on-campus session and stay for the entire class period. Students
must complete the speech project in order to receive a passing grade. Failure to attend the class
and present the Speech will result in a failing
grade for the course, regardless of points accumulated for
other assignments. |
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Because
of the nature of this class, improvement of communication skills requires
your consistent and ongoing involvement. All written assignments are due on
the date and time listed on the syllabus, even if the college is closed
due to inclement weather. (Vacations are not
valid excuses for missing
or late assignments.) Emergencies will be
dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Contact me as soon as possible if this
happens. |
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Email Policy: |
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Email
is an instructional tool essential to student-instructor and student-student
communication. In the Blackboard environment by default, your email address
is available to all students in this course. Students are only permitted to use their myFCC email
when corresponding with the instructor or other students regarding this
course. Students
may only use email addresses of other students in this course for the purpose
and the duration of this course. The
instructor can be expected to respond to regular student email inquiries
(grades, posted assignments, and tests excluded) within the time frame of 24
to 48 hours. |
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Assignment
Policy: |
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Assignments will be posted by
12 a.m. on a designated day each week. Please plan to check the Blackboard
site sometime that day to see what new information is available. Some of the
more detailed assignments, e.g. the speech assignment, will be posted in
advance of the date listed because of the lengthy preparation required. There
will also be several graded homework assignments. Late Assignments: Assignments not submitted by the designated time
on the required date will be penalized 10% if submitted later the same day
and 10% each additional calendar day. Assignments that are more
than one week late will not be accepted. No late homework or
discussion assignments will be accepted. Reading Assignments: Material should
be read during the week listed on the syllabus. Written Assignments: All
written assignments are expected to be free of spelling, capitalization,
punctuation, and grammatical errors. Ideas should be expressed with clarity
and papers should include proper language usage, sentence structure, and
paragraph structure. Students who have difficulty with written assignments
should visit the Writing Center in L106 for assistance. |
CMSP107 ONL Tentative Topical Outline
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Date
Begins |
Week
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Date
Begins |
Week
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Date
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Week |
Date
Begins |
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1 |
5/30 |
3 |
6/15 |
5 |
6/29 |
7 |
7/13 |
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2 |
6/8 |
4 |
6/22 |
6 |
7/6 |
8 |
7/20 |
Mandatory
on-campus class:
CMSP107-ONL1
meets 5:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. on 6/29 in L109
CMSP107-
ONL2 meets 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. on 6/27 in L228
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Subject |
Content |
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1 |
May
30 |
Course Content
and Expectations Communicating at Work Communication, Culture, and Work Listening Verbal and Nonverbal Messages |
Syllabus Course
Information posted on Blackboard and Introductory e-mail documents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 |
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2 |
June 8 |
Developing and Organizing the Presentation Delivering the Presentation Informative, Group, and Special-Occasion Presentations Verbal and Visual Support in
Presentations |
Chapter 10 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 11 |
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3 |
June
15 |
Interpersonal Skills Principles of Interviewing Types of Interviews |
Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 |
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4 |
June
22 |
Working in Teams Effective Meetings |
Chapter 8 Chapter 9 |
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Informative
Speech Informative
Speech peer observations |
required on-campus class meeting |
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5 |
June 29 |
Group Projects |
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6 |
July 6 |
Group Projects |
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7 |
July
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Persuasive Presentations Group Presentations |
Chapter 14 |
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8 |
July
20 |
Wrap-up and Review |
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NOTE: Your instructor
reserves the right to make changes to this outline as needed.
Student grades are posted online and are not mailed. Check www.frederick.edu
for help.
Enjoy the
rest of your summer! J