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Frederick
Community College CMSP107-ONL2 Career
Communications
SUMMER 2010
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Class begins: 6/2/10 |
Class ends: 7/28/10 |
Last Day to
Withdraw: 7/10/10 |
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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
Information: |
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Credits: 3 |
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On-campus
Meetings: 1 CMSP107-ONL2 meets 7/1/10 5:30-9:30 p.m. |
On-campus
Exams: 0 |
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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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Demonstrate an understanding of the critical role of
listening through self-analysis and classroom discussion. |
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Write and speak effective, organized, clear, and
grammatically correct English, appropriate for specific subject, purpose and
audience through group presentations and written assignments. |
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Generate and evaluate alternative solutions to problems
by participating in problem solving/decision making groups and designing
agendas. |
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Demonstrate critical thinking skills by evaluating
facts and interpretations. Students will synthesize, interpret and analyze
researched information from readings, research materials and discussions. |
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Work cooperatively in groups with diverse membership by
participating in cooperative problem solving groups and examining issues from
multiple perspectives. |
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6.
Value the role of communication in lifelong learning by
examining communication in and out of the workplace; and conducting an
informational interview. |
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Instructional
Methods: |
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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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Assignments
will be posted by 12 a.m. on Wednesday each week. Please plan to check the
Blackboard site sometime that day to see what new information is available.
Consult the course calendar for due dates. 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-ONL2 meets 7/1/10 5:30-9:30 p.m. Other
assignments, discussions, 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
Methods: |
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Tests / Papers /
Projects
Listening Assignment Informative
Speech Project Group
Project Interview
Project Homework Discussion
board forums Total Points: 655 |
Point Value 20 points 175 points 150 points 100 points 35 points 175 points |
Final Grade Scale 590 – 655= A 524 – 589 = B 459 – 523 = C 393 – 458 = D Below 393= F |
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If
the graded performance for online assignments differs significantly from the
grade average for proctored assignments, the instructor reserves the right to
administer additional tests. |
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Progress
Report: |
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By
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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Student Services |
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A variety of
services are available to assist students in succeeding at FCC. Students can
learn more about these services by visiting the Student Services web page: http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/index.aspx. Students with
disabilities who are in need of accommodations or who have questions related
to disabilities services should contact the Services for Students with
Disabilities (SSD) office at 301-846-2408. Students can learn more about
these services by visiting the Services for Students with Disabilities web
page: http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/disability.aspx. |
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Participation
Policy: |
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To
maintain the highest quality of academic work, students are expected to
participate fully in all course activities. In
case of serious illness, emergency, religious holidays, or participation in
official college functions, students remain responsible for completing the
requirements of the course. 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. Since this is an online course, you should plan on
spending an average of at least 6 hours each week on this course. |
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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. However,
students are permitted to use email addresses of other students in this
course only for the purpose and the duration of this course. Students
are only permitted to use their myFCC email when corresponding with the
instructor or other students regarding 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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Academic
Integrity: |
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Work in this course is subject to the provisions of the
FCC Code of Academic Integrity. 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.
More information about this and the Student Conduct Code are available at
http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/studentpolicies.aspx |
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You must send your
Academic Integrity Pledge to the instructor. The form is available at http://courses.frederick.edu/_utilities/regform.htm |
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Assignment
Policy: |
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Assignments will be posted by
12 a.m. on Monday each week. Please plan to check the Blackboard site
sometime that day to see what new information is available. Consult the
course calendar for due dates. 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 postings 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. |
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Assignment Monitoring: The
instructor will use tracking features throughout the semester to monitor
student use of, and visits to, the course Blackboard site. |
CMSP107 ONL2 Tentative Topical Outline
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Week |
Date
Begins |
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Date
Begins |
Week
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Date
Begins |
Week |
Date
Begins |
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1 |
6/2 |
3 |
6/16 |
5 |
6/30 |
7 |
7/14 |
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2 |
6/9 |
4 |
6/23 |
6 |
7/7 |
8 |
7/21 |
Mandatory
on-campus class: CMSP107-ONL2
meets 7/1/10 5:30-9:30 p.m.
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Subject |
Content |
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1 |
Course
Content and Expectations Communicating
at Work Communication,
Culture, and Work Listening Verbal
and Nonverbal Messages |
Course
Information posted on Blackboard Chapter
1 Chapter
2 Chapter
3 Chapter 4 |
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2 |
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 |
Interpersonal
Skills Principles
of Interviewing Types
of Interviews |
Chapter
5 Chapter
6 Chapter
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4 |
Working
in Teams Effective
Meetings |
Chapter
8 Chapter 9 |
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Informative
Speech Informative Speech peer observations |
required on-campus meeting |
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Group
Projects |
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Group
Projects |
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Persuasive
Presentations Group Presentations |
Chapter 14 |
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8 |
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