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Jackson Community College Speech 240-01 Interpersonal Communication Instructor: Professor Kelly Anne Sanders, MS Office Hours: By appointment E-mail: [email protected] Class meeting: Tues/Thurs 11:00 am – 12:27pm Class Location: Bert Walker Hall 218 COURSE DESCRIPTION: Communication is an intricate part of our lives. It affects all aspects of our lives from birth to death. It is how we communicate our hunger as a child and our passing as an adult and it is everything in between. Without communication, interpersonal relationships could not exist. Businesses couldn’t generate new idea. Voters could never express their opposition to the political agenda and a first kiss would have no meaning. Communication is a tool that makes our lives better in all aspects. But we could never be completely learned. Therefore, this class will be an exercise in theory, thought, and fundamentals of communication. Specifically this class will look at these communication principles in the context of interpersonal communication with the hopes that we all can improve our communication competence. REQUIRED MATERIAL: Devito, Joseph A. Interpersonal Communication and Relationship Skills. Allyn and Bacon: Boston, 2008. Jet Net online (Grades will be posted here) JCC Student email account ASSOCIATE DEGREE OUTCOMES Jackson Community College’s Board of Trustees has determined that all of our graduates should develop or enhance a variety of important skills while enrolled in courses. The ADO’s (Associate Degree Outcomes) for this course include: - ADO 2: Speak clearly, concisely and intelligibly - ADO 9: Work productively with others, recognizing individual contributions to group success - ADO 10: Understand and respect the diversity and interdependence of the world’s peoples and cultures COURSE BASICS: COMMUNICATION E-mail is the best way to get a hold of me, since I am in class a majority of the time. There is a messaging function in Jetnet that should be used first. Should you need to send an attachment you will have to use the JCC email. The JCC email is where I will provide feedback for the informative and persuasive speech. INSTRUCTOR AVAILABILITY I am a part-time instructor at JCC, therefore I am not always on campus. Like other instructors, I do not typically work weekends. So if you email me on a Saturday,you may not get a response until Monday. I do however try my best to check my email everyday during the week. Should I be unable to check my email for an extended period of time, I will notify you. This has not been an issue in the past. DUE DATES Keep in mind that all work is due by the assigned date. (With this in mind, do not wait until the last moment to complete an assignment because this is inevitably when your computer crashes or when you get sick. Tough luck with these circumstances.) Please do not bombard me with a list of excuses for not completing your work on time. Any late work accepted is up to the instructor and is subject to a lower grade and may require written documentation. ACADEMIC HONESTY (This is strictly enforced) College Academic Honesty Policy: Academic Honesty is expected of all students. It is the ethical behavior that includes producing their own work and not representing others’ work as their own, either by plagiarism, by cheating, or by helping others to do so. Faculty members who suspect a student of academic dishonesty may penalize the student by taking appropriate action up to and including assigning a failing grade for the paper, project, report, exam, or the course itself. CLASSROOM ETTIQUETE Please contribute to the supportive climate of this class by observing the following norms. - If you have a mobile phone, turn off the sound. Please do not carry on a phone conversation, even a short one, while class is in session. This includes text messaging also. - If you should arrive to class late, please do not enter the classroom while a student is making a presentation. You could disrupt their train of thought and you would certainly distract the audience. Wait outside until that student has finished, and then enter. Better yet, come on time! - Respect the opinions, values, and contributions of others. - Your classmates have paid good money to take this class. Please do not detract from their learning environment by disrupting class with cross talk or other distracting behaviors. ASSIGNMENTS AND CREDITS Following is the point breakdown for each assignment. Total Points = 805 4 Exams = 300 points (75 each) 3 In class activity days =75 (25 each) Personal reflection journal = 300 points Small Group Assignment and Presentation = 100 Attendance = 30 pointsFinal grades based on the standard 4.0 grading scale. 100-91 = A /4.0 90-85 = A-/3.5 84-80 = B/3.0 79-75 = B-/2.5 74-70 = C/2.0 69-65 = C-/1.5 64-60 = D/1.0 59-0 = F/0 Class Schedule Tuesday Thursday Week of 8/25 Intro/Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Week of 9/1 Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Week of 9/8 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Week of 9/15 Exam on Chapter 1-3 In-class activity day Week of 9/22 Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Week of 9/29 No class Project Success Day Chapter 5 Week of 10/6 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Week of 10/13 Chapter 6 Exam on Chapter 4-6 Week of 10/20 In-class activity day Chapter 7 Week of 10/27 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Week of 11/3 Chapter 8 Exam on Chapter 7 and 8 Week of 11/10 In-Class Activity Day Chapter 9 Week of 11/17 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Week of 11/24 Chapter 10 No Class – Thanksgiving Week of 12/3 Exam on Chapter 9 and 10 Group work Week of 12/8 Group work Group work and presentation *** This course syllabus is subject to revision at anytime.


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