Summer 2019 Course Syllabi

Textbook(s): Public Speaking For College and Career Ninth Edition by Hamilton Gregory Course Requirements: Course requirements consist of class discussion, assignments, delivery of speeches, peer reviews. This course requires that you access the course through Blackboard. All speeches will be recorded using YouTube and uploaded to Blackboard. Your assignments and outlines will be submitted through Blackboard. Speeches Include: Introductory Speech 25 points Narrative Speech 25 points Brown Bag Speech 25 points Informative Speech 100 points Visual Aid/Demonstration Speech 100 points Persuasive Speech 150 points Self Evaluation: 30 points Intro, Narrative and Bbag comments: 30 points 3 Benefits assignment 20 points Other assignments include: Discussion questions 8 @ 10 points each = 80 points Peer Evaluation Sheets on graded speeches 12@ 5 points, 60 points Total: 645 points Grading Scale Tentative Course Outline Week 1: Introductory Speech, 3 Benefits assignment and post to discussion question. Week 2: Narrative Speech, Post to introductory speech and post to discussion question. Week 3: Brown Bag Speech, Post to narrative speech and post to discussion question. Week 4: Informative Speech, post to brown bag speech and post to discussion question. Week 5: Visual Aid/Demo Speech, Informative speech peer reviews and post to discussion question. Week 6: Visual Aid/Demo speech peer reviews due, prep for persuasive speech and post to discussion question. 90% - 100% A 80% - 89% B 70% - 79% C 60% - 69% D Less than 60% F