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SPC 1017 • INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMMUNICATION
16 WEEKS, TWICE A WEEK, FACE TO FACE – SPRING 2016
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Jefferis, LA 137, MyCourses e-mail, or  791-2691 (24-hour answering machine)
OFFICE HOURS: I am always available online, even on the weekends, and I have virtual office hours on Sunday
nights. My office hours on campus are scheduled at these days and times:
o Tuesdays: 9:30 to 11:00, and 1:00 to 3:30, and 4:45 to 6:00.
o Wednesdays: 12:30 to 2:30.
o Thursdays: 2:45 to 3:30.
I am also on campus every Friday, teaching a class from 9:00 to 11:50. These hours are subject to reassignment (for
example, we have to go to teacher meetings); please check the office door for changes.
TEXT: Human Communication, 5th Edition by Pearson, Nelson, Titsworth, and Harter.
 You can buy the book from our college bookstore for $59.25.
 OR, using either of these two ISBN numbers: ISBN-10: 0078036879 or ISBN-13: 978-0078036873, you
can buy or rent the book from an on-line retailer such as AMAZON or CHEGG.
 Or you can get your book through the SPC Bookswap: Trade textbooks with other SPC students. Use
your student ID and password to login to SPC's BookSwap.
 Or you can use the copy of the textbook that is available for free at the RESERVE section of the SPCClearwater Library.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to assist the student in understanding and implementing oral
communication skills. Learning is centered in student participation in a variety of speaking-listening situations
designed to increase the understanding of the interpersonal nature of all speech communication.
This is a 3-credit course that is taught in 16 weeks, face-to-face. You’ll have homework between Tuesday and
Thursday, and you’ll have homework between Thursday and Tuesday’s class. If this style does not suit your
academic strengths, you could drop this class and sign up for a speech class that has only 50% face-to-face time on
campus (that’s called BLENDED), or you could drop this class and sign up for a speech class that has no meeting
time on campus at all (that’s ONLINE ONLY).
You will be reading the textbook on your own – a comprehensive Study Guide is provided to direct your reading
to prepare for each quiz. If you would prefer a speech professor who reads the textbook out loud in class, or if you
would prefer a speech professor who makes PowerPoint slides from the textbook and reads the slides out loud in
class, drop this class and sign up for a speech class with a different professor.
Students who are working, or who are on a sports team or in a theatrical play, or who have other similar outsideof-class obligations such as child care, should consider this chart:
Outside obligations of
Term I or II
No More Than
16 Weeks
____ Hours Per Week
Express
Term
12 Weeks
8w1, 8w2
8 Week
Term
20 Hours Per Week
12-15 Credits (four or five courses) 9-12 Credits
4-6 Credits
30 Hours Per Week
9-12 Credits (three or four
courses)
6-9 Credits
3-5 Credits
40 Hours Per Week
6-9 Credits (two or three courses)
3-6 Credits
2-4 Credits
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COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. To develop and refine skills in planning, outlining, and developing a speech, including competence in
library research, information gathering and retrieval skills.
2. To develop and refine skills in delivering a speech.
3. To develop an awareness of the significance of non-verbal communication, including body movement,
facial expressions, gestures and dress.
4. To develop the ability to work effectively as a group member and understand the responsibilities of a
discussion leader.
5. To develop an understanding of the different purposes of listening and the ability to listen critically, clearly,
and creatively.
6. To develop an awareness of the importance of speech in our daily living and through that awareness gain
confidence and poise in everyday situations.
COURSE RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. To attend regularly and study speech as a listener when you are not speaking.
2. To prepare assignments as well as you can and to perform when scheduled.
3. To study the text assignments regularly and to prepare for course examinations.
4. To participate regularly in class discussions and to critique other speakers as assigned.
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: Students should have access to a computer that is connected to
the Internet. To complete course assignments, Microsoft Office 97 or higher is required, with Microsoft Word and
PowerPoint included. If you do not have access to the Microsoft Office suite, you should go to one of the college's
learning labs where the Microsoft Office suite is installed, and do your work there. The college computers cannot
read documents done in Microsoft WORKS nor Microsoft WORD PERFECT. You should SpellCheck and
GrammarCheck your work before turning it in.
ATTENDANCE POLICY: All students are expected to attend the class meetings and earn an average of 70% or above,
which is how we evaluate students as actively participating in class. Before the official withdrawal date, a student
can withdraw from the class to receive the grade of W. FOUR absences can be accommodated but a student who
exceeds the absence policy by missing a FIFTH class will be withdrawn by the college and will receive the grade of
WF. Please note that faculty members cannot withdraw you. If you need to withdraw and you want the grade of W
instead of the WF, YOU will have to withdraw yourself. When you miss a class, you are responsible for the material
covered during your absence. Be sure to make at least one friend or Study Buddy in this class so that person can email you the class notes on the day you miss.
LATE POLICY: If you miss a SPEECH, there is a Make-up Class when you can make up ONE speech at half credit
unless you bring paperwork for an excused absence to the professor – see the section at the end of this syllabus for
detailed information about the paperwork that can be accepted. If you turn in an SCRIPT or an OUTLINE that does
not meet the minimum criteria, it will be turned back to you and you will have until 11:55 p.m. that night to revise
and resubmit for full credit. Any revised script or outline turned in after the due date will have 10 points deducted.
There is no way to make up the GROUP PRESENTATION. If you miss the GROUP PRESENTATION, you can
only get PRE-PRESENTATION POINTS (maximum of 50 points). Extra Credit cannot be accepted after the due
date for any reason.
TESTING: Seven (7) quizzes and a Final Exam. All quizzes and the Final Exam are closed-book and proctored by a
professor. All questions are multiple-choice and true/false. A Study Guide is posted on MyCourses for each quiz
and the Final Exam. If you would prefer a speech class with open-book testing, drop this section and take speech in
the “blended” or “online only” formats.
Please read this syllabus AND the SPC Syllabus Addendum: http://www.spcollege.edu/central/asa/addendum.htm
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SPEECH GRADING: For every speech, you get instructions and a grading sheet. The instruction handout explains the
specific details of the speech, such as time limit. The grading sheet lists criteria used to assign an academic grade for
your performance.
This is a course in extemporaneous speaking, not manuscript reading. You will not be allowed to take a
typed or hand-written manuscript/script of your speech up front with you. You will not be allowed to look down all
the time and read off your speech from the notecards. You will be allowed to have up to three 3x5 notecards (turned
the narrow way to fit in your palm, not turned the long way to be held with both hands), and you can glance down at
the cards a few times quickly and then look right back up.
You should use visual aids in every speech. Do not use more than three visual aids in a speech
performance (three slides or three physical items like posters or items from home), and do not show any visual aids
before your speech begins nor after your speech is over. Please test your visual aids ahead of time and practice
your speech with the visual aids so that you are confident that these visual aids will work well in your speech
presentation. A video clip is limited to 30 seconds.
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You will be assigned a Speaker Number for this class so you'll know exactly to which speech-giving day
you are assigned for each category, and you can arrange to be ready to perform. Most students find that
they are scheduled to give one speech early, one in the middle, and one near the end of the Speaker
Order. Rotating the Speaker Order assures fairness.
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If our on-campus class meetings are cancelled due to circumstances including, but not limited to,
a tropical storm or a hurricane, this course will continue on MyCourses.
If you have any difficulty, contact the SPC Student Technical Call Center at 727-341-HELP (4357) or via e-mail at
OnlineHelp@spcollege.edu – the Center is open 7:00 a.m. to midnight, 7 days a week.
If you need help other than computer/technical, click here: http://www.spcollege.edu/gethelp
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GRADING GRID:
ORAL PRESENTATIONS • 500 POINTS POSSIBLE
Appreciation Speech • 100 points possible
Celebration Speech • 100 points possible
Panel Discussion • 100 points possible
Actuate Speech • 200 points possible
WRITTEN WORK • 250 POINTS POSSIBLE
APP Script Evaluation • 100 points possible (must be typed)
CEL Outline • 50 points possible (must be typed)
ACTU Outline • 50 points possible (must be typed)
Intercultural Analysis • 50 points possible (must be typed)
QUIZZES and FINAL EXAM • 250 POINTS POSSIBLE
Quiz 1 on Chapters 13 and 14 (25 points possible)
Quiz 2 on Chapters 10, 11 and 12 (25 points possible)
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Quiz 3 on Chapters 6 and 7 (25 points possible)
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Quiz 4 on Chapters 4 and 5 (25 points possible)
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Quiz 5 on Chapters 8 and 9 (25 points possible)
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Quiz 6 on Chapter 15 (25 points possible)
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Quiz 7 on Chapters 1, 2 and 3 (25 points possible)
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Final Exam (75 points possible)
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EXTRA POINTS AVAILABLE
LEO Evaluation • 15 points possible (must be typed)
RANDY Evaluation • 15 points possible (must be typed)
SPECIAL Evaluation • 15 points possible (must be typed)
SPECIAL Evaluation • 15 points possible (must be typed)
YOUR TOTAL
FINAL GRADES
A = 900 or more points
B = 800-899 points
C = 700-799 points
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IMPORTANT DATES – SPRING 2016 (16 WEEKS):
TUESDAYS on left side
THURSDAYS on right side
1/12 CLASS MEETING ONE:
DR. J PRESENTS INTRO TO CLASS
& CLASSROOM, AND SCRIPTWRITING
1/14 CLASS MEETING TWO: DR. J PRESENTS PREVIEW
SENTENCE, SPEAKER ORDER, TELLER WEAR.
1/19 CLASS MEETING THREE:
DROP YOUR APP SCRIPT IN DROPBOX
BEFORE 3:30 P.M. OR BRING IT WITH YOU –
SCRIPTS WILL BE REVIEWED AND RETURNED.
1/21 CLASS MEETING FOUR: QUIZ ONE, WITH SOME
CLASS TIME AFTER THE QUIZ TO GO TO THE
LIBRARY AND PRACTICE YOUR APP SPEECH
1/26 CLASS MEETING FIVE:
APP SPEECHES
1/28 CLASS MEETING SIX:
APP SPEECHES, INFO ABOUT CEL SPEECH
2/2 CLASS MEETING SEVEN:
QUIZ TWO, WITH SOME CLASS TIME AFTER
THE QUIZ FOR MAKE UP APP SPEECHES OR TO
GO TO THE LIBRARY TO WORK ON CEL SPEECH
2/4 CLASS MEETING EIGHT:
DR. J PRESENTS OUTLINING, VISUAL AIDS,
HANDOUTS.
2/9 CLASS MEETING NINE:
DROP YOUR CEL OUTLINE IN DROPBOX
BEFORE 3:30 P.M. OR BRING IT – OUTLINES
WILL BE REVIEWED AND RETURNED DURING CLASS.
ALSO DR. J PRESENTS T&B.
2/11 CLASS MEETING TEN: QUIZ THREE, WITH SOME
CLASS TIME AFTER THE QUIZ TO GO TO THE
LIBRARY TO WORK ON CEL SPEECH
2/16 CLASS MEETING ELEVEN:
SPECIAL PRESENTATION IN CLASS
2/18 CLASS MEETING TWELVE: CEL SPEECHES
2/23 CLASS MEETING THIRTEEN: CEL SPEECHES
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2/25 CLASS MEETING FOURTEEN: CEL SPEECHES
3/1 CLASS MEETING FIFTEEN:
INTERCULTURAL PAPER DUE, GROUPS DRAFT BODY ONE
AND TWO IN CLASS. POST THE LINKS TO TWO ARTICLES
ON YOUR GROUP’S TOPIC BY 11:55 P.M.
3/3 CLASS MEETING EIGHTEEN: QUIZ FOUR, THEN
MAKE UP CEL SPEECHES AND GROUPS FINISH
BODY ONE & TWO AND DRAFT BODY THREE
AND FOUR. POST THE LINKS TO TWO MORE
ARTICLES ON YOUR GROUP’S TOPIC BY 11:55.
NOTE: PHILLIS SPRING TRAINING GAME
WILL BE OVER AROUND THE TIME WE START.
3/8 CLASS MEETING SEVENTEEN:
WE DO NOT MEET FACE-TO-FACE AS A CLASS TODAY,
BUT YOUR GROUP COULD MEET ON ITS OWN TODAY
EITHER FACE-TO-FACE OR BY POSTING ON DISCUSSION BOARD.
3/10 CLASS MEETING EIGHTEEN:
WE DO NOT MEET FACE-TO-FACE AS A CLASS TODAY,
BUT YOUR GROUP COULD MEET ON ITS OWN EITHER
FACE-TO-FACE OR BY POSTING ON DISCUSSION BOARD.
3/15 CLASS MEETING NINETEEN:
GO OVER INSTRUCTION SHEET FOR PANEL DISCUSSION.
GO OVER OUTLINE AND SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
TO FINISH THE OUTLINE. DO INTERVIEWS.
POST THE LINKS TO TWO MORE ARTICLES BY 11:55 P.M.
3/17 CLASS MEETING TWENTY:
QUIZ FIVE, WITH CLASS TIME AFTERWARD TO
WORK IN GROUPS AND DO INTERVIEWS.
NOTE: PHILLIS SPRING TRAINING GAME
WILL BE OVER AROUND THE TIME WE START.
3/22 CLASS MEETING TWENTY-ONE:
CLASS WILL MEET IN LIBRARY. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE
FROM EACH GROUP NEED TO ATTEND WORKSHOP FROM
4:30 TO 5:30.
NOTE: PHILLIES SPRING TRAINING GAME
WILL BE OVER AROUND THE TIME WE START.
3/24 CLASS MEETING TWENTY-TWO:
GROUPS TURN IN FINAL OUTLINES & PRACTICE
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3/29 CLASS MEETING TWENTY-THREE:
GROUPS 1 AND 2 PANEL DISCUSSIONS
NOTE: PHILLIES SPRING TRAINING GAME
WILL BE OVER AROUND THE TIME WE START.
3/31 CLASS MEETING TWENTY-FOUR:,
GROUPS 1 AND 2 PANEL DISCUSSIONS
4/5 CLASS MEETING TWENTY-FIVE:
DR. J PRESENTS ACTU & ACTU OUTLINE
4/7 CLASS MEETING TWENTY-SIX: QUIZ SIX,
WITH TIME AFTERWARD TO GO TO THE LIBRARY
AND WORK ON ACTU SPEECH
4/12 CLASS MEETING TWENTY-SEVEN:
DR. J PRESENTS MORE ON ACTU
DROP YOUR ACTU OUTLINE IN DROPBOX BEFORE 3:30 P.M.
OR BRING IT – OUTLINES WILL BE REVIEWED AND RETURNED DURING CLASS.
4/14 CLASS MEETING TWENTY-EIGHT:
NO FACE-TO-FACE MEETING. YOU CAN VIDEORECORD YOUR ACTU REHEARSAL, AND POST IT
TO YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL (OR ANOTHER
WEBSITE) AND SEND THE PROFESSOR THE URL
FOR A FREE REVIEW BY THE PROFESSOR.
4/19 CLASS MEETING TWENTY-NINE:
NO FACE-TO-FACE MEETING. YOU CAN VIDEORECORD YOUR ACTU REHEARSAL, AND POST IT
TO YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL (OR ANOTHER
WEBSITE) AND SEND THE PROFESSOR THE URL
FOR A FREE REVIEW BY THE PROFESSOR.
4/21 CLASS MEETING THIRTY: ACTU SPEECHES
4/26 CLASS MEETING THIRTY-ONE:
ACTU SPEECHES
4/28 CLASS MEETING THIRTY-TWO: QUIZ SEVEN,
WITH TIME AFTERWARD FOR MAKE UP ACTU
SPEECHES AND TO WORK ON EXTRA
CREDIT, WHICH IS DUE AT 11:55 P.M. TONIGHT.
5/3 CLASS MEETING THIRTY-THREE:
FINAL EXAM. NOTE: FINAL EXAM PERIOD BEGINS AT 3:00, NOT 3:30.
YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE HERE: HTTPS://WWW.SPCOLLEGE.EDU/FINALEXAMSCHEDULE/
NOTE: Important dates can change at the discretion of Dr. Jefferis, depending on current events and the flow of the semester’s activities.
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Getting ready to MAKE UP a speech or a quiz,
or turn in a late writing assignment
LATE SPEECH PRESENTATIONS
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If you have some Excused Absence paperwork to bring with you (see list on next page), you need
to remember to bring that paperwork WITH YOU on the Make Up Day.
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You should bring the correct evaluation form with you for the speech you are giving.
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TIME is a huge issue, especially since you had more time to prepare than the other students who
spoke on the assigned speech day. Please make sure you have practiced your speech twice a
day, TIMING each practice, so that your speech will go very well AND BE IN THE TIME RANGE.
LATE QUIZZES
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You have only ONE WEEK to make up a missed quiz.
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You take the quiz in the Clearwater Campus Testing Center.
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You should know which quiz you will be taking. If you do not know right now, go to MyCourses
and see which quiz or quizzes do not have a grade entered.
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You will need to bring a Scantron computer sheet, number 882, and a pencil, and your Student ID
card. If you don’t have a Student ID card, you can get one for free in the Library.
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If you have some Excused Absence paperwork to bring with you (see list on next page), you need
to remember to bring that paperwork to Dr. J – do NOT give your Excused Absence paperwork to
the clerk in the Testing Center.
LATE WRITING ASSIGNMENT
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You have only ONE WEEK to turn in a late writing assignment of any kind (script, outline, etc.)
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If you have some Excused Absence paperwork to turn in with your Late Writing Assignment (see
on next page), you need to remember to scan that paperwork and submit it with your Late Writing
Assignment. If you need help scanning your Excused Absence paperwork, visit the Learning
Support Commons for free help.
The next page has information about the PAPERWORK you need to bring
to GET YOUR ABSENCE EXCUSED …
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PAPERWORK TO GET YOUR ABSENCE EXCUSED
To give a LATE SPEECH with no LATE penalty, you must bring paperwork to the Make Up Day to
give to Dr. J with your speech grading sheet.
To take a LATE QUIZ with no LATE penalty, you must bring paperwork to Dr. J – do not give it to the
test proctor in the Testing Center.
To turn in a LATE WRITING ASSIGNMENT with no LATE penalty, you scan and submit your
paperwork with Late Writing Assignment.
St. Petersburg College excuses the absences listed in regular typeface, and I have extended the
excused absences – see italics. Please understand that I must have PAPERWORK as evidence of your
absence to be able to code it as “excused.” You cannot just tell me that you didn’t feel well or that you
had to fly to Toledo. You need to have PAPERWORK to SHOW me – like a doctor’s note or hospital
admission paperwork or jury duty summons or Pinellas County prison release form.
Here is an example: A student had to fly out of state for his grandfather’s funeral. On his way up to give
his make-up speech, he handed me the speech grade sheet AND a portfolio that contained his plane
ticket, the obituary printed in the newspaper, a photocopy of the death certificate, the prayer card and
program from the funeral service, and a statement he had written which noted the dates and times of
these events that he attended.
Here is another example: The moving company hired to move a student to a new apartment changed
the moving date to a date that the student was supposed to give a speech. On the way up to give her
make-up speech, she handed me the speech grade sheet AND a folder that contained the moving
company paperwork which showed the changed date, photographs of the new apartment and of people
moving furniture, a letter from the student, a letter from the student’s partner, and (this was hilarious)
made up letters from each of the two 15-month-old twins signed with a finger print, and a letter from the
dog signed with a paw print. I need to see the real proof, of course, and I have a real appreciation for
students who are fun instead of defensive about this process.
Excused Absences:
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Hospitalization of student or any family member or friend, or Doctor’s appointment or Doctor’s
order for quarantine at home for student or any family member of student
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Incarceration of student or any family member or friend
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Military duty of student or deployment/return of any family member or friend
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Jury duty of student or anyone who regularly has child-care responsibilities for student’s child and
cannot watch student’s child because of jury duty
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Death of member of student’s immediate family or any family member or friend
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Celebratory party that is once-in-a-lifetime, such as 21st birthday party of student or friend of
student, 80th birthday party of grandparent, retirement party of parent/grandparent friend,
welcome home party for someone returning from war
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Any high school function for those who are actually still attending high school but take some
college classes through the Collegiate High School, Early College, Dual Enrollment, or Early
Admission programs