Oral Communication Application Form – REVISION 5-2-2015
Name:
Course Number:
Course Title:
Department:
College:
Date submitted:
The semester when you first expect the course to be taught:
Is this an application for a flag that will apply to ALL sections of this course, or only to
one or more SPECIFIC sections?
Options: ALL sections or SPECIFIC sections [highlight appropriate option]
ORAL COMMUNICATION FLAG
I. Description of Purpose and Content
Courses flagged for Oral Skills reinforce students' ability to orally communicate ideas to an
audience. Oral skills include the ability to understand and engage in a discipline’s discourses
and rhetorical situations by delivering formal oral presentations or performances and to express
and interpret ideas—both their own and those of others—in clear oral presentations or
performances.
II. Student work as described in the syllabus and course assignments.
A course flagged for oral communication skills requires students to prepare, practice and deliver
one or more original oral presentations/performances. Assignments in the course must require
students to engage in:
 The analysis of the intended audience and context for delivery.
 Advance preparation of speaker’s notes, an outline, a script, or other supporting
materials.
 Advance practice/rehearsal.
 The actual presentation and/or performance.
Examples include (but are not limited to), persuasive or informative speeches, research
presentations, technical presentations, theatrical performances, presenting a lesson. Group
presentations may be used to satisfy the requirements for an oral communication skills flag;
however, each student must participate in both the advance preparation and actual delivery of
the presentation/performance.
HOW DOES YOUR COURSE MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS?
What do students do (e.g., solve, research, read, write, revise, practice, collaborate,
review, study, perform) to address the characteristics? You may refer to assignments or
readings listed in Part I. Note that a single assignment or form of instruction (e.g.,
lecture, discussion, group work) may meet multiple requirements.
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III. Deployed course pedagogy. To assist students in developing oral communication
proficiency, the instructor will provide in-class instruction related to the proper preparation
and delivery of the assigned presentation/performance. In addition, provision must be made
for students to receive feedback during the preparation process, including feedback on both
written supporting materials and oral practice/rehearsal; feedback may come in the form of
instructor review and/or peer review but must be designed to reinforce the importance of
careful preparation and refinement through practice.
HOW DOES YOUR COURSE MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS?
What do you provide as an instructor (e.g., in-class instruction, written feedback,
reading/viewing assignments) to address the characteristics? You may refer to
assignments or readings listed in Part I. Note that a single assignment or form of
instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, group work) may meet multiple requirements.
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IV. Percentage of the final course grade as described in the course syllabus. Assignments
that develop oral communication skills must account for at least 20% of the total course
grade. While preparatory work may be graded as part of the required 20%, at least 10% of
the course grade must be allocated to actual oral presentation/performance.
HOW DOES YOUR COURSE MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS?
You may refer to assignments or readings listed in Part I. Please specify the weighting of
assignments in the final grade to show how they account for at least 20% of the final
grade.
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To submit your proposal, you should:
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Send the proposal electronically to newcore@lmu.edu
CC your chair and Dean on the proposal. Your chair and dean can approve your
proposal by sending an e-mail message stating approval to newcore@lmu.edu.
Once we receive your chair's and dean's approval, your course proposal will be
reviewed by the appropriate core area committee of the UCCC. No proposal will be
reviewed by a core area committee without both your chair's and dean's approval.
The core area committee may approve the proposal, request revisions (this is very
common), or reject the proposal. Rejections may be appealed to the full UCCC.
Once the course is approved, you will receive word from the UCCC, who will copy your
chair and dean.