Course Outcomes--Suggested Template
Updated 2/7/08
Submission date: March 20th, 2008
Submitted by: Peter Lach
Course number and title: COMM 2200 Introduction to Human Communication
Course: COMM 2200
Instructor (name/email): R. Mild/rmild@fairmontstate.edu
Date: March 10, 2008
Course Outcomes
Direct assessment measures
Satisfactory performance standards
Course Outcomes--Suggested Template
Updated 2/7/08
Upon successful completion of this course, students
will be able to…(fill in the course outcomes below)
Student performance with respect to this outcome
will be measured by (fill in below the direct
measurement tool to be used for each outcome)
Satisfactory student performance on the
direct assessment measure will consist of
(fill in the level of proficiency on the direct
measure that will indicate that a student
meets the associated outcome)
Define and explain human
communication as a process of
making meaning.
Tests and quizzes
Reflections on communication
patterns and skills
70% on Tests and Quizzes
70% on Reflection Papers
Analyze how verbal and nonverbal
behaviors enhance messages.
Tests and quizzes
Reflections on communication
patterns and skills
70% on Tests and Quizzes
70% on Reflection Papers
Explain how one gains a
perception of self and how that
perception influences
communication with self and
others.
Tests and quizzes
Reflections on communication
patterns and skills
70% on Tests and Quizzes
70% on Reflection Papers
Explain how culture shapes who
we are, our attitudes, beliefs
and values, thus affecting our
interactions with others.
Tests and quizzes
Reflections on communication
patterns and skills
70% on Tests and Quizzes
70% on Reflection Papers
Demonstrate strategies for
effective comprehensive,
critical and empathic listening.
Demonstrate an understanding of
the role communication plays in
the development and maintenance
of interpersonal relationships.
Tests and quizzes
Reflections on communication
patterns and skills
Tests and quizzes
Reflections on communication
patterns and skills
70% on Tests and Quizzes
70% on Reflection Papers
Select appropriate forms of
Informative speech
70% on the Informative
70% on Tests and Quizzes
70% on Reflection Papers
Course Outcomes--Suggested Template
Updated 2/7/08
rhetorical messages for
particular audiences and
purposes that are appropriate
for college-level discourse.
Persuasive speech
Outlines
Bibliographies
Tests and quizzes
Reflections on communication
patterns and skills
Speech
70% on
70% on
70% on
70% on
Demonstrate understanding of the
speaking process and various
rhetorical styles by preparing
and delivering speeches that are
understandable and meaningful to
audiences using structure and
language that are appropriate to
the purpose and the occasion.
Informative speech
Persuasive speech
Outlines
Bibliographies
70% on the Informative
Speech
70% on the Persuasive Speech
70% on Bibliographies
Explain the function of and
create appropriate
introductions, conclusions and
transitions to enhance the
audience’s understanding of the
message.
Informative speech
Persuasive speech
Outlines
Bibliographies
70% on the Informative
Speech
70% on the Persuasive Speech
70% on Bibliographies
Select, analyze and document a
variety of credible supporting
materials/evidence to support
the central idea, thesis or
proposition of the message.
Informative speech
Persuasive speech
Outlines
Bibliographies
70% on the Informative
Speech
70% on the Persuasive Speech
70% on Bibliographies
Recognize the use of evidence,
analysis, and persuasive
strategies, including basic
distinctions among opinions,
facts, and inferences.
Informative speech
Persuasive speech
Outlines
Bibliographies
70% on the Informative
Speech
70% on the Persuasive Speech
70% on Bibliographies
the Persuasive Speech
Bibliographies
Tests and Quizzes
Reflection Papers
Course Outcomes--Suggested Template
Updated 2/7/08
Select a logical organizational
pattern (i.e. topical,
chronological, cause-effect,
problem-solution) which best
supports the message and write
an outline that incorporates
appropriately documented
information into the pattern.
Informative speech
Persuasive speech
Outlines
Bibliographies
70% on the Informative
Speech
70% on the Persuasive Speech
70% on Bibliographies
Identify types and functions of
groups.
Tests and quizzes
Reflections on communication
patterns and skills
70% on Tests and Quizzes
70% on Reflection Papers
Identify and define approaches
to managing group communication.
Tests and quizzes
Reflections on communication
patterns and skills
70% on Tests and Quizzes
70% on Reflection Papers
Define credibility and determine
techniques for building
credibility.
Informative speech
Persuasive speech
Tests and quizzes
Reflections on communication
patterns and skills
70% on
Speech
70% on
70% on
70% on
the Informative
Explain ethical communication
and its role in interpersonal
and public communication.
Informative speech
Persuasive speech
Tests and quizzes
Reflections on communication
patterns and skills
70% on
Speech
70% on
70% on
70% on
the Informative
the Persuasive Speech
Tests and Quizzes
Reflection Papers
the Persuasive Speech
Tests and Quizzes
Reflection Papers