SPCH 1100--Public Speaking
Winter 1997

Professor: Barbara Burke       Office: 105B HFA    Office phone: 589-6243 
Office Hours: 1:00-2:00 pm Tues./ Thurs.   3:00-4:00 pm Wed.   
Email: BURKEBR@caa.morris.umn.edu

Required text:
 Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach by Beebe and Beebe.  
(Exams will be drawn from the textbook).

Course objectives:

1)  to increase your confidence in your public speaking ability.
2)  to learn principles of effective public speaking.
3)  to demonstrate aspects of effective speech preparation.
4)  to appropriately apply public speaking skills to a variety of 
    speech contexts.

Attendance policy:

Attendance is mandatory, and will be checked at each class meeting. 
If you miss class the day you are expected to present a speech, turn 
in an assignment, or take an exam, you will NOT be allowed to make up 
that activity.  If you do miss a class, it is your responsibility to 
get notes from one of your classmates
.  

The following attendance policy will be enforced in this class:
1)  Your first two absences are without penalty.  
2)  Your third absence will lower your final course grade by 5 points.
3)  Each subsequent absence lowers your final course grade an additional 
    5 points.

Plagiarism policy:

Plagiarism is grounds for probation from the university.  Any student 
caught cheating on an exam, using someone else's speech topic, outline, 
or notes, or using information from sources without citing those sources 
will be given an automatic N* for the course.

Assignments and grading:

Informative speech	100 points
Demonstration speech	100 points
Persuasive speech	100 points
First exam		100 points
Second exam		100 points
			500 points total

Scale:  A= 450 points or greater,  B= 400-449,  C= 350-399,  D=300-349


SCHEDULE

Week		Reading	Activity

1/6-1/10	Chs. 1, 2	Intro speeches

1/13-1/17	Chs. 3, 4, 5	Audience analysis exercises, 
				draw speaking positions

1/21-1/24	Chs. 6, 7, 15	Biblio & Outline exercise

1/27-1/31	Chs. 8, 9, 10	INFORMATIVE SPEECHES

2/3-2/7		Review		finish speeches 
				EXAM 1

2/10-2/14	Chs. 13, 14	Outlining exercise,
				draw speaking positions
				discuss visual aids

2/17-2/21	Chs. 11, 12	DEMONSTRATION SPEECHES

2/24-2/28	Chs. 15, 16	finish speeches
				draw speaking positions

3/3-3/7		Chs. 17, 18	persuasion activity, 
				PERSUASIVE SPEECHES

3/10-3/14	Review		finish speeches

Finals week			EXAM 2