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CST 110 PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATION

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COMMON COURSE SYLLABUS

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The common syllabus for CST 110 is਍ഀ a part of your instructor’s syllabus. ਍ഀ CST 110 is an integral and challenging part of the UWL schedule of core਍ഀ courses.  The core courses involve਍ഀ skills and knowledge that the university faculty have determined to be਍ഀ essential for academic and professional success. The following assignments,਍ഀ common to all sections of CST 110, address the CST 110 course objectives:

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There will be four to six graded individual extemporaneous਍ഀ oral presentations given in the classroom in front of the other students of the਍ഀ class.

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·        ਍ഀ At least two presentations will be informative in nature.

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·        ਍ഀ At least one presentation will require the use of outside਍ഀ sources of information.

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·        ਍ഀ At least one presentation will require the use of visual਍ഀ aids.

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·        ਍ഀ At least one presentation will be videotaped.

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·        ਍ഀ At least one self-critique of a videotaped presentation.

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·        ਍ഀ At least one peer critique of another student’s਍ഀ presentation.

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·        ਍ഀ At least two presentations will be persuasive in nature.

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·        ਍ഀ There will be at least two written tests, a midterm and a਍ഀ final.

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Although speeches are developed and given individually your਍ഀ instructor may use various methods including group work during the preparation਍ഀ stage.  In order to begin fulfilling the਍ഀ department’s writing-in-the-major਍ഀ program, students are expected to develop and use preparation outlines਍ഀ to plan their speeches and use speaking outlines while delivering their਍ഀ speeches.  APA (American Psychological਍ഀ Association) format should be used for referencing supporting materials.  Each section will visit Murphy Library for a਍ഀ library orientation exercise.

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NOTE: your਍ഀ instructor will determine instructions and requirements for all assignments਍ഀ including evaluation criteria.

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COURSE OBJECTIVES

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As a student in CST 110 you will develop effective oral communication skills including਍ഀ speech research and preparation, oral presentation, and speech anxiety਍ഀ reduction.  CST 110 is designed to help਍ഀ you meet the following course objectives and student learning outcomes:

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·        ਍ഀ You will be able to distinguish between informative and਍ഀ persuasive messages and be able to discern the specific purpose and central਍ഀ idea of the message.

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·        ਍ഀ You will be able to locate sources of information in the਍ഀ library and use it to develop your presentation.

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·        ਍ഀ You will be able to develop an organized presentation using਍ഀ conventional grammar, punctuation, and formatting.

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·        ਍ഀ You will develop a positive attitude toward speaking਍ഀ situations, better understand the psychological and physical causes of speech਍ഀ anxiety, which will help reduce personal speech anxiety and allow you to feel਍ഀ more comfortable speaking to an audience.

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Another area that you will develop in the CST 110 classroom਍ഀ is listening skills, including਍ഀ appreciative listening, empathic listening, comprehensive listening, and਍ഀ critical listening.  Listening skills਍ഀ outcomes include:

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·        ਍ഀ You will be able to recognize and recall main ideas, and਍ഀ identify supporting materials of oral presentations.

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·        ਍ഀ You will learn to keep an open mind and assume an attitude਍ഀ of fairness when listening to others speak.

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Critical਍ഀ thinking skills are a third area that you will develop in CST਍ഀ 110.  These skills, which allow us to਍ഀ discriminate between various statements, interpret information, and evaluate਍ഀ evidence, are vital to you as you continue through your college career.  CST 110 critical thinking learning਍ഀ objectives and outcomes are:

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·        ਍ഀ You will be able to use and detect patterns of speech and਍ഀ logical order of arguments.

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·        ਍ഀ You will be able to distinguish between emotional and logical਍ഀ arguments as well as detect bias or prejudice in a speech.

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·        ਍ഀ You will be able to evaluate the credibility of evidence਍ഀ used for supporting a speaker’s argument.

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·        ਍ഀ You will be able to interpret graphs, charts, and tables.

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While participating in CST 110 Public Oral Communication਍ഀ classes you will acquire knowledge from the text, the instructor, videos of਍ഀ various speeches, and by listening to presentations given by other਍ഀ students.  These more general outcomes਍ഀ are also important in CST 110:

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·        ਍ഀ You will be better able to apply and integrate content਍ഀ knowledge in your other classes.

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·        ਍ഀ You will begin to develop a greater awareness of various਍ഀ aesthetic perspectives.

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·        ਍ഀ You will develop skills that help you increase your global਍ഀ perspective and understanding of diversity.

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·        ਍ഀ You will be involved in processes essential to ethical਍ഀ decision-making and citizenship.

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Revised: August 2006

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