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Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Fall 2018

COM 1301_07 Public Speaking

MWF 1:40-2:30 PM, B 08/R 104

SYLLABUS

                                                                                                  

Instructor:                  Rossitsa Varadinova Borkowski  

Office:                        B 06 / R 101

Office hours:               MWF   09:00 – 10:30 AM

                                           12:00 – 01:30 PM

                                             Only by appointment

Email:                         r.borkowski@aui.ma

Course Description

The focus of the course is to develop public speaking skills. During the semester, we will engage in a number
of public speaking activities designed to promote competency in the delivery of speeches, organization of
ideas, methods of argumentation, utilization of supporting materials, selection of language, and use of
narratives.

 Course objectives

At successful completion of this course, students will

1. Have developed a critical understanding of the role that speech communication plays in the social,
political and professional affairs of individuals;
2. Have developed critical standards to help them construct ethical and efficient speech communication.
3. Be able to construct and extemporaneously deliver a variety of speeches (introductory, informative,
impromptu, of special occasion, and persuasive) adhering to time limits and following good
presentation guidelines;
4. Be able to organize their thoughts clearly and logically;
5. Be able to prepare various types of outlines and communicate in a well structured style;
6. Be able to evaluate the quality of classmates’ presentations, judge the accuracy of their information and
critique their arguments.

Required Text

Lucas, Stephens, E., The Art of Public Speaking, New York: McGraw Hill, 2012

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 Grading

Assignments %

1.    Introductory Speech 05

1.    Informative Speech 1 10

1.    Informative Speech 2 (Midterm) 15

1.    Two Special Occasion Speeches (2x10) 20

1.    Three Impromptu Speeches (3x5) 15

1.    Persuasive Speech 1 10

1.    Persuasive Speech 2 (Final) 25

Grades are formed on the basis of two criteria: originality and performance.

Documents and speech delivering procedures

Students receive detailed instructions (assignment sheets) for each speech via email.

At the day of delivering a speech, students come to class with printed grading forms emailed to them
beforehand.

Each speech consists of three documents:

(a) Preparation outline,

(b) Text of the speech, and

(c) Delivery outline

Excluding the three impromptu speeches, the preparation outline and text of all other speeches should be
submitted to turnitin.com prior the day of delivering the speech.

Turnitin.com information for this class is the following:

Class ID 18947608

Enrollment key orator

Students write delivery outlines on index-cards 5” x 8” handed to the instructor in class, after delivering their
speech. 

Policies and Expectations

1. Academic Integrity

AUI endeavors to uphold academic and institutional Integrity. Cheating, plagiarism or other integrity
infractions will not be tolerated in this course. Read the University’s Academic Policies and Procedures in
the AUI 2015-2017 Catalog, pages 93-94 and in the Student Handbook, pages 88-89 as well as on the AUI
website:

 http://www.aui.ma/catalog%202015-2017_Links%20clickable.pdf

Cheating and plagiarism is defined and addressed in several lectures and courses throughout AUI.  There
is no excuse for not knowing the policy. Alleged lack of knowledge or awareness will not serve as an excuse.
Hint: “recycling” your own work constitutes plagiarism or self-plagiarism. It is not tolerated.

Take time and explore what interests you in this course. Your interest will foster your originality. Being
original is fun! If you do so, plagiarism and cheating will fall naturally out of your academic experience.

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2. Other policies

Attendance is your academic duty and does not add to your grade. However, each unexcused absence
(even the allowed five) leads to deduction of 0.5 points of the final grade. Reaching the limit of
unexcused absences leads to WF without notification.
An absence is excused only after presenting a document that justifies the absence. In this case a make-
up work would be permissible.
Tardiness is not tolerated in this class; 3 ‘tardy’ lead to 1 unexcused absence or deduction of 0.5 points
of the final grade.
Participation is encouraged and adds to student’s credibility. However, it is not considered
determinative for the final grade.
I do not accept late work.Late work will not receive credit.
Food and cell phones are not allowed in class; grades will be lowered for these without notice.
Any negotiation of grades (in person or via email) is considered a form of “academic harassment” and
leads to a drastic lowering of the student’s grade.

 Finally, please note that the syllabus and work schedule are not necessarily complete and I will change them
to fit specific class needs.

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