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Communication 2110: Spring Semester, 2016 Interpersonal & Small Group Communication

Weber High School Kathy Nichols, instructor [email protected] blog.wsd.net/knichols/ WHS phone: (801) 476-3700

(Attention: Contact the College or University you wish to attend to make sure that this Concurrent Enrollment courses will meet your goals for fulfilling your Senior English requirement). Becoming a well-educated person requires growing, evolving, enriching and refining oneself as a human being and contributing to a better world. Becoming well-educated involves learning to interact with the world around us, as well as preparing for a career. Students satisfying the humanities general education requirement through COMM 2110 will gain skills, abilities, and increase understanding in three areas: Area #1: Students will address critical thinking, cognitive learning, and problem solving skills (both individually and in groups). Area #2: Students will improve their knowledge and understanding of key themes and principles, key terminology, and the history, underlying theory and applicable ethical standards in the Communication discipline. Area #3: Students will improve their ability to recognize and appreciate diverse thought and traditions (and their effects); and forge relationships with other disciplines and breadth areas (e.g., Sociology and Psychology). WSU Course Description and Objectives: This course will provide you with a basic knowledge of interpersonal and small group communication. The focus of the course is how humans establish and maintain relationships through communication, especially in the group context. You will learn communication skills which may help you improve relationships at school, work, and in your personal lives. WSU Required Textbook: The Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging by Edwards, Edwards, Wahl, and Myers. Students can purchase the text for $90 at the Weber State Bookstore, or go to Amazon or chegg.com to rent a book or buy an eBook. Please have your book by Saturday, January 31.

Registering online for the Course: Go to weber.edu/concurrent. If you have never been admitted to Weber State, this site will take you through the admission process, and you will need to pay a one-time admission fee of $30. All students will need to register for Comm. 2110 on this site. You will pay $15 for this course. Please complete your registration by Monday, February 1. WSU COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Attendance Policy: Much of the learning from this course comes from class participation. When you take this class, you are joining a learning community. As such, we all have a responsibility, not only to ourselves, but to each other to be present each class session. Students must attend 90% of all scheduled class sessions.  This allows for only four absences for the whole semester (until graduation).  Five absences will result in a loss of one letter grade.  Seven absences will result in a failing grade for the high school and university transcript.  The only excused absences will be for green-slipped school activities and doctor-excused illness. Appointments and family vacations will not be excused.  Assignments missed due to truancy cannot be made up.  If a student is over 15 minutes late, he/she is considered absent.  If a student checks out, he/she can only check out 15 minutes before the end of the class or it is considered an absent.  FIVE TARDIES are considered one absence. Small Groups: Early in the semester, you will be assigned to a permanent group consisting of four or five people. This group will provide you with the opportunity to apply what you learn from your reading and class discussion. A major portion of your individual grade will be determined by how well your group performs on group examinations and projects. Group Term Service Project: Each group will plan, execute, and report on a community service project. A minimum of eight hours of delivered service, per person, is expected. Projects will be graded on time, effort, complexity, interdependence, impact on others, participation of all group members, etc. Exams: There will be three objective exams (true/false, multiple choice, etc.), each consisting of two parts. Each group will work together on a group exam, followed by each student taking an individual exam, working alone.  If your individual score is higher than your group’s score, you will receive the higher individual score for your exam grade.  If your group score is higher and you earned within 10 points of the group score, you will receive the higher group score for your exam.  If your individual score is not within 10 points of the higher group score, your score can be averaged with the higher group score. The group test can only help you—not hurt you.  However, if you score below 70% on your individual exam, you will keep this score for the test. Note: Students not present for the group exam will be required to take both the individual exam and the group exam by themselves. The two scores will be averaged for a test score. Exams will not be able to be made up unless there is a medical or school excuse for the absence, approved in advance by the teacher. Assignments and Tests:  Three exams, 100 points each 300  Weekly assignments (quizzes, response journals, news article analysis) 200  Essays (total 10 pages minimum) 200  Group service-learning project and presentation 150  Class participation as determined by Mrs. Nichols (25 pts per semester) 50  Group participation as determined by group members 25 Grading Scale: 100 - 94% = A 82 - 80% = B- 69 - 67% = D+ 93 - 90% = A- 79 - 77% = C+ 66 - 63% = D 89 - 87% = B+ 76 - 73% = C 62 - 60% = D- 86 - 83% = B 72 - 70% = C- 59 - 0% = F Make-up Work:  If you turn in an assignment one day late, you lose 10% of the points; if it is two or more days late, you lose 50%. Work that is more than one week late cannot be turned in.  IF YOU ARE ABSENT when an assignment is given, YOU HAVE ONE WEEK TO MAKE IT UP, otherwise it is late. Our major papers will be submitted online to Canvas, a Weber State site. Absence is not an excuse to submit your paper late. Blog: If you are absent, check the blog to see what you missed. Come prepared the next time with any assignment listed on the blog. [email protected]/knichols/ Weber High Senior English Credit: This one semester class will fulfill the Senior English requirement for high school graduation. However, if you miss more than 6 class sessions, you will receive a failing grade on your high school and college transcript. YOU WILL BE CREDIT DEFICIENT FOR GRADUATION. University Credit: Concurrent Enrollment students must pay a one-time admission fee of $30 to be admitted to Weber State. They must register for this course and pay $5 per credit for a total of $15 for three hours. On the first day of class, students will receive instructions on how to register online. As this is a college course, our text refers to some terms relating to mature topics; however, the instructor is sensitive to the needs of high school-age students. Occasionally, students may watch a short clip from a film which reinforces a particular communication concept. A few of these clips may come from PG-13 movies, but the instructor has chosen only clips which are appropriate for school use. Citizenship Grading Standards:  Electronic devices such as cell phones, iPods, MP3 players, etc. will only be allowed when the teacher plans for their use in the lesson plan. Otherwise, they are to be put away during class.  Be on time and bring necessary supplies.  Listen and be attentive in class.  Show respect for all students, teachers, and substitute teachers. 504 Accommodations: Weber State is not required to recognize high school 504 accommodations; however, students can call the WSU Office of Services for Disabled Students (801 262-6413) to petition for accommodations. Academic Dishonesty: Evidence of academic dishonesty (cheating and plagiarism) will be dealt with directly in accordance with appropriate Weber State University policies. Please see attached WSU Student Code of Conduct. Students who plagiarize will receive a “U” in citizenship. Weber State University Concurrent Enrollment Code of Conduct

An approved Weber State University Concurrent Enrollment class is an academic extension of the WSU campus. As such, students registered for WSU concurrent credit are expected to assume the personal obligation to conduct themselves in a manner which is compatible with the University’s role as a public institution of higher education. (PPM, 6- 22, IV Student Responsibilities, A.)

By registering for WSU concurrent enrollment credit, a student agrees to maintain certain standards of conduct which, if violated, may result in University discipline. Typically a concurrent student will be expected to assume responsibility for meeting a high school’s student code of conduct as well.

The WSU Concurrent Enrollment Student Code of Conduct is based on the WSU Student Code. The WSU Student Code is the summary document for the Student Policy and Procedures Manual (SPPM) and incorporated into the university’s Policy and Procedures Manual (PPM) No. 6-22 accessed through http://weber.edu/ppm/6-22.htm.

WSU Concurrent Enrollment adjunct faculty have the authority to determine the appropriate sanction for violations b-g (defined on page 2 of this document) according to agreements breached with the sponsoring WSU academic dept.

For cheating violations, the instructor of the concurrent enrollment class will notify the Early Access Programs office and, unless the sponsoring WSU academic department has indicated a different policy, the instructor will use, as a minimum, the following generic departmental grading policy for cheating in concurrent enrollment classes:

A student found cheating one time will receive “0" for that exam grade and the grade may not be omitted from a class average. A report of the student’s name, class, behavior, and resulting discipline will be sent from the Early Access Programs’ office to the student, the high school administration, and the sponsoring WSU academic department.

A student found cheating two or more times will receive an “E” (failure) and no credits for the course. A report of the student’s name, class, behavior, and resulting discipline will be sent from the Early Access Programs’ office to the student, the high school administration, and the sponsoring WSU academic department.

Excerpts taken from the WSU Student Code and applied to the WSU Concurrent Enrollment Program: Italicized words are specific to the concurrent enrollment program.

WSU Student Code No. 6-22, Section IV. Student Responsibilities ...as members of the university academic community, concurrent enrollment students shall:

1. Maintain academic standards associated with the WSU concurrent enrollment program and individual course standards. 2. Maintain academic ethics and honesty by refusing to engage in the following behavior: a. Cheating 1. copying from another’s test paper; 2. using materials during a test not authorized by the instructor; 3. collaborating with another during a test without instructor’s permission; 4. knowingly obtaining, using, buying, selling, transporting, or soliciting in whole or part the contents of any test without authorization of the appropriate official; 5. bribing any other person to obtain a test; 6. soliciting or receiving unauthorized information about any test; 7. substituting for another student or permitting another person to substitute for oneself to take a test. 8. taking a test at a time and/or place not authorized by the instructor b. Plagiarism, which is the unacknowledged (uncited) use of any other person or group’s ideas or work; c. Collusion, which is the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing work offered for credit; d. Falsification, which is the intentional unauthorized altering or inventing of any information or citation in an academic exercise, activity, or record-keeping process; e. Giving, selling or receiving unauthorized course or test information; f. Using any unauthorized resource or aid in the preparation or completion of any course work, exercise or activity; g. Infringing on the copyright law of the United States which prohibits the making of reproductions of copyrighted material except under certain specified conditions. Print Student’s Name ______Period _____

Dear Parent or Guardian:

Communication 2110 is a Weber State University course with a rigorous curriculum; students will read a college text, take college exams and quizzes, and write college papers (10 typed pages minimum). This class will fulfill your student’s 12th grade Language Arts graduation requirement in one semester because it is a college course. However, if students miss more than 6 class sessions during the semester, they will fail the course. (See the attendance requirements in the attached disclosure.) If students do not pass the class, they will be CREDIT DEFICIENT FOR GRADUATION.

Carefully read the attached disclosure statement and Informed Consent Agreement for Communication 2110. Please call or e-mail if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Kathy Nichols Weber High School, (801) 476-3700 [email protected]

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