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Expert answer:Please write a 300-500 word response describing yourself (e.g. interests, hobbies, major, etc.) and detail how a class about Civic Engagement will personally benefit you. This response will be worth 4 points and count as your first Chapter Summary grade. my majors is finance i like to travel and see whats the difference between cultures my hobbies are writing read EMLY stayll i will put in the files the syllabus
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COM 2053 – CRN: 39156
INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION AND CIVIC LIFE
T (R) 2:00-3:20 PM – AL 189
Spring 2018
03 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
Professor: Dr. Patricia Darlington
GTA: Heather Elliott
Office: CU 225
Office: CU 231
Phone: (561)-297-3895
Office Hours: T(R) 4:00pm 5:00pm Office Hours: Office hours:
9:45am -10:45am
Email: htomany2013@fau.edu
Email: darlingt@fau.edu
Requirements met through course completion: None
Required Texts:
Alberts, J. K., Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Communication in Society. Boston, MA:
Pearson. ISBN: 9780205627875.
Darlington, Patricia (2014). Communication, Culture and Community: Exploring and Re-introducing
Civic Engagement. Cognella Inc. ISBN: 9781621314554.
Darlington, P., & Darlington R. (2012). The Concise Handbook of Cultural, Political, and Pop
Culture Terms: A Few Hundred Words You Need to Know to Sound Ten Times Smarter. Dubuque,
IA: Kendall-Hunt. ISBN: 9781465211422.
Loeb, P. R. (2010). Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in Challenging Times. New York, NY:
St. Martin’s Press. (Can be ordered from Amazon). ISBN: 9780312595371.
Course Objectives:
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Students will be provided with the awareness, knowledge, motivation and skills to develop personal
communication strategies to address the problems of a global society.
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Communication is a dynamic process and students need to be able to adapt to a changing society.
The course gives students the tools to do so, while transforming them into effective, aware, active
citizens.
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Students will learn how to conceptualize, analyze and frame meaning about the environment, and will
be encouraged to take action and lead others.
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Students will develop effective strategies and techniques for personal and social responsibility, civic
engagement, and positive social change.
Course Description: As the world becomes increasingly complex, organizations, institutions and nations are
changing the way they operate to address the challenges of more interconnected and conflicted global societies.
This course provides students with an overview of major approaches to the analysis and criticism of contemporary
cultural concerns while situating these within the broader historical contexts of communication, cultural theory
and civic engagement. The American society has historically been built on the notion of sharing and caring for
fellow citizens.
The purpose of this class is to introduce the students to the incredibly important social concept of Civic
Engagement. Civic engagement includes the government providing social programs for the neediest citizen and
extends to one citizen acknowledging another.
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FAU Policies and Procedures
Student Accessibility Services (SAS)
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), students who require
reasonable accommodations due to a disability to properly execute coursework must register with Student
Accessibility Services (SAS)—in Boca Raton, SU 133 (561-297-3880); in Davie, LA 203 (954-236-1222); or in
Jupiter, SR 110 (561-799-8585) —and follow all SAS procedures.
http://www.fau.edu/sas
Students at Florida Atlantic University are expected to maintain the highest ethical standards. Academic
dishonesty is considered a serious breach of these ethical standards, because it interferes with the university
mission to provide a high-quality education in which no student enjoys an unfair advantage over any other.
Academic dishonesty is also destructive of the university community, which is grounded in a system of mutual
trust and places high value on personal integrity and individual responsibility. Harsh penalties are associated
with academic dishonesty. For more information, see http://wise.fau.edu/regulations/chapter4/Reg_4.001_5-2610_FINAL.pdf
Students are expected to attend all of their scheduled University classes and to satisfy all academic objectives as
outlined by the instructor. The effect of absences upon grades is determined by the instructor, and the University
reserves the right to deal at any time with individual cases of non-attendance.
Students are responsible for arranging to make up work missed because of legitimate class absence, such as
illness, family emergencies, military obligation, court-imposed legal obligations or participation in Universityapproved activities. Examples of University-approved reasons for absences include participating on an athletic or
scholastic team, musical and theatrical performances and debate activities. It is the student’s responsibility to
give the instructor notice prior to any anticipated absence and within a reasonable amount of time after an
unanticipated absence, ordinarily by the next scheduled class meeting. Instructors must allow each student who is
absent for a University-approved reason the opportunity to make up work missed without any reduction in the
student’s final course grade as a direct result of such absence.
Attendance on First Day of Class:
Students are required to attend the first day of class for any course in which they are registered. If a student
misses the first day of class for any reason, the student may be administratively withdrawn from the course.
Communication Devices:
In order to enhance and maintain a productive atmosphere for education, personal communication devices, such
as cell phones, are to be disabled in class sessions.
Class Policies:
• Productive class discussion depends upon both openness and mutual respect. You are expected to
approach this class in a mature and honest manner. Some of the materials examined in this class are of a
controversial nature, and sharp disagreements are likely to occur. Just as you would like for your
attitudes and interpretations to be considered seriously by others, so too must you respect divergent
opinions of others.
• Late work will not be accepted unless specific arrangements are made in advance. If you will miss a
class assignment because of a University-approved absence, you must inform the professor of that in
advance, with proper documentation, and make arrangements for fulfilling your class obligations. All
agreed upon make up examinations will be conducted on reading day. Should an emergency arise, please
email or telephone your teaching assistant regarding your status. Unless such arrangements are made,
make-up work will not be accepted.
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“Extra-credit” or bonus points are not available; you will be evaluated based upon the assignments
specified in this syllabus.
Cell phones, etc., must all be turned off prior to class and may not be turned on again until class is over.
This is in accordance with university policies. Laptop computers may be used for note-taking purposes,
but online activity, unless specifically requested during a class session, is prohibited. Emailing and text
messaging are prohibited. Class lectures and/or presentations may not be audio or video taped without
specific permission in advance in each instance, and under no circumstances may tapes be made for
anything other than explicitly pedagogical and educational purposes and uses.
Students are encouraged to make use of the University Center for Excellence in Writing. They can help
with writing difficulties (or just polishing writing style) as well as with research and documentation
questions. For more information, please consult: http://www.fau.edu/UCEW/
Assignments and Expectations:
• Attendance and class participation: SEE FAU “POLICIES AND PROCEDURES” ABOVE.
Attendance and class participation are expected. Consequently, after three absences each additional
absence will result in a 5-point reduction in your final participation and attendance grade. Punctuality is
also expected; repeated tardiness will also result in a grade reduction. Attendance may be taken at the
beginning or the end of the class period. Active class participation is encouraged. Engaged attendance is
the objective, and it will be rewarded.
• Examinations: There will be four in-class examinations. Formats will include true and false, and
multiple choice. Each student upon providing acceptable excuse will be allowed to make up one
examination. All approved make-up exams will be administered during the last class period before the
final exam date.
• Chapter Presentations: Students will be placed in small groups (no more than 3 per group) to prepare inclass chapter presentations. Groups will be formed by the end of the second week of class. The chapters
will cover the entire Communication and Society text, fourteen (14) chapters of Communication, Culture
and Community: Exploring and Reintroducing Civic Engagement text (excluding chapters 1 & 7), and
selected chapters from the Loeb readings. Presentations should take the form of Power Point and should
include supplementary materials aside from the textbook chapter, such as video clips to illustrate points
and any other form of technology that can be used to enhance the learning experience. Students are
strongly discouraged from repeating or regurgitating the material included in the text book. Presentations
should not exceed 15-20 minutes, and grades will be reduced for exceeding time limits. A Chapter
Presentation Outline must be handed in on the day each group presents (only one hard copy per group
needs to be provided including the names of all members). A template of the Chapter Presentation Outline
can be found on Canvas.
• Chapter Summaries: Each student is required to prepare a one page, double spaced, summary of 15
chapters in the Communication, Culture and Community: Exploring and Reintroducing Civic. As
indicated in the grading, each chapter summary will be worth 4 points for a total of 60 points. Chapter
summaries must be posted on Canvas by 11:59pm on the indicated due date. Late submissions will not be
accepted.
• Chapter Quizzes: Each student is required to complete 10 Chapter Quizzes on Canvas covering material
in the Communication in Society text. Quizzes are worth 4 points for a total of 40 points and must be
completed by 11:59pm on the indicated due date. Late submissions will not be accepted.
• Cultural Political and Pop Cultural Vocabulary: Students will be assigned a specified number of
vocabulary terms throughout the semester. These terms will be included on each examination. Terms will
be assigned prior to each exam so that you will have sufficient time to study them. There will be
approximately 15-20 terms per exam.
Grading Weights of Assignments
Examinations – 4
Chapter Presentations
Attendance and Participation
400 points
100 points
100 points
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Chapter Summaries
Chapter Quizzes
Grading Scale:
A
94-100 AB+
87-89
C+
77-79
D+
67-69
F
below 60
60 points
40 points
Total 700 points
90-93
B
84-86
C
74-76
D
64-66
BCD-
80-83
70-73
60-63
THERE WILL BE NO MAKE UP EXAMS GIVEN EXCEPT FOR UNIVERSITY POLICY’S EXCUSED
ABSENCES.
CLASS SCHEDULE
*Note: CC&C = Communication, Culture and Community (Darlington)
*Chapter Summary due dates are indicated for the Communication in Society text (Alberts)
*Chapter Quiz due dates are indicated for the CC&C text (Darlington)
Week 1 – Jan 9-11
• Introduction, Syllabi review, tentative group formation.
• Video and class discussion
o Canvas assignment due Jan 14 by 11:59pm (counts as first Chapter Summary grade)
Week 2 – Jan 16-18
• Introduction to Human Communication. Communication in Society – Chapter 1, CC&C – Chapter 1
o Canvas Quiz Comm in Society Ch 1 is due Jan 18 by 11:59pm
Week 3 – Jan 23-25
• Communication, perception and identity development. Communication in Society – Chapter 2, CC&C –
Chapter 2
o Canvas prompt for The Gods Must Be Crazy (counts as quiz 2; due date will be given in class)
o CC&C Ch 2 Summary is due Jan 28 by 11:59pm
Week 4 – Jan 30 – Feb 1
• Verbal Communication. Communication in Society – Chapter 3
• CC&C – Chapter 3
o Canvas Quiz Comm in Society Ch 3 due Feb 1 by 11:59pm
o CC&C Ch 3 Summary is due Feb 4 by 11:59pm
Week 5 – Feb 6-8
• 2/6 Exam 1, Chapters 1-3 (Alberts & Darlington, plus vocabulary terms)
• Nonverbal communication. Communication in Society – Chapter 4, CC&C – Chapter 4 (PC)
o Canvas Quiz Comm in Society Ch 4 due Feb 8 by 11:59pm
o CC&C Ch 4 Summary is due Feb 11 by 11:59pm
Week 6 – Feb 13-15
• Listening. Communication in Society – Chapter 5
• CC&C – Chapter 5 (PC)
o Canvas Quiz Comm in Society Ch 5 due Feb 15 by 11:59pm
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CC&C Ch 5 Summary is due Feb 18 by 11:59pm
Week 7 – Feb 20-22
• Communication across cultures. Communication in Society – Chapter 6, CC&C – Chapter 6 (PC)
• Making our lives count – Soul of a Citizen – Chapter 1, One step at a time – Soul of a Citizen – Chapter 2
o Canvas Quiz Comm in Society Ch 6 due Feb 22 by 11:59pm
o CC&C Ch 6 Summary is due Feb 25 by 11:59pm
Week 8 – Feb 27 – March 1
• 2/27 Exam 2, Chapters 4-6 (Alberts & Darlington, plus vocabulary terms)
SPRING BREAK MARCH 5-11
Week 9 – March 13-15
• Interpersonal communication & Relationship development. Communication in Society – Chapters 7 & 8,
One step at a time – Soul of a Citizen – Chapter 3
o Canvas Quiz Comm in Society Ch 7 due March 15 by 11:59pm
Week 10 – March 20-22
• CC&C – Chapter 7
• Catch up with Group Presentations
o CC&C Ch 7 Summary due March 25 by 11:59pm
Week 11 – March 27-29
• The cynical smirk – Soul of a Citizen – Chapter 4, The call of stories – Soul of a Citizen – Chapter 6
• Village politics – Soul of a Citizen – Chapter 8, CC&C – Chapter 8 (PC)
o CC&C Ch 8 Summary due April 1 by 11:59pm
Week 12 – April 3-5
• Managing challenges in Interpersonal communication. Communication in Society – Chapter 9, CC&C –
Chapter 9 (PC)
• Widening the circle – Soul of a Citizen – Chapter 9
o Canvas Quiz Comm in Society Ch 9 due April 5 by 11:59pm
o CC&C Ch 9 Summary due April 8 by 11:59pm
Week 13 – April 10-12
• Managing conflict in interpersonal relationships. Communication in Society – Chapter 10
• Pieces of a vision – Soul of a Citizen – Chapter 10, CC&C – Chapter 12 (PC)
o Canvas Quiz Comm in Society Ch 10 due April 12 by 11:59pm
o CC&C Ch 12 Summary due April 15 by 11:59pm
Week 14 – April 17-19
Thanksgiving Recess: NO CLASS Nov 23
• 4/17 Exam 3 – Chapters 8-10 (Alberts), Chapters 7-9 & 12 (Darlington) and vocabulary terms.
• Small group communication processes. Communication in Society – Chapter 11, CC&C – Chapter 13
(PC)
o Canvas Quiz Comm in Society Ch 11due April 19 by 11:59pm
o CC&C Ch 13 Summary due April 20 by 11:59pm
Week 15 – April 24-26
• The fullness of time – Soul of a Citizen – Chapter 12, CC&C – Chapter 14 (PC)
• The ten suggestions – Soul of a Citizen, CC&C – Chapter 16 (PC)
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CC&C Ch 14 and Ch 16 due April 24 by 11:59pm
Communication in Society – Chapter 12, CC&C – Chapter 17 (PC)
CC&C – Chapter 18 (PC)
o Canvas Quiz Comm in Society Ch 12 due April 26 by 11:59pm
o CC&C Ch 17 and 18 due April 30 by 11:59pm
Week 16 – May 1-3
• Final Exam May 1 – 1:15- 3:45 PM
** ALL MAKE-UP EXAMS WILL BE ADMINISTERED April 24, 2018 FROM 9:00-10:50pm
SUGGESTED READINGS
Bentley, Russell (2004) Rhetorical democracy. In, Fontana, Benedetto, Nederman, Cary J. and Remer, Gary (eds.)
Talking Democracy. Pennsylvania, USA, Pennsylvania State University Press, 115-134.
Colby, Anne, Elizabeth Beaumont, Thomas Erlich, and Josh Corngold (2007). Educating for Democracy.
Preparing Undergraduates for Responsible Political Engagement. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Colby, Anne., et al. (2003). Educating for Democracy: Preparing Undergraduates for Lives of Moral and Civic
Responsibility. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Education: Jossey-Bass.
Fontana, Benedtto, Cary J. Nederman, and Gary Remier (Eds), 2004. Talking Democracy: Historical Perspectives
on Rhetoric and Democracy. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.
Ford, Jon, and Marjorie Ford (2004). Citizenship Now. New York: Pearson Longman.
Hogan, J. Michael, Patricia Hayes Andrews, James R. Andrews, and Glen Williams (2008). Public Speaking and
Civic Engagement. Boston: Pearson.
Hauser, Gerard A. and Amy Grims, eds. (2004). Rhetorical Democracy: Discursive Practices of Civic
Engagement. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Keith, William M. (2007). Democracy as Discussion. Civic Education and the American Forum Movement.
New York: Lexington Books.
Loeb, Paul Rogat (1999). Soul of a citizen: Living with conviction in a cynical time. NY: St. Martin
Sproule, J. Michael (1997). Propaganda and Democracy: The American Experience of Media and Mass
Persuasion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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