SECTION A - Course Information: SPCH 17 Forensics: Debate Team Humanities and Social Sciences Division

SECTION A - Course Information
1. Course ID: 2. Course Title: 3. Division: 4. Department: 5. Subject: 6. Short Course Title: 7. Effective Term::
SPCH 17 Forensics: Debate Team Humanities and Social Sciences Division
Forensics: Debate Team Summer 2011
SECTION B - Official Course Information

1. Recommended Class Size: a. Maximum Class Size: b. Class Size Approval Date: 2. Method of Instruction:
15 10/29/08
o Lecture Laboratory o Lecture and Laboratory o Independent Studies o Distance Learning (Distance Education Delayed) for online courses.
3. Contact Hours for a Term:
o Work Experience, Occupational o Work Experience, General o Open Entry/Exit
o Distance (Hybrid Online) for online supported courses
Note: If not a variable unit/hour course, enter the hours in the "Low" column only. Leave the hours in the "High" column blank. Low High
Lecture: Lab: Activity: Clinical:

Total Hours
To To Lab/Lecture Parity?
Yes
No
167.00
To To
167.00
167 3.00
To To
4. Credit Units:
1 Unit of credit per eighteen (18) hours of lecture contact hours for a term 1 Unit of credit per fifty-four (54) hours of lab, activity or clinical contact hours for a term
5. Taxonomy of Programs (TOPS) Information: a. TOPS Code and Course Program Title:
MT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE --FOR COMPLETE OUTLINE OF RECORD SEE MT SAC WEBCMS DATABASE-Page 1 of 5
150600 - Speech Communication

b. Course Control Number: (To be entered by the Instruction Office Only.) 6. SAM Priority Code:(Select One)
o Apprenticeship
Courses offered to apprentices only.
o Advanced Occupational
Courses taken in the advanced stages of an occupational program. Each B level course must have a C level prerequisite in the same program area.
o Clearly Occupational
Courses taken in the middle stages of an occupational program. Should provide the student with entry-level job skills.
o Possibly Occupational
Courses taken in the beginning stages of an occupational program.
o Non-Occupational
7. Please place this course into the appropriate discipline by selecting from the drop down list. The discipline placement indicates what preparation is needed to teach the course. Discipline faculty may place their courses into more than one discipline as appropriate:
8. General Course Information a. Course Credit Status: b. State Transfer Code: c. State Classification Code: d. Basic Skills Status/Level: e. Sports/Physical Education Course:
B Transferable, CSU/Private A Liberal Arts/Sciences Degrees N Not a Basic Skills Course
Yes
( Only check here if the course is a physical education course.) f. Grading Method: g. Number of repeats allowed: h. Overlap/Duplicate Course: 9. Course Preparation: Note: If this course has a new requisite, a content review supplemental form must be completed.
Letter Grade Only Activity/Other Repeatable (3 times repeatable)
Prerequisite
SPCH 15 or SPCH 20
o Corequisite o Advisory
o None
10. Course Special Designators
11. Course Program Status
Program Applicable
Stand-alone
12. Funding Agency Category:
Not Applicable o Primarily developed using economic development funds o Partially developed using economic development funds
SECTION C - Transfer Status

Baccalaureate Status is granted by the Educational Design General Education and Baccalaureate Level Subcommittee.
CSU Transferable o UC Transferable
Approval Date:
SECTION D - General Education Request

Mt. San Antonio College and CSU General Education course approval are submitted to the Educational Design GE and BL Subcommittee for approval. 1. The Articulation Officer submits the course directly to the CSU Chancellor for approval. 2. Upon receiving approval, the course is approved for the Mt. SAC Associate Degree GE and placed in the area(s) CSU approval indicate(s).
Yes
No
Approved for inclusion on Mt. SAC and CSU General Education List?
1. Mt SAC General Education Applicability:
2. CSU General Education Applicability (Requires CSU approval):
3. IGETC Applicability (Requires CSU/UC approval):
SECTION E - Course Content

1. Course Descriptions a. Catalog Description
Speaking and argumentation skills and participation in multiple inter-collegiate speaking competitions, festivals, and/or public events as members of the Mt. SAC Forensics Team. Emphasis is on parliamentary debate and limited preparation speaking. Students who repeat this course will improve skills through further instruction and practice. Off-campus public or tournament performance required.
b. Class Schedule Description:
Yes
No
Is a course description to be printed in the Class Schedule?
Participation in Mt. SAC's Forensics Team. Emphasis on limited preparation and debate. Off-campus public performance required.
2. Course Outline Information a. Lecture Topical Outline:
b. Lab Topical Outline:
- Tournament procedures and etiquette - Review safety procedures and team travel policies - Develop and practice debating skills: rebuttal, resolution, analysis - Develop and practice analytical skills for extemporaneous speaking - Develop and practice flowing skills - Practice anxiety reduction techniques - Develop and practicing current events briefings - Creating and maintain extemporaneous current events file - Prepare for competition and practice debates - Attend team retreat - Perform in three or more festivals or competitions - Review judging critiques - Serve on critical panels for speaking competition
3. Course Measurable Objectives:
1. Apply speech concepts to public performance, including speech anxiety reduction strategies. 2. Employ audience analysis strategies for extemporaneous speaking adaptation. 3. Argue positions. 4. Formulate responses to opposing arguments in debates. 5. Evaluate and select research materials to write debate outlines and texts. 6. Conduct self-evaluation through videotape review and review of competition judging critiques. 7. Evaluate, score, and critique other speakers in a speaking competition. 8. Perform in three or more festivals or competitions. 4. Course Methods of Evaluation:
Category 1. Substantial written assignments for this course include:
-At least five written debate outlines and manuscripts -Four written debate briefs of at least one-page in length -Three, two-page current event briefs If the course is degreeself-evaluation after giving an extemporaneousthis course are inappropriate because: -At least a three-page applicable, substantial written assignments in speech
Category 2. Computational or non-computational problem solving demonstrations:
Rank speakers in at least three competitions and write associated critiques of at least two pages in length
Category 3. Skills Demonstrations:
-Deliver three, ten-minute extemporaneous speeches before live audiences, both inside and outside the classroom -Participate in two fifteen-minute debates before live audiences, both inside and outside the classroom Category 4. Objective Examinations: At least one safety exam consisting of true/false, multiple choice, fill-in, and short answer prompts
5. Sample Assignments:
1. Using applicable research skills, choose a current event and select appropriate materials that you will then use to create a parliamentary debate outline for a forty-minute debate. Identify on the outline the information you will use to debate each of the following elements: value, fact, and policy. 2. Maintain an extemporaneous current events file by collecting news articles from at least three media sources (one of which can be the Internet). Group the articles by topic and for each topic, based on the analytical skills learned in the course, keep a brief record of how the information in each article could be used in an extemporaneous speech. 3. Videotape at least one eight-minute extemporaneous speech and write at least a three-page self-evaluation of how you utilized flow skills. Include in your evaluation suggestions for using flow skills more effectively in future speeches. 6. Representative Text: Book 1: Trischa Goodnow Author: Knapp and Lawrence Elements of Title: A. Galizo Parliamentary Debate Addison-Wesley Publisher: Educational 2008 Date of Publication: Publishing Edition:

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SECTION A - Course Information

SPCH 17 Forensics: Debate Team Humanities and Social Sciences Division

Forensics: Debate Team Summer 2011

SECTION B - Official Course Information

o Work Experience, Occupational o Work Experience, General o Open Entry/Exit

o Distance (Hybrid Online) for online supported courses

Lecture: Lab: Activity: Clinical:

150600 - Speech Communication

B Transferable, CSU/Private A Liberal Arts/Sciences Degrees N Not a Basic Skills Course

Letter Grade Only Activity/Other Repeatable (3 times repeatable)

11. Course Program Status

12. Funding Agency Category:

SECTION C - Transfer Status

CSU Transferable o UC Transferable

SECTION D - General Education Request

1. Mt SAC General Education Applicability:

2. CSU General Education Applicability (Requires CSU approval):

3. IGETC Applicability (Requires CSU/UC approval):

SECTION E - Course Content

Is a course description to be printed in the Class Schedule?

b. Lab Topical Outline:

Category 2. Computational or non-computational problem solving demonstrations:

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