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STIE IT&B
Sekolah Tinggi Informasi Teknologi dan Bisnis
Medan North SumateraIndonesia
Course Syllabus
Course: Public Speaking
Instructor: Hendra, MSi.
E-mail/ Ym: hendraxyz@yahoo .com
Office Hours: By appointment only
Course Objectives
1. To equip students with the skills for speaking in public
2. To prepare students with the sound understanding and
knowledge of methods inconducting public speaking
3. To help students having a good start to do public
speaking
Course Textbook
Student Evaluation
Coursework
Attendance : 10%
Assignments : 10%
Presentation (2nd meet & on) : 60% (@15%)Final Speech :
20%
(no Mid Term nor Final Term in Public Speaking)
Passing Mark: 60% and above
Letter grades will be assigned only at the end of the course.
Successful completion of the course requires
and overall of 60% or better. The following scale will be used
in determine the course grade:
A = 85-100
B = 75-84.9
C = 60-74.9
D = 55-59.9E = Below 55
Emphasis on this subject is towards Presentation in class.
Failure to conduct Presentation as schedule
more than two times, student(s) is(are) not eligible to sit for
Final Speech and directly noted
asRETAKE to this subject.
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Assignments
Students need to make report/ outline for the speech focusing on
the introduction, body and
conclusion will be marked in as assignments.
Attendance Policy
Class Attendance is crucially important, because if you miss
more than three classes, you will not be able
to join FINAL SPEECH. It is unlikely that a student who does not
attend class on a regular basis will do
well in the course. Therefore, do not be absent.
Regulations1. Students failing to put in minimum of75%
attendance shall be barred from taking the final exam.
If you must miss class for an extended period of time, please
contact the instructor to make
arrangements for missed work.
2. Students are also expected to be prepared for class and
participate in a positive manner. A
positive manner is defined as offering meaningful comments
related to the subject matter in a
respectful way.
3. It is the students responsibility to complete work in this
class. If a student is absent, it is his/her
responsibility and obligation to find out what was missed and
complete any assignments.
4. Tardiness will not be tolerated. Students are given 20
minutes tolerance of being late to attend the
class. More than that there will be a penalty (such as not allow
to attend the lecture). Except there
are documents which could be shown or some emergency reason from
the employer to make the
subject lecturer understand the situation faced by the
student(s).
5. Homework must be handed in the beginning of the class. Late
homework is not tolerable.
Punishment and reward will be given accordingly.
6. Students are expected to submit original work . This means
that every student must submit uniquework that is primarily their
own. Work copied or plagiarized from another source will
automatically receive a zero (0). This includes cutting and
pasting from web sites.
7. No Mobile Phone is permitted to use during the lecture. These
include taking in the phone,
playing mobile, sending short message service (SMS), BBM (Black
Berry Messenger), and so
forth. Mobile phone should remain it in silent or vibrate
mode.
8. The use of Portable Notebook and electronic gadgets like
i-Pads are prohibited during the lecture,
EXCEPT during certain discussion with the conditions
applied.
9. Students who do not bring Notes, Textbooks, and necessary
stationeries are not allowed to be
inside of the class.
10. Students have to be inside the class waiting for lecturer,
if the lecturer not yet comes.
11. Participation in class is encouraged. There will be an extra
point for participation.
12. There will be no replacement for presentation, except for
any medical proofs or emergencycalls.
13. Students are not allowed to move their class to other class
without approval from Academic
Department. Failure to do so, absences is counted in the
attendance percentage.
14. Students that are never absence and late to the class will
be given an extra point up to 10%.
Presentation
Students must get his/her power point slides and supporting
materials ready in the beginning of
the class. Copy the files in folder under your name in classroom
PC desktop. Doing the slides in
the class , in the middle, or submit in the end are not
tolerable. Punishment and Reward will be
given accordingly
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Constructive Input
Each time your friend finished presenting a material, students
are encouraged to give positive
comments and constructive ones. This will eventually build a
positive presentation environment
and earn the students a positive attitude.
Tentative Course Map
Week Date Topic Remark
1 12Jan - Speaking in Public
2 19Jan - (Speaking to develop confidence free topic)
3 2Feb - Selecting a Topic and A Purpose
4 9Feb - (Speaking to determine the specificpurpose and general
purpose in
speech )5 16Feb - Analyzing the Audience
6 23Feb - Speaking to adjust the topic toaudience
7 1Mar - Gathering materials and supportingyour ideas
8 8Mar - Speaking to elaborate with
supporting data and references9 15Mar - Organizing and Outlining
the speech
10 22Mar - Speaking to stress the introduction,body, and
conclusion of the speech
11 29Mar - Delivery
12 5Apr FINAL (free topic speech with goodperformance and
maintain the vocal quality)
*The schedule above can change when needed prior to students
notice.
