3040 and Beyond Fall 2015 Syllabus

3040
AND BEYOND
MORE THAN JUST A COURSE IN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
WRTG
3040
(WRITING ON BUSINESS AND SOCIETY)

SECTIONS 583
AND 584

FALL 2015,
3
CREDITS,
AUG 31-‐ DEC 11

INTRODUCTION
Part
1:
Course
Description
and
Goals
Part
2:
Course
Policies
and
Execution
Part
3:
Course
Schedule
Part
4:
University
Policies

PART 1:
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND GOALS

course
description
and
purpose

This
course
has
three
main
goals:

To
give
students
a
chance
to
master
a
professional
writing
“voice.”

To
prepare
students
for
the
compositional
aspects
of
a
modern
job
market.

To
further
students’
understanding
of
academic
research.

UNIVERSITY AND PROGRAM STANDARDS

COLORADO COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION

The
Program
for
Writing
and
Rhetoric

PART 2:
COURSE POLICIES AND EXECUTION

REQUIRED TEXTS AND TECHNOLOGIES
•D2L

•Course
WordPress
•CU
Access
to
Google
Drive
•CU
Boulder’s
Lynda
access
•Skype
and/or
Google
Hangouts

TECHNOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS
•Access
to
a
computer
with
microphone
and
video
capability

•Access
to
the
internet.

•Access
to
cloud
storage

USING DESIRE TO LEARN AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES

D2L:

• News
• Content
• Dropbox
• Grades

GOOGLE DRIVE/APPS:

•Drive
•Google
Calendars

Troubleshooting

• Audience
Consideration
• Style
and
Formatting
• Tone

YOUR COMMUNICATION RESPONSIBILITIES

SKYPE OFFICE HOURS AND
APPOINTMENTS

WORDPRESS AND GOOGLE DRIVE
CLASSROOM
(WORTH 20%
OF YOUR FINAL COURSE GRADE)

CLASS DRIVE FOLDER
(NO GRADE ASSOCIATED)

PERSONAL AND GROUP DRIVE FOLDERS
(NO GRADE ASSOCIATED)

3040
AND BEYOND BLOG POSTS (15%
1.Introductions
2.Millennial
Stereotypes

3.Email
4.Tone
5.User-‐Centered
Design
6.Rhetorical
Awareness
7.Reflection
8.Group
Blog
Post/Final
Presentation
of
Group
Project

3040
AND BEYOND POST COMMENTS
(WORTH 5%

PERSONAL BRANDING ASSIGNMENTS (IN TOTAL:
WORTH 55%

COMPONENT 1:
PERSONAL BRANDING BRAINSTORM
(5%

COMPONENT 2:
PERSONAL WEBSITE
(25%

COMPONENT 3:
2
COVER LETTERS
(5%

COMPONENT 4:
RESUME
(5%

COMPONENT 5:
LINKEDIN PROFILE
(5%

COMPONENT 6:
RESUME PRESENTATION
(10%

ORGANIZATIONAL BRANDING ASSIGNMENTS
(WORTH 25%

PROJECT PITCH,
SLIDES AND CONFERENCE CALL
(10%

WEBSITE,
INDIVIDUAL BLOG POSTS,
SOCIAL MEDIA
(10%

GROUP EVALUATION
(5%

Firing
Policy:
The
process
for
firing
is
as
follows:
• Group
members
contact
Allison
about
firing,
giving
evidence

of
the
group
member’s
failure
to
contribute.
• Allison
contacts
group
member
about
performance
(with

group
members
CCd).
• Group
member
has
48
hours
to
respond
and
correct
their

behavior
and
is
on
“probation”
for
the
rest
of
the
semester.

They
will
be
subject
to
intervention
by
myself
at
any
time
if

there
is
unanimous
agreement
that
the
problem
persists.
• Should
the
group
member
not
choose
to
correct
their

behavior,
they
will
receive
a
zero
on
all
projects
not

complete
at
the
time
of
their
firing.

*You
will
complete
a
total
of
40-‐52
pages
of
graded
work

during
the
course
of
the
semester,
which
is
required
by
the

Program
for
Writing
and
Rhetoric.

A-‐/A (90-‐93/94-‐100
percent
of
possible
points)
•Excellent
content,
form
and
style
•Original,
precise,
persuasive,
clear
and
free
from
mechanical
errors
•Significant
critical
analysis
and
attention
to
differing
points
of
view
•Fulfillment
of
all
assignment
criteria
B-‐/B/B+
(80-‐81/82-‐87/88-‐89
percent
of
possible
points)
•Very
good
content,
form
and
style,
without
major
flaws
•Original,
with
above-‐average
thought
and
expression
•Fulfillment
of
all
assignment
criteria
C-‐/C/C+
(70-‐72/73-‐77/78-‐79
percent
of
possible
points)
•Adequate
or
reasonably
competent
content
•Uneven—mixture
of
strengths
or
weaknesses
(style,
grammar)
•Fulfillment
of
all
assignment
criteria
D-‐/D/D+
(60-‐62/63-‐67/68-‐69
percent
of
possible
points)
•Inadequate
to
fulfill
assignment
criteria
•Poor
content,
form,
or
style
•Disorganized,
illogical,
confusing,
unfocused,
or
containing
pervasive
errors
that
impair
readability
F
(Below
60
percent
of
possible
points)
Incoherent,
late,
plagiarized,
or
never
handed
in

INCOMPLETE GRADES AND ADD DROP:
An
IF
is
given
only when
a
student,
for
reasons
beyond
her/his
control,
has
been
unable
to
complete
course
requirements

within
the
term.
Potential
situations
might
include:
military
duty,
family
emergency,
a
family
death
or
extreme
illness
and/or

hospitalization
during
the
semester
that
causes
the
student
to
be
unable
to
complete
a
significant
portion
of
the

coursework
on
time.

A
substantial
amount
of
the
course
work
must
have
been
satisfactorily
completed
in
order
for
a
student
to
be
eligible
for
an

IF
grade.
An
incomplete
will
not
be
given
to
a
student
who
has
never
attended
or
who
has
submitted
little
or
no
work
in
a

course.
At
least
50%
of
the
course’s
work
needs
to
be
satisfactorily
completed
at
the
time
of
the
IF
request.
This
means
that
half
of
this
course’s
workload
should
be
complete
with
a
grade
of
a
C
or
above,
not that
the
student
is
receiving
at
least
a

50%
in
the
course.

These
policies
are
university
standards
and
I
will
not
sign
incomplete
grade
agreements
for
scenarios
which
do
not
comply

with
the
above
policies.
You
are
100%
responsible
for
understanding
when
the
Add/Drop
dates
for
this
course
are
and

making
smart
decisions
based
on
your
job
or
internship
and/or
additional
course
load
when
it
comes
to
completing
work

for
this
class.
Failing
to
drop
in
a
timely
manner
is
not
grounds
for
an
incomplete.

HOW TO USE/READ
THE COURSE
SCHEDULE

The
schedule
is
divided
up
each
week
into
three
distinct

sections
to
help
you
manage
your
time
and
attention:

PART 4:
UNIVERSITY POLICIES

ACCOMMODATION STATEMENT
Contact
Disability
Services
at
303-‐492-‐8671
or
by
e-‐mail
at
dsinfo@colorado.edu.

DISCRIMINATION
AND HARASSMENT
Office
of
Discrimination
and
Harassment
(ODH)
at
303-‐492-‐2127

or
the
Office
of
Student
Conduct
(OSC)
at
303-‐492-‐5550.

Questions?

Email:
allison.carr@colorado.edu
Skype:
@acwaechter

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