Where Am I?
COMM 150-4 meets on these two days of the week.
What are Monday and Wednesday?
This Week 1 assignment is worth 30 points and gives you your first chance to speak on video.
What is the Intro Video?
This skill means giving your attention to other speakers rather than simply waiting for your turn to talk.
What is active listening?
This is the lowest letter grade that earns credit for the GE Oral Communication requirement.
What is a C–?
This campus resource can help you rehearse your speech, work on your outline, and get feedback on verbal and nonverbal delivery.
What is TASC — Tutoring & Academic Support?
This is our classroom.
What is HUM 288?
Students work with 3–4 peers to create this 2–3 minute collaborative performance.
What is the We Are Poem?
Effective class participation includes doing this with classroom “floor time” rather than dominating the conversation.
What is sharing floor time?
If you know your work will be late, you should do this BEFORE the deadline rather than disappearing.
What is communicate with the professor and propose a plan for completing the work?
Students who need reasonable disability accommodations can work with this office.
What is the Disability Programs and Resource Center (DPRC)?
Class begins at this time.
What is 9:30 AM?
This 100-point presentation uses research, an outline, and technology to inform a target audience.
What is the Informative PSA?
Outside of class, students should log into this several times each week to check instructions and announcements.
What is Canvas?
The first number in the class's “24/7 Policy” tells you how long to reflect and review the assignment guidelines before discussing a grade.
What is 24 hours?
This program provides real-time help to students experiencing difficulties navigating the university or facing hardship.
What is Dean on Call?
Dr. Prentiss holds regular in-person office hours at this time and place.
What is Monday/Wednesday, 11:00–12:00 in HUM 216?
This final 80-point presentation asks you to apply your speaking skills to a common real-life speaking occasion.
What is the Special Occasion Speech?
$500
Instead of treating students as empty containers into which the professor deposits information, COMM 150 rejects this model of education.
What is the banking model of education?
The second number in the “24/7 Policy” is the number of days after which a grade is considered understood, accepted, and finalized.
What is 7 days?
Food assistance, emergency funds, and crisis housing are among the supports offered through this program.
What is the Basic Needs Initiative?
Put this in the subject line when emailing Professor Prentiss if you want a prompt and accurate response.
What is COMM 150-4?
This is the grand total of possible points in COMM 150.
What is 700 points?
According to the syllabus, the classroom should be a space where everyone does these TWO things—including the professor.
What are teaching and learning from one another?
If a missed speech cannot be made up during scheduled speaking days, a video plus self-assessment may be accepted for up to this percentage of the points.
What is 80%?
This campus center is one of the resources specifically identified for undocumented students.
What is the Dream Resource Center?