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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
COMM 52C | Title:
FORENSICS 3 |
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Full Title:
Forensics 3 (SRJC Speech Team) |
Last Reviewed:3/26/2018 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 6.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
Minimum | 6.00 | Lab Scheduled | 9.00 | 17.5 min. | Lab Scheduled | 157.50 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 12.00 | | Contact Total | 210.00 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 315.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
SPCH 52C
Catalog Description:
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Preparation for and participation in junior and open division forensics tournaments. Activities range from debate to public speaking to oral interpretation of literature.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of SPCH 52B OR Course Completion of SPCH 57B
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Preparation for and participation in junior and open division forensics tournaments. Activities range from debate to public speaking to oral interpretation of literature.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of SPCH 52B OR Course Completion of SPCH 57B
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
Area: | | |
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2012 | Inactive: | Spring 2022 |
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UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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C-ID: |
CID Descriptor: COMM 160B | Forensics (Speech & Debate) | SRJC Equivalent Course(s): COMM52A OR COMM52B OR COMM52C OR COMM52D |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Attend a forensics tournament and successfully navigate through a day of competition while also assisting novice division students to do the same.
2. If competing in debate, apply argumentation theory appropriate for a junior or open division forensics tournament.
3. If competing in a platform event, research, outline, write and deliver a speech appropriate for a junior or open division forensics tournament.
4. If competing in a limited preparation speaking event, generate topic-relevant content, logically organize the content and deliver a speech appropriate for a junior or open division forensics tournament, all within the time limit allowed by the event.
5. If competing in an oral interpretation of literature event, research, critically analyze, prepare and deliver works of literary merit appropriate for a junior or open division forensics tournament.
6. Describe and apply different judging paradigms while mentoring novice students.
Topics and Scope
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I. Mentoring Strategies
A. Debate
B. Speeches
C. Interpretation
II. Refutation Technique
A. Denying
B. Diminishing
C. Disbarring
III. Fallacious Reasoning
IV. Fiat Theory
A. Affirmative fiat
B. Negative fiat
V. Reasoning
A. Causal
B. Analogy
C. Sign
D. Example
E. Testimony
F. Definitional
VI. Judging Paradigms
A. Stock issues
B. Policy maker
C. Hypo testing
D. Skills evaluation
VII. Tests of Evidence
A. Recentness
B. Bias
C. Competence
D. Consensus
E. Interpretation
VIII. Genres of Evidence
A. Books
B. Newspapers
C. Magazines
D. Web pages and blogs
IX. Tournament Participation
A. Two to four tournaments
B. Three to four events per tournament
X. Performance Theory
Assignments:
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1. Assist novice students prepare events for competition.
2. Prepare a series of topicality, disadvantage and counter plan briefs for and against assigned resolutions appropriate for use in a junior or open division event.
3. Research, organize and write a speech on a significant contemporary issue.
4. Research and organize a literary program.
5. Develop a speech while competing in a limited preparation speaking event that is
relevant to the topic, appropriately organized and effectively presented while conforming
to the required time limits.
Lab Components Include:
1. Participate in forensic events.
2. Practice, deliver, and critique a speech on a significant contemporary issue.
3. Practice, deliver, and critique a speech on a literary program.
4. Practice, deliver, and critique a speech while competing in a limited preparation speaking event that is
relevant to the topic, appropriately organized and effectively presented while conforming
to the required time limits.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing 0 - 0% |
None | |
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course. |
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Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 0 - 0% |
None | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 80 - 90% |
Class performances, tournament performance(s), class critiques, and research | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 0 - 0% |
None | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 10 - 20% |
Attendance and class participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Intercollegiate Forensics. Winebrenner, T.C., ed. Kendall/Hunt: 1994 (classic)
The Rhetorical Act:Thinking, Speaking & Writing Critically. Campbell & Huxman. adsworth: 2009
Argumentation and Debate. Freely & Steinberg. Wadsworth: 2009
Burden of Proof: An Introduction to Argument and Guide to Parliamentary Debate. Crossman. Thomson Learning College: 2006
Critical Thinking Through Debate. Corcoran, Nelson & Perella. Kendall/Hunt: 2011
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