Syllabus 2331
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| Course Description |
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| COMM 2331 - RADIO AND
TELEVISION ANNOUNCING Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 2 lab) The development of skills required for efficient announcing, acting, newscasting, and other speaking before a microphone and camera. Students write and present radio, TV, audiovisual announcements and assignments. Utilizes lectures, lab setting with supervision by faculty. |
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| Prerequisites |
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| No prerequisites required. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Goals (includes core competencies, incorporation of SCANS, etc.) |
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| It is hoped
students will finish the course with: 1. A sound knowledge of interviewing and how to select, format, and write radio and television news stories and newscasts in broadcast news style 2. The ability to deliver radio and television news in a professional manner 3. An understanding of how to produce a radio and television newscast This course fulfills the following core intellectual competencies: o Reading o Writing o Speaking o Listening o Critical Thinking o Computer Literacy |
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| Instructor Information |
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| Gonzalez,
Marcelo Southwest College L. Scarcella Science & Technology Center 10141 Cash Road Stafford, TX 77477 MC 1585-B Phone: 713-718-6725 FAX: 713-718-6715 E-mail: marcelo.gonzalez@hccs.edu |
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| Textbook Information |
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| Hyde, Stewart, Television
& Radio Announcing, 8th Edition, Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Other Required Materials: A standard-size cassette tape recorder, cassette tapes (you will need more than one) and batteries. If you use a microcassette player, be prepared to hand in recorder with your assignment. This may affect your ability to complete the next assignment. Your video projects will be shot and edited on Hi-8 or digital videotape. If you want copies for yourself (in addition to the tape submitted for fulfillment of your assignment, you may: 1. purchase a digital tape for your personal copy 2. purchase a VHS tape for your personal copy or 3. use a donated 13-minute VHS tape for your personal copy Donated tapes may be found downstairs in the studio area. You should ask the EFP student who edits your project to make the dub. |
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| Lab Requirements (if any) |
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| Lab setting with supervision by faculty. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Students with Disabilities |
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| Students with Disabilities: Houston Community College System is committed to compliance with the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section
504). Any student with a documented disability (e.g., physical, learning,
psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations
must contact the Disability Support Services Office at the respective college
at the beginning of each semester. Faculty are authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office. |
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| Academic Honesty |
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| Occurrences of academic
dishonesty will be dealt with in accordance to the academic honesty policy
outlined in the HCCS Student Handbook. Be Honest: No cheating on a test (copying from someone else's paper during a test or secreting notes or other devices on your person. Be Honest: No plagiarism (using another person's words, information or ideas in the student's own written work without appropriate acknowledgement (and quotation marks when exact words are used. |
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| Attendance and Withdrawal Policies |
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| Attendance WILL NOT BE
taken. However, a decision not to attend
class will seriously jeopardize your ability to pass this course. Punctuality is critical; people who come in late will not be given
the opportunity to take pop quizzes (NO EXCEPTIONS. DON'T ASK). If you miss any scheduled interview dates, lab times, writing assignments, or pop quizzes, you will be given a grade of zero (0) for that activity. These activities are VERY difficult to reschedule, if not just impossible. In addition, it is each student's responsibility to know what goes on in class, including any special announcements or syllabus revisions. Once announcements are made, it is assumed all students are aware of them. It is your responsibility to find out what you have missed; it is not the responsibility of friends or instructors to seek you out and fill you in. It is the student's responsibility to withdraw from a course. (For example if a student simply stops coming to class and considers that the instructor will drop him or her, they should think twice about that. The instructor can give a failing grade to someone who does not officially drop from the class. It is up to the student to take care of the paperwork associatied with withdrawing from a class.) |
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| Grading Policy |
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| OFFICIAL GRADE POLICY Houston Community College System The Houston Community College System grading system
must provide for flexibility in approach to instruction in order to allow
instructors to meet the needs of their students and courses. It
must also be consistent in its overall grading policy so that students
are treated similarly throughout the college. The following criteria should
be observed in all courses and divisions.
It is the policy of the Houston Community College
instructional area that letter grades A through F can be translated into
the numerical ranges listed above. These ranges should be used in
all classes in which grades A - F are appropriate. |
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| Course Requirements for example: Testing, Projects, Assignments, Portfolios, Service Learning, Internships, etc. |
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| 1. Exams: No exams are
scheduled. It is anticipated that involvement in a final television news
program will take the place of a scheduled final exam in this course.
Since this activity cannot be rescheduled, an unexcused absence will
result in a failing grade for the course. |
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| Make-up policy |
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| All assignments must be turned in ON TIME. No exceptions. Late assignments will not be accepted/read. Handwritten assignments will not be accepted/graded. Out-of-class assignments (newscasts and stories) are due at the beginning of the class period unless otherwise stated. Due dates for the stories/projects will be announced in class. One of your lowest writing assignments will be dropped. |
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| Course Content |
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| There are several categories of written work: radio
actuality stories, radio newscasts, in-class writing assignments, readers
for final TV newscast, and two video reporter package stories shot in
conjunction with the Electronic Field Production class. You have an opportunity
to drop one of your lowest grades in one of the following categories only:
radio actuality stories and in-class writing assignments. All other stories
will be graded; missed assignments will be given a grade of 0 for that
activity. Please note most of class time will be dedicated to presentation
of stories and as a result they will be written outside of class time. |
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| Course Calendar with Due Dates for Assignments and Testing |
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| COURSE OUTLINE* *Topics, dates, and readings are subject to change. Week 1 Tuesday - Intro to Course/View sample newscast
Thursday - In-class writing assignment/Intro to |
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| Other Student Information (clubs, tutoring, web resources, student services, etc.) |
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| HCC Student Communication
Association - Napoleon Johnson, Faculty Adviser Law and the Media Seminar Annual seminar (February) and panel discussions with professional members of the bar and the media to which student lawyers and student journalists are invited. Texas Community College Journalism Association (TCCJA) Annual state-wide student journalism conference in October Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) Annual state-wide student journalism conference in April Texas Association of Broadcast Educators (TABE) Annual state-wide student broadcasters conference in September. Occasionally meets in conjunction with the Texas Association of Broadcasters (TAB) |
