Oral Communication Application Form – REVISION 5-2-2015

Name:

Course Number:

Course Title:

Department:

College:

Date submitted:

The semester when you first expect the course to be taught:

Is this an application for a flag that will apply to ALL sections of this course, or only to one or more SPECIFIC sections?

Options: ALL sections or SPECIFIC sections [highlight appropriate option]

ORAL COMMUNICATION FLAG

I. Description of Purpose and Content

Courses flagged for Oral Skills reinforce students' ability to orally communicate ideas to an audience. Oral skills include the ability to understand and engage in a discipline’s discourses and rhetorical situations by delivering formal oral presentations orperformances and to express and interpret ideas—both their own and those of others—in clear oral presentations or performances.

  1. Student work as described in the syllabus and course assignments.

A course flagged for oral communication skills requires students to prepare, practice and deliver one or more original oral presentations/performances. Assignments in the course must require students to engage in:

  • The analysis of the intended audience and context for delivery.
  • Advance preparation of speaker’s notes, an outline, a script, or other supporting materials.
  • Advance practice/rehearsal.
  • The actual presentation and/or performance.

Examples include (but are not limited to), persuasive or informative speeches, research presentations, technical presentations, theatrical performances, presenting a lesson. Group presentations may be used to satisfy the requirements for an oral communication skills flag; however, each student must participate in both the advance preparation and actual delivery of the presentation/performance.

HOW DOES YOUR COURSE MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS?

What do students do (e.g., solve, research, read, write, revise, practice, collaborate, review, study, perform) to address the characteristics? You may refer to assignments or readings listed in Part I. Note that a single assignment or form of instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, group work) may meet multiple requirements.

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  1. Deployed course pedagogy. To assist students in developing oral communication proficiency, the instructor will provide in-class instruction related to the proper preparation and delivery of the assigned presentation/performance. In addition, provision must be made for students to receive feedback during the preparation process, including feedback on both written supporting materials and oral practice/rehearsal; feedback may come in the form of instructor review and/or peer review but must be designed to reinforce the importance of careful preparation and refinement through practice.

HOW DOES YOUR COURSE MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS?

What do you provide as an instructor (e.g., in-class instruction, written feedback, reading/viewing assignments) to address the characteristics? You may refer to assignments or readings listed in Part I. Note that a single assignment or form of instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, group work) may meet multiple requirements.

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  1. Percentage of the final course grade as described in the course syllabus. Assignments that develop oral communication skills must account for at least 20% of the total course grade. While preparatory work may be graded as part of the required 20%, at least 10% of the course grade must be allocated to actual oral presentation/performance.

HOW DOES YOUR COURSE MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS?

You may refer to assignments or readings listed in Part I. Please specify the weighting of assignments in the final grade to show how they account for at least 20% of the final grade.

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To submit your proposal, you should:

  • Send the proposal electronically to
  • CC your chair and Dean on the proposal. Your chair and dean can approve your proposal by sending an e-mail messagestating approval to .
  • Once we receive your chair's and dean's approval, your course proposal will bereviewed by the appropriate core area committee of the UCCC. No proposal will be reviewed by a core areacommittee without both your chair's and dean's approval.
  • The core area committee may approve the proposal, request revisions (this is very common), or reject the proposal. Rejections may be appealed to the full UCCC.
  • Once the course is approved, you will receive word from the UCCC, who will copy your chair and dean.