Comm 105--Communication, Self and Society information page


	Welcome to San José U's COMM 105, Communication, Self & Society, online for Spring 2004! As soon as you've enrolled in the class and accessed this page, email me, Dr. Stephanie Coopman, at comm105@yahoo.com with your name and the message, "I'm enrolled in your COMM 105 class!" The class website will be available beginning January 22, 2004. Class begins Thursday, January 29, 2004. Be sure you contact me and access the class website no later than February 4, 2004, so you don't get a late start! Description The underlying theme of this class is the struggle to construct a diverse and equitable society in the face of structural biases toward inequality. This course is an introduction to human communication and surveys a wide variety of contexts, including interpersonal, intercultural, small group, organizational, public, and mediated communication. COMM 105 fulfills 3 units of upper-division GE requirements in the Self, Society, and Equality in the U.S. area. Students MUST have taken and passed the Writing Skills Test (WST) before registering for COMM 105. Adding the Class Unfortunately, the class is over-enrolled, so I won't be adding any more students this semester. Important Dates mid-January—Email the instructor (do this no later than February 4) January 22—Access the class website January 29—Class begins February 4—Last day to start the class Textbook Wood, Julia T. (2004). Communication mosaics: An introduction to the field of communication, 3rd edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. ISBN: 0534606423. Available from the Spartan Bookstore, Robert's Bookstore, and Amazon.com. Summary of Assignments Quizzes (open-book, multiple-choice), discussion, project (on the voices and images of those who have been historically marginalized). Important Pages Once the class website is available and before the semester begins, browse through the website to get an idea of how the class will function. Please pay particular attention to these pages: Checklist: procedures for completing the class Syllabus: course description, learning objectives, assignments, grading scale, and more Schedule: describes what we'll be doing in class each week Project: details on the major assignment for the class WebCT URL Bookmark the main WebCT site: courses5.webct.com Tech Support Browser Check. WebCT College Edition (CE) 4.0 is not compatible with all browsers such as Netscape 6.0 (Mac), Opera, Mozilla, and Safari. Please go to the WebCT main page right now, click on "Check Browser" in the upper right corner, and make sure your browser will work. Do the tune-ups necessary if you have a version that is not compatible with WebCT. Help desk. Because this is an online class, there are occasional technical problems. I will do my best to help, but normally, it will be a problem with your browser configuration, so please be sure you complete the browser check. For basic technical support, contact the SJSU Help Desk at helpdesk@sjsu.edu or call 408-924-2377, 8-5 weekdays. eCampus tutorials. Go to the eCampus Student Resources page for WebCT tutorials, learning tools, and learning resources. Contacting the Instructor I look forward to our learning adventure this Spring 2004 semester. Please email me at comm105@yahoo.com with any questions you have. Accessing the Class Website On and after January 22, click on the "Create Account" button, then click on "Create my WebCT," and complete the form. You choose your own screen name (ID) and password. Then you'll be able to access the class. (Note: If you've used WebCT before, click on "Log in to myWebCT" after your click on the "Create Account" button and just log in using your WebCT ID and password.)