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OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:
- To introduce students to the Anglo-American legal system as it
relates to mass communication.
- To provide students with a basic understanding of the
techniques and value of intensive study of court decisions.
- To introduce students to the intensive study of two "pivotal
cases" in mass communication law, focusing upon the
distinction between prior restraints and subsequent
punishments.
CONTENT OF THE COURSE:
- Course materials will be presented via storytelling,
lecture/discussions, readings, in-class exercises, videotapes,
questions & answers, homework assignments, etc...
- The required text for this course is Make No Law: The
Sullivan Case and the First Amendment, by-Anthony Lewis
(Vintage Books/Random House, 1991).
- Students are responsible for notifying the instructor of any
special needs or circumstances regarding the processing of
course content, testing, presentation of material, etc.
Notice should be given to the instructor at the first class
meeting.
EXPECTATIONS OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THIS COURSE:
- Students are expected to attend class and to take careful
notes on materials presented in class. No provision is made
for classes missed. The instructor does not provide copies of
class notes, other than handouts and other materials
distributed to all.
- The entire grade for the course is based upon written
examinations taken in class. Students cannot take exams
early. Students who take exams after the designated time for
the exam will receive an automatic 20% reduction in grade,
unless accompanied by an excused absence.
- Only excused absences will be recognized. Students are
responsible for making up any missed work. Only the
instructor can determine when an absence is excused,
although documented excuses are presumptively acceptable.
- Students are expected to contact the instructor in advance and
notify him of any absence, regardless of reason. Students
can call any time, day or night, and leave a message on
Voicemail at 523-2508. Students who fail to contact the
instructor in advance regarding absences will not be permitted
to make up missed assignments, except under the most unusual
circumstances.
GRADING:
- more than 89% of possible points = A
- more than 79%-89% = B
- more than 69%-79% = C
- more than 59%-69% = D
- 59% or fewer points = F.
EXAMS:
- 3 exams @ 100 points = 300 points
- 1 final comprehensive exam = 200 points
- Total points for course = 500 points
The instructor reserves the right to reduce the total number of
assignments for the course, or to redistribute the total points for
the course among the various projects. In such a case, the total
points for the course will be adjusted to reflect the grade range
given above--i.e., more than 89% = A, etc.
Detections of academic dishonesty will be punished with a grade of
zero points and no opportunity to make up the assignment. This
includes, but is not limited to, plagiarism (representing the work
of another as if it were the student author's), cheating on
examinations, representing oneself as another, etc.
INSTRUCTOR:
Richard A. (please call me "Tony") Parker, Ph.D.
Professor of speech Communication.
Phone: 523-2508 (dial X32508 on campus).
Call any time and leave a message on Voicemail.
E-Mail: parker@jan.ucc.nau.edu
Office: Communication Building (Building#16), Room 118F
(in the School of Communication office complex).
office hours: 12:00 - 12:45 p.m. daily.
Other hours by appointment.
If you have a problem, need help with assignments, comprehending
the reading materials or preparing for tests, please contact your
instructor. He knows that some students have special needs, and
part of his job is to work with those who need individualized
attention.
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