Michael Hecht  mlh10@psu.edu 229 Sparks 863-3545

Class Meeting: T/Th 1-2:15 in 309 Sparks Office Hours: T, W, Th: 10:00 - 11:00 and by appointment

Text:

Guerrero, L. K. and Hecht, M.L. (Eds.) (2008). The nonverbal communication reader: Classic and contemporary readings (3rd edition). Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland.  

Your Grade:

  Your grade will be based on three short-answer examinations, short assignments, and a term paper.  These assignments are described below.  Your course grade will be on a points system, with a maximum of 310 points available.  The tentative curve is:  

310 - 291 = A
290 - 279 = A-
278 - 269 = B+
268 - 258 = B
257 - 248 = B-
247 - 238 = C+
237 - 217 = C
216 - 186 = D
185 - 0 = F

Policy Concerning Academic Dishonesty:

The University's ability to achieve its mission depends upon the quality and integrity of the intellectual work performed by all of its faculty and students. All members of the University at all times must take full responsibility for the integrity and basic honesty of the expression and communication of their thoughts.

Accordingly, individual faculty and students are never permitted to take credit for or represent as one’s own work anything that in fact is the work of other persons, whether classmates, published authors, or anonymous contributors on the internet. Academic dishonesty encompasses a wide range of activities, whether intentional or unintentional, that include, but are not limited to: all forms of fraud, plagiarism, and any failure to cite explicitly all materials and sources used in one’s work. Similarly, individual faculty and students are never permitted to pursue work by any means that unfairly disadvantage others. This prohibits activities that include, but are not limited to cheating, lying and deception, and directly harming the work of others. It also includes submitting your own work to different classes and/or for different assignments.

For other resources and specific examples of these activities please use the resources available to you on the College of Liberal Arts resource page for Academic Integrity
http://www.la.psu.edu/undergrad/integrity/studentpolicy/studentres.htm*

*The hard copy of these materials are available upon request.

Undergraduate Writing Center Resources

CLASS SCHEDULE  

Here is your day-by-day class schedule. Discussion questions for each reading can be accessed by clicking on the reading assignment. If there is a short assignment for that day, it can be accessed by clicking on it. There will be three exams and they will be administered on 2/20, 4/3, and during our assigned finals period (to be announced). Study guides for the tests can be accessed by clicking on their link in the course schedule below. Lecture notes for the day are included under TOPIC. You may want to print them out and bring them to class. That will save you some time with note taking.