A course designed to give the student platform experience in the fundamentals of effective speaking. May be repeated to a maximum of two credits. This course will not substitute for the three-credit course COM 181, Basic Public Speaking. It will count toward partial completion of the oral communication skills component of the University Studies Program. An examination of the interplay between the technology and content of the mass communications media and culture.
Course requires participation in activities designed to develop interpersonal communication skills.
Topics include conflict, leadership, and decision-making. Students will participate in group discussion and develop skills in analyzing group performance. A course in the theory of argument, with practice in the several forms of debate. May be repeated to a maximum of four credits. Emphasis will be placed on phonetic transcription, and application will be made for students interested in general speech, speech correction, radio, television, and theatre.