This course involves the use of public speaking skills and techniques as an art form. It emphasizes the use of voice and body to interpret poems, passages from fiction, etc. Group readings of short plays or scenes from plays are included. EN 150 Effective Speech or permission of the instructor. This course provides the student with various skills required to communicate in the industrial, business and technical settings.
Emphasis is placed on the objective presentation of ideas and information.
It will include the preparation of such items as formal and informal reports, abstracts, summaries, and proposals. It will include practice in the coherent organization of ideas, stylistic conventions, standard language usage and the design and decisions necessary for successful written communication. The course is taught by lecture, demonstration and in-class practice. Course assignments will include a formal report as a term project. This course deals with the techniques of changing attitudes and opinions.