Designed for non-majors. An introductory course in research, composition, organization, and delivery of informative and persuasive speeches for various purposes and occasions. Includes strategies for reducing speaker apprehension. Vocal development, including pronunciation, through the study of the anatomy and physiology of the vocal mechanism, phonetics, and oral presentations. The study of literary materials through the mode of interpretive performance.
Emphasis is on the interaction between performer, text, and audience.
This course examines theory and research in interpersonal principles, leadership strategies, listening, and nonverbal communication. Emphasis is on the application of this knowledge to develop communication skills in settings such as interviewing, group decision-making, speech preparation and presentation. Not for Speech Communication majors, minors, or specializations. A study of argumentation as a type of discourse and an instrument of critical decision making. Instruction and public practice in research, analysis, organization, use of evidence, refutation, and delivery.