This course covers the principles and techniques for coping with apprehension about communicating. The course is designed for students who are concurrently enrolled in other 200-level courses which involve some aspect of performance which the student might find difficult to achieve because of nervousness. Students will meet for three hours a week for five weeks at the beginning of the semester. This course involves the preparation and delivery of informative and persuasive speeches. Topics include research, organization, adapting to an audience, topic selection, reasoning, and evaluating the discourse of others.
Evaluation is based on examinations and at least three student speaking experiences.
An understanding of basic interpersonal strategies is encouraged through classroom activities, readings, and analyses of communication inventories. This course studies the principles and techniques of listening. Focuses on theoretical and practical listening skills. This course covers the basic principles of communication within organizations. This course studies reasoned decision making with emphasis on analysis of debate propositions, evidence, reasoning, constructing cases, and refuting and defending arguments.