Recommended for students whose majors, career goals, or graduate programs will require strong reading skills. Completion of core writing class. Fundamentals and techniques of organizing materials and presenting those materials in individual speeches. Emphasis on personal speaking improvement in the classroom and in public performances. Student selections are to be interpreted and produced.
Public performance is required.
This course examines the principles and methods of small group communication. This course will build on compositional skills, refine usage of standard English appropriate for academic work, and introduce students to the use of metaphoric language through readings in fiction, poetry, and drama, chiefly drawn from American authors. Emphasis will be on clear written expression. Core fulfilling for international students only. Focus on using new communications technologies in ways that foster fuller development of the human person.