Students will be required to develop and demonstrate research, summary, and organizational skills in oral presentations, letters, memos, and short reports. Students will learn effective strategies to enable them to work independently as well as work effectively in a group setting. Lecture examples and assignments will be linked, wherever possible, to academic content in other courses. This course assists students to develop practical strategies to communicate clearly to a variety of different audiences. This course focuses on the principles and psychology of effective speaking.
Videotaped feedback is an important part of the course.
Students will develop the skills and principles learned in CMNS 155 or CMNS 125. The main focus is the formal research report, including a research proposal, progress reports, and formal presentations. Secondary research skills, project planning, documentation and citations, and data collection and manipulation are practised. Students will apply their knowledge in design to flyers, proposals, newsletters, annual reports, online publications, etc. Students will develop strategies to communicate to a variety of audiences.