Fundamentals of Speech is designed to aid in developing effective oral communication techniques. The course consists of the study of principles and methods of public address, preparation and delivery of speeches, and the analysis of student and outside speakers. Extemporaneous speaking and development of organization in speech composition are stressed. Fall and spring semesters. This course provides a description and interpretation of the surface and people of Earth outside of the Western Hemisphere.
Special attention is given to the countries and regions of greatest development.
The distribution of people and factors causing this distribution are examined, along with the effects of the distribution on people s cultures and lifestyles. Also considered is the relationship of people with their physical environment. This course involves the application of statistical procedures to the analysis of experimental data. Topics covered include methods of presentation of data, measures of central tendency and dispersion, sampling techniques, elementary probability, hypothesis testing, and confidence intervals on both one and two populations, and regression and correlation. The topics include use of the binomial, the normal, the student s T, the F, and the chi-square distributions.