2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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COMM 101H - Fundamentals of Public Speaking (Honors)
PREREQUISITES: Admission into the Honors Program
PROGRAM: Communication
CREDIT HOURS: 3
LECTURE HOURS: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2018
Introduces fundamental concepts and skills for effective public speaking, including audience analysis, outlining, research, delivery, critical listening and evaluation, presentational aids, and use of appropriate technology.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Analyze an audience and adapt presentations accordingly.
- Apply principles of composition to the development of oral presentations, such as effective organization and outlining.
- Develop ideas with credible forms of support and appropriate documentation.
- Recognize and demonstrate nonverbal communication appropriate to the verbal message.
- Use presentational aids to support and enhance oral presentations.
- Actively listen to and critically evaluate oral presentations.
- Apply the fundamental concepts of effective public speaking through a minimum of 4 oral presentations of significance three of which must be delivered extemporaneously.
- Incorporate appropriate technology to support and enhance oral presentations.
- Oral presentations will demonstrate advanced skills in analysis, synthesis, and evaluation (at a higher level that the general student population).
- Oral presentations will demonstrate research that is comprehensive and shows an advanced understanding of research methodologies.
- Oral presentations will demonstrate that the student is engaging in complex issues which expose them to diverse ideas, peoples, and to interdisciplinary ways of thinking that develop and enhance their critical thinking skills and promote continuous learning outside the classroom.
- Honor’s student writing demonstrates: focus, organization, support that is documented according to expectations, evidence of above-average critical thinking, and attention to rhetorical situations.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
Communication models - elements
Ethics and public speaking
Listening
Selecting a topic and purpose
Analyzing the audience and assessing the situation
Researching the speech topic
Supporting materials and tests of evidence
Using presentational aids
Speech introductions and conclusions
Organizing the body of speech
Oral and written source citation
Outlining the speech
Presenting the speech - language and delivery modes
Speaking to inform
Speaking to persuade
Using technology
Common fallacies
International Communication
Mediated communication
Major rhetorical scholars and their theories
Advanced research methods
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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