Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
COMM
Course Subject
COMM
Course Number
1110
Course Section
01
Course Title
Public Speaking
Academic Term and Year
Winter 2017
Credits
4.00
Hamline Plan Letter
O
Area of Study
ACCT, BSAN, CSTD, ECON, FIN, GBUS, IBUS, MGMT
Course Description
Goals: To help students gain real-life skills in speaking in public, gain confidence, and enhance their ability to deliver oral presentations; to help students achieve the ability to undertake the research process, reason, and effectively identify what needs to be said in a given situation as well as the best way to say it; to practice the skills of critical listening, critical analysis of arguments, and effective advocacy that can enable students to become more engaged in effective and ethical public discourse. Content: Theories of communication in public settings; factors influencing message creation, construction, and interpretation; utilizing research and evidence in creating effective arguments; adaptation to the communication situation and audience; addressing the diversity of values and viewpoints held by audience members; ethical issues in public communication; factors influencing effective delivery; stagefright. Taught: Annually. Prerequisites: None. Credits: 4
Recommended Citation
Gaetano, George, "COMM1110-01.Public Speaking.J17.Gaetano,George" (2017). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 11943.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/11943