COMM1110-01.Public Speaking.Sp17.Zittlow Rogness,Kate

Kate Zittlow Rogness

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

COMM

Course Subject

COMM

Course Number

1110

Course Section

1

Course Title

Public Speaking

Academic Term and Year

Spring 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

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