CMST& 220 - Public Speaking

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 55
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Provides students with theory and practice in preparing organized, goal-specific speeches, presenting them confidently before an audience, and analyzing components of the public speaking process. Meets AA-DTA communication requirements. Highly recommended for students planning to major in education or business at transfer colleges and universities.

Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a C or higher.
Distribution Requirements:

Humanities Distribution Requirement
Communication

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Explain public speaking as a sociocultural, situated, historically-informed way of speaking with purposes, skills, practices, terminology, and relationships to contexts and audiences.
Listen actively, supportively, analytically, and constructively as audience members.
Perform structured speeches, including a persuasive speech, (online and/or in person).
Prepare speeches suited to the contexts, timing, and specific requirements of the situation.
Apply credible source material that is ethically used and cited.
Tailor speeches to audiences’ diverse needs and sociocultural backgrounds.
Employ effective thesis statements and specific organizational patterns.
Deliver speeches with competent verbal and nonverbal strategies, appropriate to the assignment requirements, contexts, and occasion.

Course Contents

Influence of culture on communication
Speaker credibility
Modes of delivery
Use of verbal and visual supporting materials
Language strategies (coherence, word choice)
Researching oral presentations
Communication apprehension
Audience analysis
Outlining and organizing
Types of speeches

Instructional Units: 5