IDS 1150 PUBLIC SPEAKING

Public speaking is about communicating effectively with others through speaking, writing, and visual representations of high-impact messages. Students study speech fundamentals and critical thinking through frequent public speaking practice, being mindful of setting, purpose, audience, and subject. Students build skills and increase comfort in the development and delivery of effective speeches including techniques regarding research, evidence, writing, organization, reasoning, language, and listening.

Credits

2 sh

Future Course Number

1150

Offered

• Fall
• Spring

Course Outcomes

1. • present to others with confidence within and across a variety of topics and communication contexts.
2. • address ethical issues related to oral presentations
3. • adapt messages to a diversity of human characteristics and attitudes to carry out communication goals.
4. • apply proper forms of verbal, nonverbal, and mediated expressions that support and enhance the meaning of messages.
5. • use technology to enhance virtual public speaking presence within and across a variety of communication contexts.
6. • conduct research to write and analyze message strategies that generate meaning within and across a variety of communication contexts.
7. • articulate the importance of access to information to ensure truth, accuracy, and fairness.