Public Speaking

Catalog description

Public Speaking is a course for all pathways that is designed to help students improve their ability to prepare and deliver effective oral presentations before an audience. This fundamental speech course emphasizes creation of ideas, audience analysis, managing anxiety, organization skills, delivery techniques, use of visuals aids and presentation software. Students will extemporaneously deliver a variety of speeches, including informative and persuasive speeches. Most students should instead take the three-credit version of the course.