This course is a mastery course that moves beyond the fundamentals of public speaking. In this class public speaking is understood as a primary means of motivating change, of developing critical thinking and self-reflection, and of creating connections across difference. The student will be introduced to rhetorical theory and will have the opportunity to apply their creativity to a range of assignments from storytelling to crisis speech making..
Prerequisites
CMST& 220 (Public Speaking) or instructor permission
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:
- Develop and improve upon the ability to conduct research, outline and deliver a public speech.
- Assess an audience for its probable attitude, interests, beliefs, needs, and values toward a new proposal, and use these criteria as a way to build a relationship between the speaker and the audience.
- Apply techniques for building speaker credibility, informing and explaining, helping audiences remember, appealing to audiences' needs, values and interests.
- Generate advanced speech forms such as (but not limited to): storytelling, crisis speeches, proposals, eulogies, presenting legal briefs, parliamentary procedure, and speaking on camera.
- Evaluate their own presentation and communication skills.
- Differentiate between speaking contexts, and explain and create the appropriate speaking style and topic.
- Develop knowledge and experience in Robert’s Rules of Order (Parliamentary Procedure).
- Develop a basic knowledge and experience in debating, to be able to express ideas and to defend them under direct challenge and develop skills in refutation.
- Identify credible sources and real-world examples of online disinformation
- Generate oral and written communication that is grounded in clear organization, proper citation, and error free writing
- Assess speaker credibility
Institutional Outcomes
IO1 Students will be able to communicate clearly and effectively.
IO3 Students will be able to demonstrate teamwork, ethics, appropriate safety awareness and/or workplace specific skills.
IO3 Students will be able to demonstrate teamwork, ethics, appropriate safety awareness and/or workplace specific skills.
Course Content Outline
- Introductory speeches (impromptu)
- Self-evaluation
- Audience analysis
- Finding your voice
- Research that produces credible sources and strengthens speaker knowledge
- Organization and outlining speeches
- Eulogy
- Writing a newspaper or magazine article
- Fishbowl Assignment
- Legal brief
- Storytelling in an oral format
- Crisis speech – on camera
- Social media assignment
- Podcast assignment
- Self-evaluation
Department Guidelines
PO4 Should be assessed: Students will be able to recognize or articulate personal/interpersonal aspects of, or connections between, diverse cultural, social, or political contexts.
PO5 Should be assessed: Students will be able to solve problems by gathering, interpreting, combining and/or applying information from multiple sources