Lecture Hours: 3; Lab Hours: 0 This course gives an overview of speech communication including theory and practice in the preparation and presentation of original speeches. It studies major philosophers, orators, and theories (classical, modern, post-modern) from the Greco-Roman- Anglo-American Western tradition of rhetoric. It also addresses the historical and philosophical relationships among public speaking, politics, and ethics.

Schedule type: Independent Study, Lecture, Web

Lecture Hours: 3; Lab Hours: 0 This course studies the dynamics of the types of communication skills essential to one-on-one relationships. Topics include self-concept, perception, emotions, language, nonverbal communication, listening, conflict management, and intercultural communication.

Schedule type: Independent Study, Lecture, Web

Lecture Hours: 3; Lab Hours: 0 This course presents the basic principles of oral communication for classroom teachers. Topics include listening, interpersonal communication, and helping children to communicate.

Schedule type: Independent Study, Lecture, Web

Lecture Hours: 3; Lab Hours: 0 This course promotes the research, organization, and presentation of speeches and differing styles of oratory. It surveys continuity and change in rhetoric from the classical Greek period to modern times. It examines famous speeches.

Schedule type: Independent Study, Lecture, Web

Lecture Hours: 3; Lab Hours: 0 This course is a study and application of theories of argumentation and debate and the development of critical thinking, research, and oral-advocacy skills. It includes informal and formal debating contexts as well as in-class debates.

Schedule type: Independent Study, Lecture, Web