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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
This course includes practical application of ideas toward writing and performance of personal stories.
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4.00 Credits
Identifies and studies the communication characteristics and cues that set leaders apart from average speakers. Through observation, research, performance and study, students will work to understand the characteristics central to leadership and those communication patterns common to group situations and opportunities. Application will include speeches, activities, academic writing and speaking; and experimental learning opportunities that strive for transformative growth and aptitude. Students will work with leaders inside and outside the classroom.
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on communication in relationships. The emphasis of the course is on the application of interpersonal communication theory, research, and practical skills to everyday life. We pay particular attention to the impact interpersonal communication has on individual identity, and personal, social, and professional relationships. In addition, this course examines trends that affect interpersonal communication in the 21st century: social diversity, the increasing number of long-distance relationships, and the influence of technology on interpersonal interaction.
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4.00 Credits
This advanced public speaking skills course examines the constitutional, statutory and cases affecting communication professions and individuals. Through research and performance students will analyze the historical context of free speech in the United States and international speech issues. A broad range of issues will be considered, including blasphemy, commercial speech, free press, hate speech and privacy, other contexts such as the personal dissemination of speech (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Activities include professional presentations, class discussion and academic writing. Critical thinking and deductive reasoning will be highly utilized in this course.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Special Topics in Speech will offer instruction and experiences in specialized speech-related courses such as forensics, more advanced speech courses, and analysis of public political rhetoric speech.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
An independent study that provides third year students with an opportunity to pursue a topic or project under the guidance of a communication and speech studies faculty member. By permission of instructor and department director.
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed for students interested in the management of speech communication in the context of technology. Students will study the theory and practice of formulating ''public'' messages for the technology channel of the communication model, and specific attention will be paid to the analysis of the receivers. The formation and critical thought behind the message, the difference between classical message, popular trends, credibility, ethos, pathos, and logos in the traditional speech-making event, and the general outcome of all communication model elements as well as the integration of technology into the public speech event will be studied.
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4.00 Credits
This course will train students to critically evaluate argument by studying types of argumentation, debate, proof, refutation; and learn the essential skills to prepare, organize and assess persuasive statements. In addition to theory and practical strategy, students will engage in various forms of conflict resolution, as well as mock debates, negotiations, and mediation practices. Students will also gain advanced public speaking skills and learn to critically evaluate arguments in real time.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
An independent study that provides fourth year students with an opportunity to pursue a topic or project under the guidance of a communication and speech studies faculty member. By permission of instructor and department director.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce the NASPE/NASSM academic content standards for sport management and discuss career paths in the sport industry. In addition, students will develop networking skills and partake in an experiential learning exercise. (*fall and spring semesters)
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