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Develops and improves skills in speech composition and delivery by exposure to various speech types and situations, and concentrates on poise in group speaking situations.

Offers practice in briefings, interviews, problem-solving conferences and communication management. Covers techniques for speaking situations commonly encountered in business and the professions, and also includes formal and informal professional writing assignments.

Offers practice in briefings, interviews, problem-solving conferences and communication management. Covers techniques for speaking situations commonly encountered in business and the professions, and also includes formal and informal professional writing assignments.

Offers practice in briefings, interviews, problem-solving conferences and communication management. Covers techniques for speaking situations commonly encountered in business and the professions, and also includes formal and informal professional writing assignments.

This course explores the impact of public speaking in shaping historical and contemporary movements related to civic engagement and global change. This course explores the power of spoken word as a force for global change. Students will examine landmark speeches that have advanced human rights and shaped political movements across diverse cultures and historical periods. Through the study of cultural context, rhetorical strategies, and elements of persuasion, students will develop skills to analyze, write, and deliver speeches that engage global audiences. Students will analyze texts by human rights activists and political leaders through writing assignments, discussions, analysis, and research. 

Health communication is a field of study that encompasses theories, research, and applications of the symbolic processes by which people, both individually and collectively, understand and share ideas about health. This class is designed to be an overview of significant concepts and issues that have emerged in health communication scholarship. 

This survey course will discuss and analyze current messages related to U.S. politics. Students will critique how messages and speakers are strategically framed within our current political, social, and economic climate.

An independent study that provides second-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.