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Develop confidence and learn strategies to manage apprehension and anxiety when delivering presentations and communicating in small groups. This course may be taken alone or as supplemental instruction for courses that involve oral communication.

Development of speaking and argumentation skills through participation in intercollegiate speech and debate tournaments. Course repetition allows mastery of communication skills through the recursive process of researching, writing, practicing, and delivering speeches.

Skills development in researching, writing, and delivering scripted speeches or debates that publicly address a socially significant issue.

This course is about connecting with others. Students focus on how interpersonal communication plays a role in different relationships and cultural contexts, applying conflict management strategies and developing interpersonal skills through presentations and activities.

Studies U.S. popular culture as a means of communicating cultural values and attitudes. Evaluates popular culture in different mediums, such as advertisements, social media, television, film, and politics. Uses communication methods to develop a greater understanding of the ways communication functions as a vehicle for social change.

Focus on oral interpretation of literature, performance, and the structural and aesthetic components of narrative. Covers how to select, analyze, interpret, and present solo and group readings of various forms of literature, including drama, prose and poetry.