COMM 111Z - Public Speaking

4 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): BT 113 or WR 115 or designated placement.

Course Description: COMM111Z emphasizes developing communication skills by examining and demonstrating how self-awareness, audience, content, and occasion influence the creation and delivery of speeches and presentations. Formerly offered as COMM 111 / COMM111.

Course Level: Lower Division Collegiate

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Develop messages for diverse audiences, purposes, and contexts.
CLO#2: Identify and utilize skills to manage communication apprehension.
CLO#3: Deliver and adapt speeches and/or presentations to live audiences. (ILO: Communication)
CLO#4: Evaluate public speeches, including their own, by identifying aspects of preparation, credibility, logic, and delivery.