SPE 110: Public Speaking

Through theory and practice, Public Speaking equips students with effective oral communication skills appropriate for informative and persuasive speaking in public. Interpersonal skills, organizing ideas into messages, impromptu speaking, and speaking dynamically and with purpose are major components of the course. Students learn and apply the art of public speaking as an active, dynamic process, establishing the relationship between a positive attitude and effective oral communication. Extemporaneous delivery style is practiced and applied to speaking assignments. A laptop computer is required.