COM 151 - Fundamentals of Speech

3 Credit Hours

This course emphasizes the strategies necessary for planning, developing, and delivering oral presentations, which include individual informative and persuasive speeches along with group presentations. Class discussions focus on adapting information, organization, and delivery styles to meet the needs of listeners. Classroom activities are performance-based, with students delivering speeches, responding to classmates, and leading class discussions. Videos made of student performance provide opportunities for self-evaluation.

Prerequisite(s): COM 050 or COM 051 or ESL 050 and COM 061 or ESL 060 or placement by appropriate score on placement test

Semesters Offered: Fall/Spring

This course satisfies the core competency for

Oral communication.