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Dec 03, 2024
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2022-2023 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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COM 131 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Description: Study of the essential elements of oral communication, with major emphasis on public speaking. Includes use of multimedia technologies for presentations.
Prerequisites: Reading Proficiency
Credits: 3 Lecture: 3 Course Content:
- Communication Discipline
- Basic Rhetoric
- Speech Structure
- Content Development
- Speech Preparation
- Speech Anxiety
- Delivery Techniques and Styles
- Listening
- Multicultural Communication
- Speech Analysis
- Communication Ethics
- Audience Analysis.
- Public Speaking in Group Environments
- Individual Research Project
Learning Outcomes:
- Use listening skills and oral presentations as modes of discovery, reflection, understanding and sustained disciplined reasoning.(3-8)
- Generate organized, logical communication appropriate to the needs of a specific communication environment (2,5,7)
- Use precise writing, speaking and listening for a variety of audiences and purposes. (5,7,8,10,12)
- Identify both the conscious and unconscious use of written, verbal and nonverbal communication. (10,12)
- Identify and interpret discourse in specific communication environments.(9,11-14)
- Express awareness of multiple meanings and perspectives of communication.(1, 2, 9,10)
- Analyze audience and topic choice for various speaking situations(5,10,12)
- Write full-sentence and speaking outlines. (4,5)
- Identify and manage the causes of speech anxiety. (6)
- Analyze speeches for use of stylistic and rhetorical devices, and implement the use of such devices in speeches. (2,3,10)
- Implement strategies for delivery of messages to a variety of audiences, using a variety of visual aids (including multimedia technologies). (7,12-14)
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