SPEECH (095)

SPEECH 089
Basic Speaking and Listening
Practice in conversation, public speaking, oral reading, and group discussion. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.

SPEECH 100
Introduction to Oral Communication
Study of process of communication as it applies to interpersonal, group, or mass communication; emphasis on practical applications of communications in our lives; recommended for students in occupational and general studies programs. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Placement test, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.

SPEECH 101
Fundamentals of Speech Communication
Theory and practice of oral communication; development of poise and confidence, delivery, and speech organization; public speaking practice; small group discussion, and development of standards of criticism. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.

SPEECH 102
Public Speaking
Advanced theory and practice of oral communication in public speaking in speaker audience situation; discussion of psychological effects of speech techniques, choice of words, attitudes, and structuring; role of speech in gaining consensus in a confrontation of the rhetoric of agitation and control; ' studies of outside speakers from personal viewing, television viewing, and examination of speech texts, argumentative techniques used in the persuasive speech. Writing assignments; as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Speech 101, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.

SPEECH 104
Group Communication
Principles and theories involved in discussion techniques; participation in various kinds of discussion groups to prepare student for leadership roles in community, business, and professional groups. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Speech 101, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.

SPEECH 106
Human Communications
Types of verbal and nonverbal communication, oral and visual, as transmission of data and information to elicit a response; includes methods of encoding information for communication, history, social consequences of modern communication, both verbal and visual. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.

SPEECH 112
Introduction to Oral Communication
Process of communication applied to interpersonal group and mass communication; emphasis on practical application of communication in our daily lives. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Placement test, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.

SPEECH 131
Introduction to the Theater
Elementary principles of acting, directing, scene design, scene construction, costuming, lighting, sound and makeup for the stage. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.

SPEECH 135
Speech Projects
For students involved in theater projects, forensics, radio and television, choral reading; any type of speech project being performed outside the classroom as an activity included in this classification. Not more than an accumulated twill be counted toward graduation. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Three lab hours per week. 1 credit hour.

SPEECH 140
Speech Clinic
For students with problems in voice or diction. Huskiness, lack of vocal melody, nasality, slovenly diction, sound substitution, lack of ease in precise articulation of consonant and vowel sounds are treated. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. 1 lecture and 2 lab hours per week. 2 credit hours.

SPEECH 143
Training of the Speaking Voice
Improvement and development of an individual's voice, speech, pitch, volume, and overall articulation through use of phonetics of American English. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Placement test, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.

SPEECH 144
Oral Reading and Interpretation
Study of communication skills required for effective oral reading; experience in oral interpretation of representative examples from prose, poetry, and drama. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Speech 101 100 or 150 minutes per week. 2 or 3 credit hours.

SPEECH 145
Radio and Television
Historical development of broadcasting and analysis of existing programs; objectives of radio and television, study of program types, acceptable standards for broadcasting, and career opportunities. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.

SPEECH 160
Business and Professional Speech
Speech techniques used in selling, administrative reporting, public relations, program speaking, conference procedures and other industrial and professional presentations. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.

SPEECH 201
Reader's Theater
Theory, principles, production techniques; emphasis on dramatic literature but includes poetry, narratives, letters, diaries, biographies and use of musical accompaniment. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.

SPEECH 206
Argumentation
Role of debate in a democratic society; principles of investigation and analysis of issues, types and tests of evidence and reasoning as applied to public questions. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Speech 101, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.

SPEECH 243
Speech for Teachers
Correcting common errors of articulation, identifying and directing remedial cases, reading aloud with interest, controlling and directing simple classroom discussions, developing good speaking voices, and selecting and presenting assembly programs. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Speech 101, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.