Master Course Outline Dept: Sph

MASTER COURSE OUTLINE DEPT: SPH Big Bend Community College NO: 101 Date: May 2006

COURSE TITLE: Introduction to Public Speaking

CIP Code: 23.1001 CREDITS: 5 Intent Code: 11 Total Contact Hours Per Qtr: 55 Program Code: N/A Lecture Hours Per Qtr: 55 Lab Hours Per Qtr: Distribution Desig.: Humanities Other Hours Per Qtr:

PREPARED BY: Mark Poth

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Provides an introduction to the fundamental process of speaking to the public. It is designed to help students develop skills in communication and to acquire an understanding of oral communication as a vital human relations factor in society.

PREREQUISITE(S): None

TEXT: None

COURSE GOALS: To enable students to more effectively deal with different communicative settings.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: 1) Manage stage fright and experience the transference of stage fright energy into speaking energy. 2) Organize a speech for a central idea and subsequent primary and supporting ideas and then to communicate this message through verbal cues. 3) Develop effective non-verbal and vocal delivery skills to communicate the speech on paper. 4) Develop improved listening skills. 5) Develop a strong sense of confidence, built upon step by step successes that can be drawn upon by the student in later, "real-life" speaking. 6) Develop skills for effective speaking with one person, several people in a small group, and many listeners in an audience. 7) Understand the communication process we use.

COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE: I. Getting Acquainted * Introductory Speeches II. The Communication Process III. Four Methods of Speaking IV. Six steps in building a Speech V. Organizational Formula VI. Outlining a Speech VII. Platform Appearance and Behavior VIII. Working with Visual Aids XI. Stage Fright X. Impromptu Speaking XI. Principles of a Speech to Inform XII. Principles of a Speech to Persuade XIII. Listening XIV. Small Group Communication

EVALUATION METHODS/GRADING PROCEDURES: Students' grades will be based on the quality of their written work and speaking assignments.

PLANNED TEACHING METHODS/LEARNING STRATEGIES:

X Lecture X Small Group Discussion Special Project Laboratory X Audiovisual Other (List) Supervised Clinical Individualized Instruction

Division Chair Approval