Fall 2016 Course Syllabi

COMM 110 Fundamentals of Public Speaking

Policies, Procedures, and Calendar of Assignments

Office: Thatcher 2207

Office Phone: 228 5602

Office Hours: 10-11 MWF and also by appointment

Course Description

The theory and practice of public speaking with emphasis on content, organization, language,

delivery, and critical evaluation of messages.

Prerequisite

There is no prerequisite for this course.

Required Text

Hamilton, Gregory.

Public Speaking for College and Career, 9th ed.

Boston: McGraw-Hill,

2008

COMM 110 Learning Objectives

Develop and enhance listening skills.

Learn nonverbal communication skills and display ability to use these appropriately.

Develop techniques for creating and presenting speeches of different kinds

Learn techniques for effective communications in small group situations.

Late Policy

In all communication situations-- professional, workplace, and academic--writers and speakers

must meet deadlines. In this class, late work is not accepted. Any student who knows in advance

he or she will not be able to speak on the day appointed or take a test on the day appointed

should send the instructor an email informing him of the class to be missed. Once that is

completed, the student and the instructor can work together on arrangements to hand in the work.

However, since the weather, illness, or personal business can make advance notice impossible

some days, each student has "sick leave" of three class periods that can be used to be absent from

class with no effect on the ten percent of the final grade earned through participating in class.