CMST 1101 Public Speaking

Description

Public Speaking develops students experience in the basic fundamentals of effective public speaking. Students will prepare and deliver a variety of speeches as well as critique them.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

None

Corequisite

None

Topics to be Covered

1. Speech presentation preparedness and performance

2. Audience analysis

3. Research techniques

4. Organizational techniques

5. Topic selection

6. Effective verbal and nonverbal delivery

7. Critical listening and feedback

Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate appropriate topic selection, audience analysis, organization, and content development in a speaker audience setting. (MNTC Goal 1a)

2. Create and perform informative, persuasive and impromptu messages. (MNTC Goal 1a, 1e, 1f)

3. Practice effective verbal and nonverbal delivery techniques that are well suited to the occasion and audience. (MNTC Goal 1d, 1f, 1g)

4. Utilize appropriate research strategies to discover and ethically integrate supporting materials from diverse sources and points of view. (MNTC Goal 1c, 1d, 1e)

5. Demonstrate the ability to listen, analyze, and provide feedback on public discourse. (MNTC Goal 1e, 1f)

Credit Details

Lecture: 3

Lab: 0

OJT: 0

MnTC Goal Area(s): Goal Area 01 - Communication

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Goal Area(s) and Competencies

Goal Area 01: Communication:

1. Understand/demonstrate the writing and speaking processes through invention, organization, drafting, revision, editing and presentation.

2. Participate effectively in groups with emphasis on listening, critical and reflective thinking, and responding.

3. Locate, evaluate, and synthesize in a responsible manner material from diverse sources and points of view.

4. Select appropriate communication choices for specific audiences.

5. Construct logical and coherent arguments.

6. Use authority, point-of-view, and individual voice and style in their writing and speaking.

7. Employ syntax and usage appropriate to academic disciplines and the professional world.

Transfer Pathway Competencies

Public Speaking:

1. Demonstrate appropriate topic selection, audience analysis, organization, and content development in a speaker-audience setting

2. Create and perform informative and persuasive messages

3. Practice effective verbal and nonverbal delivery techniques that are well suited to the occasion and audience.

4. Utilize appropriate research strategies to discover and ethically integrate supporting materials from diverse sources and points of view

5. Demonstrate the ability to listen, analyze, and provide feedback on public discourse.