ORALCOMM 118: Public Speaking: Romancing the Room
A practical approach to the art of public speaking. Emphasis is on developing skills in speech types including impromptu, personal experience, interviewing, demonstration, persuasive, and special occasion. Materials include videotape, texts of famous speeches, and a final dinner program of speeches. Students evaluate presentations by others. $75 materials fee. Course was previously offered as
CTL 118.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Wagstaffe, J. (PI)
;
Bean, B. (SI)
ORALCOMM 177: Performance of Power: Oratory and Authority from the Ancient World to the Postmodern
Speech as action has long been seen as essential to leadership. Theories and examples of oratory, from Aristotle to Barack Obama, assessing each as model of voice-activated authority. The impact of mass media technologies as they transform the public space of oratory. Course was previously offered as
CTL 177. This class fulfills the Writing & Rhetoric 2 requirement. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Aut, Spr, Sum
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Freeland, T. (PI)
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