Description
Strategies and techniques for making informative and persuasive public presentations. Topics include audience analysis, issue framing, patterns of development, visual aids, and oral delivery. Classroom instruction emphasizes presentations based on simulated situations in public forums, panel discussions, symposia, briefings, and debates.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate ability to organize ideas in a purposeful, cohesive sequence
- Formulate and present convincing arguments for an idea through reason and research
- Demonstrate accurate, clear and expressive use of voice, nonverbal and verbal language
Semester
Spring