COMM 110 - Oral Communications

Credit(s): 3
Oral communication is essential to learning in a college seminar and the most immediate and powerful way to create a niche for ourselves in the world. This course helps students to overcome fears of inadequacy and failure which are compounded by problems with oral communication. Students are introduced to the communication process, assess their attitudes and orientation to speaking, and develop better communication skills and techniques. The overall goal of the course is for students to be able to express their ideas with self-confidence in a clearly organized manner, and in a variety of situations. Specifically, the students become familiar with communication theory and process; analyze each other’s strengths and weaknesses as communicators; assess and adjust to a variety of listening skills; improve voice, articulation and pronunciation skills; participate significantly in a group discussion; and organize, develop and support ideas in a logical, substantive manner.

Only open to students in the B.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences program.