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COMM_ST 102-CN : Public Speaking

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Discover and improve upon your own communication style and, through practice, learn how to hone that style for academic success and professional development within the vast and diverse forum of public speaking. This course is a laboratory in which you will be encouraged to speak publicly about issues that concern you, to share information that interests you and has relevance to a larger audience, and to translate the public speaking forum in terms of your own professional pursuits. Through short speeches, engaging lectures, personalized coaching sessions, and team-building group projects, each student will receive personalized attention tailored to the realities of academic success. Students will leave the course with increased technical and soft skills in effective communication: non-verbal body language, critical listening, storytelling, leadership presence, managing anxiety, and structuring a clear message through visual design. May not be audited.