COM 318 Power of Speaking and Listening (HU)
Public speaking is both an art form and specific skill. Inherent in public speaking is the power to foster and promote ideas through the formation and delivery of content-specific messages. Understanding cultural and gender-specific contexts is also key to effective public speaking. This course assists students in developing a critical understanding and awareness of message construction, listening, and delivery, with emphasis on situational, gender, and cultural implications and consequences. Students will learn public-speaking skills and strategies in order to effectively articulate both verbal and non-verbal messages to a particular audience for a particular purpose.