General Information

• Name: Public Speaking
• Discipline: Communication (COM)
• Units (Credits): 3
• Schedule History: See when this course was offered over the last three years.
• Transfer Information: Courses with numbers 100 to 299: This course is designed to apply toward a WNC degree and/or transfer to other schools within the Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. It may transfer to colleges and universities outside Nevada. For information about how this course can transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor.
• Academic Division: Communications and Fine Arts
• Prerequisites: None

Course Outline

I: Catalog Course Description

Practices the delivery and theory in the composition of public speeches, including message development, organization and style.

II: Course Objectives

• to develop the critical thinking about the different types, styles, and emphases of formal presentations.
• to understand how the audience listens, learns, and remembers.
• to learn how to research, organize, and construct different types of social and business presentations.
• to learn how to plan, coordinate, and deliver team presentations.
• to learn how to prepare and rehearse a speech.
• to develop individual extemporaneous presentation style: verbal, nonverbal, and vocal.

III: Course Linkage

Linkage of course to educational program mission and at least one educational program outcome.

Public Speaking can be used for all degrees and certificates at WNC. It is most strongly linked to the missions for general education and the two primary transfer degrees: AA and AS.

• have college-level skills in reading and writing
• have effective and efficient learning skills
• have problem solving, creative, and critical thinking skills.
• understand the importance of cultural traditions, diversity, and ethics in the modern world.