If you complete this course and do well, you will be able to:

1. Critical Thinking
   1. Apply principles of speech communication.
   2. Articulate the benefits and challenges of communication in present day society or in their own lives.
   3. Conceptualize, identify, apply, assess, and synthesize information to develop messages for audience-centered presentations.
2. Civic Engagement
   1. Analyze the relationship between communication and diversity.
   2. Describe the role of public speaking as a means to communicate about relevant and/or meaningful societal issues.
3. Professional Readiness
   1. Orally communicate ideas to a listener with verbal and nonverbal fluency.
   2. Apply specific communication concepts or strategies to their personal and professional lives.
4. Written Communication
   1. Utilize best practices to develop a written speech outline.
   2. Evaluate presentational strengths and weaknesses through reflective writing.
   3. Cite sources orally.
   4. Incorporate effective language.
5. Elements of Communication Process
   1. Identify and describe the elements of the communication process, explain how speakers utilize this knowledge, and apply this knowledge when constructing/delivering speeches.
6. General and Specific Speech Purposes
   1. Identify the general purpose for a variety of speech occasions.
   2. Generate and refine specific speech purposes in the development of thesis statements.
7. Modes of Delivery
   1. Compose and perform a variety of speeches that demonstrate an understanding of the different modes of delivery, in the context of online and in-person delivery.
8. Speech Preparation
   1. Choose a topic, create a thesis, conduct research, develop effective messages, and organize the information into a coherent speech outline that includes introductions, body and conclusions, transitions as well as citations in a bibliography/works cited page.
9. Critical Listening
   1. Assess and critique/evaluate speech performances for self and peers.
10. Audience Analysis
1. Analyze audience demographics and values to adapt speech topics.
11. Thesis Identification and Development
    1. Create thesis statements for informative and persuasive speeches.
12. Logos, Argumentation and the Use of Evidence
    1. Define and describe logos, identify and apply techniques to formulate an argument–supported by logical evidence–in speech performances.
    2. Develop arguments for persuasive performances, to include individual/group speeches.
13. Ethos and the Development of Speaker Credibility
    1. Define and describe ethos and identify and apply techniques to improve speaker credibility in speech performances.
    2. Uphold the core values/ethics of society in speech performances.
14. Pathos and the Development of Emotional Appeals
    1. Define and describe pathos and identify and apply effective techniques to design and incorporate emotional appeals in persuasive speech performances.
15. Speech Anxiety
    1. Identify and manage your own level of communication apprehension and integrate solutions to reduce speech anxiety during presentations.
16. Audio-Visual Aids
    1. Develop and utilize appropriate audio-visual aids in various speech assignments.
17. Feedback Skills
    1. Evaluate their own and peers’ speeches to provide constructive feedback.