Proposed Core Category
Component Area Option (CAO) B [90]
The Speech Curriculum Team representative, Shelby Villareal, has submitted a Core course proposal to add SPCH 1321 to the LSC Core in the Component Area Option (CAO) B [90] area.
Application Documents
- Application
- Syllabus
- Additional Documentation
Course Description
Study and application of communication within the business and professional context. Special emphasis will be given to communication competencies in presentations, dyads, teams, and technologically mediated formats.
Prerequisites
College Level Readiness in Reading AND Writing
Student Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate communication competence and critical thinking through an understanding of the foundational communication models.
- Demonstrate essential public speaking skills in professional presentations.
- Demonstrate written and oral competencies as it relates to employment (including job searches, interviews, interpersonal interaction, conflict management, leadership, and performance appraisals).
- Apply essential dyadic and small group processes as they relate to the workplace.
- Utilize various technologies as they relate to competent communication.
- Demonstrate effective cross-cultural communication.
- Demonstrate understanding of visual communication as it pertains to business communication.