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General Information

Course ID (CB01A and CB01B): COMMD001H
Course Title (CB02): Public Speaking - HONORS
Course Credit Status: Credit - Degree Applicable
Effective Term: Fall 2023
Course Description: Theory and techniques of public speaking in a democratic society. An introduction to a variety of perspectives and approaches used to research, organize, present, and evaluate public presentations. Students will develop and apply effective research strategies. As an honors course students will be expected to complete extra assignments to gain deeper insight in speech communication.
Faculty Requirements
Course Family: Not Applicable

Course Justification

This course meets a general education requirement for De Anza, CSUGE and IGETC. This course belongs to the Communication Studies Certificate, Communication Studies AA degree, and Communication Studies AA-T degree. It is UC and CSU transferable. This course introduces students to the concepts and skills necessary for effective public speaking and also develops information literacy. This course is the honors version of COMM D001. and as a result includes more advanced assignments.

Foothill Equivalency

Does the course have a Foothill equivalent?: No
Foothill Course ID

Formerly Statement

(Formerly SPCH D001H.)

Course Development Options

Basic Skill Status (CB08)

Course is not a basic skills course.

Grade Options

Letter Grade
Pass/No Pass

Repeat Limit

Transferability & Gen. Ed. Options

Transferability: Transferable to both UC and CSU

De Anza GE	Area(s)	Status	Details
2GA2	De Anza GE Area A2 - Written Communication	Approved

CSU GE	Area(s)	Status	Details
CGA1	CSU GE Area A1 - Oral Communication	Approved

IGETC	Area(s)	Status	Details
IG1C	IGETC Area 1C - Oral Communication	Approved

C-ID	Area(s)	Status	Details
COMM	Communication Studies	Approved	C-ID COMM 110

Units and Hours

Summary

Minimum Credit Units: 5.0
Maximum Credit Units: 5.0

Weekly Student Hours

Type	In Class	Out of Class
Lecture Hours	5.0	10.0
Laboratory Hours	0.0	0.0

Course Student Hours

Course Duration (Weeks): 12.0
Hours per unit divisor: 36.0

Course In-Class (Contact) Hours

Lecture: 60.0
Laboratory: 0.0
Total: 60.0

Course Out-of-Class Hours

Lecture: 120.0
Laboratory: 0.0
NA: 0.0
Total: 120.0

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Advisory(ies)

EWRT D001A or EWRT D01AH or ESL D005.

Limitation(s) on Enrollment

(Not open to students with credit in the non-Honors related course.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.)

Entrance Skill(s)

General Course Statement(s)

(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)

Methods of Instruction

Discussion of assigned reading

In-class exploration of Internet sites

Quiz and examination review performed in class

Homework and extended projects

Collaborative learning and small group activities

Presentations in front of a live audience

Speech critiques

Lecture and visual aids

In-class exploration of Internet sites

Self-directed honors project that involves extended reading, research, and application of

communication skills as advocates and change agents in our campus community

Assignments

Speaking
1. Collaborate with peers to brainstorm and develop speech ideas.
2. Conduct appropriate oral interviews and/or research.
3. Rehearse and deliver at least five speeches including informative and persuasive.
4. Provide peer feedback.
5. Engage in various on-campus community conversations and/or speaking engagements as mentors and agents of change.
6. Prepare and deliver speeches on topics coordinated with honors project, other courses in the Honors Program, and/or in major areas of study.
Writing
1. Compose full-sentence speech outlines and/or speech plans.
2. Prepare effective speech notes.
3. Prepare written peer feedback.
4. Prepare evaluations of own presentation and written goals for improvement.
5. Analyses of readings, films, facilitated discussions, presentations or speeches with a worldview perspective.
6. Prepare an in-depth project proposal, analysis, assessment, and self-reflection of honors project.
Reading
Review sample speaking plans and outlines.
1. Study required text assignments.
2. Research and gather supporting materials.
3. Engage in in-depth research and investigation of relevant theoretical concepts.
Listening
1. Apply listening skills to in-class collaborative activities, public presentations and sample videotaped speeches.
2. Apply critical listening to media analysis.
3. Apply listening skills as mentors, advocates, and agents of change in the campus community.
Research
1. Appropriately focused topic and research proposal.
2. Strategic search using electronic and print resources to obtain information relevant to the assignment.
3. Critical analysis and evaluation of information and sources.
4. Speech outlines and presentations with proper citations and documentation.
5. Engage in in-depth research and investigation of relevant theoretical concepts.

Methods of Evaluation

A minimum of five oral presentations including at least one informative and one persuasive speech that require students to analyze a specific audience's position on a topic; research, evaluate, synthesize and document relevant information; structure and deliver the presentation.
Written full-sentence speech outlines and/or speech plans to organize and logically structure the points and arguments of the presentation.
Written assignments including but not limited to reports, outlines, speech analysis, peer feedback, and self-evaluations that demonstrate critical thinking, information literacy, and appropriate audience focused reasoning.
Quizzes or midterm exams featuring multiple choice and short answer questions to test relevant course information.
Final exam or project to evaluate comprehension, mastery and application of key communication concepts.
Honors project (minimum 10 hours work as researchers and agents of change). Evaluated on depth of analysis and comprehensive self-reflection of their honors experience.

Essential Student Materials/Essential College Facilities

Essential Student Materials:

Internet access

Essential College Facilities:

Classroom equipped with lectern, video equipment, and flexible seating suitable for presentations and small group activities

Examples of Primary Texts and References

Author	Title	Publisher	Date/Edition	ISBN
Beebe, Steven A. and Susan J. Beebe. A Concise Public Speaking Handbook, 4th ed., Allyn
Fujishin, Randy. The Natural Speaker, 8th ed. Pearson, 2014.
O'Hair, D. Rubenstein and R. Stewart: A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking, 4th ed. Bedford, 2012.
Sprague, Jo and Douglas Stuart. The Speaker's Compact Handbook, 4th ed. Cengage, 2013.

Examples of Supporting Texts and References

Author	Title	Publisher
Abrahams, Matt. Speaking Up Without Freaking Out, 2nd edition. Kendall Hunt Publishing, 2013.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research papers, 7th edition. Modern Language Association of America, 2009.
Badke, William. Research strategies: Finding your way through the information fog, 5th edition. iUniverse, 2014.
Heath, Chip and Dan Heath. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Die and Others Survive. Random House, 2007.
Information access through De Anza College Library and persuasion other digital resources.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Course Objectives

Examine historical and cultural traditions of oral communication in both domestic and global contexts and assess their impact on our views, beliefs, and practices relating to speaking in public.
Evaluate how making the decision to respect diversity, speak ethically, and think critically influences communication outcomes.
Select, locate, evaluate and use information technologies and information sources.
Research, analyze, organize, compose, present, and evaluate informative and persuasive speeches.
Develop confidence in delivering speeches extemporaneously in front of a live audience.
Develop listening skills to foster respectful, reflective, and critical listening appropriate in public presentation.
Excel as researchers through in-depth investigation of related theoretical concepts and by making interdisciplinary connections.
Excel as advocates and agents of change through collaboration, mentoring, and engagement in campus dialog.

CSLOs

Organize, compose, present, and critically evaluate informative and persuasive presentations appropriate in content and style to the audience and situation.
Display increasing confidence in speaking extemporaneously.
Demonstrate effective listening skills in various public speaking contexts.
Identify, locate, evaluate and use information technologies and information sources.

Outline

Examine historical and cultural traditions of oral communication in both domestic and global contexts and assess their impact on our views, beliefs, and practices relating to speaking in public.
1. Examine how philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and Socrates contributed to an understanding of ethics and to public speaking traditions.
2. Evaluate how comparative rhetoric across multiple cultures has broadened and deepened traditional views of public discourse.
3. Compare diverse western and non-western philosophies and approaches to public speaking such as traditional informative and persuasive speaking compared with story telling and narrative approaches.
4. Assess how bias, privilege, and choice influence the speaker and audience.
Evaluate how making the decision to respect diversity, speak ethically, and think critically influences communication outcomes.
1. Evaluate the kinds of ethical decisions speakers and receivers make relating to audience sensitivity, honesty, integrity, speaker accountability, logical appeals, source credibility, message distortion, emotional appeals, and issues relating to democracy.
2. Differentiate between the critical and uncritical thinker with particular attention to listening, reflecting on ideas with open-mindedness, respecting diverse viewpoints, viewing evidence and ideas from diverse perspectives, and questioning assumptions and attitudes that underlie reasoning.
3. Demonstrate skills in analyzing diverse audiences and creating presentations appropriate to those audiences.
  1. Develop appropriate language for presentations that reflects sensitivity toward the audience and speaking situation.
  2. Assess how bias is reflected in word choice and language use.
  3. Assess how language use affects speaker credibility.
4. Assess how audience diversity can both shape and reflect communication.
5. Apply a variety of techniques for conducting informal and formal audience analysis.
6. Tailor presentations to diverse audiences with consideration to audience values, culture contexts, gender, age, ethnicity, class, educational level, multiple learning styles, context, size and environment.
7. Question why some individuals or groups of individuals are marginalized and learn to create safe spaces where silenced voices can speak freely and honestly.
Select, locate, evaluate and use information technologies and information sources.
1. Determine what information is needed by focusing topic.
2. Develop effective strategies by selecting appropriate search tools (e.g. databases, online catalog and using effective search techniques (e.g. key words, subject headings, Boolean operators).
3. Locate and obtain information sources relevant for the assignment.
4. Critically evaluate information and information sources using such criteria as relevancy, credibility/authority, accuracy, perspective/bias, and timeliness/currency.
5. Question traditional notions of granting authority, and recognize the value of diverse ideas and worldviews.
6. Effectively communicate and document information by synthesizing information, and developing outlines and presentations that give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation (e.g. MLA or APA).
7. Apply legal and ethical principles related to information and its use.
Research, analyze, organize, compose, present, and evaluate informative and persuasive speeches.
1. Select topics appropriate for the speaker, audience, and occasion.
2. Formulate specific thesis statements.
3. Choose an effective organizational pattern such as time-order, spatial order, cause-and-effect, problem-solution, topical, and narrative based on the audience and speech situation.
4. Evaluate and select supporting materials including stories, specific instances and illustrations, explanations and descriptions, definitions, analogies, statistics, and testimony.
5. Draw ideas and examples from personal knowledge and experience.
6. Compose a working speech plan or outline.
7. Identify and use a variety of speech connectors including transitions, previews, and summaries.
8. Conduct a post-presentation analysis.
9. Discuss appropriate and inappropriate communication for specific situations such as job interviews, employer evaluations, and managerial feedback.
Develop confidence in delivering speeches extemporaneously in front of a live audience.
1. Identify sources and symptoms of speech anxiety.
2. Manage speech anxiety through anxiety reduction activities, preparation of progressively accomplished speech assignments, and support by such measures as instructor critique, peer feedback and support groups, and video feedback.
3. Assess how a speaker's voice, non-verbal communication, and delivery style can enhance or distract from the message.
4. Develop an extemporaneous speaking style with an understanding of how pitch, volume, rate, articulation, pronunciation, gestures, body movement, facial expression, eye contact, and posture influence the way speakers communicate with their audience.
5. Examine from an equity lens how race, gender, and privilege influence the use and interpretation of nonverbal cues.
6. Identify criteria for preparing and using appropriate audio and visual aids that reflect current technology.
7. Prepare for question and answer session.
8. Develop and execute a practice plan.
Develop listening skills to foster respectful, reflective, and critical listening appropriate in public presentation.
1. Examine why the ability to listen critically is essential in a democratic society.
2. Analyze how cultural backgrounds affect the listening process.
3. Assess the benefits derived from effective listening.
4. Assess and apply appropriate types of listening based on the speaking purpose and cultural context.
5. Develop listening skills appropriate for assessing and providing useful peer feedback.
Excel as researchers through in-depth investigation of related theoretical concepts and by making interdisciplinary connections.
1. Research and study public speaking concepts in-depth as they relate to public discourse, democracy, advocacy, dialogue, and social change.
2. Make interdisciplinary connections, especially relating to honors project, other honors classes, and major area of study.
Excel as advocates and agents of change through collaboration, mentoring, and engagement in campus dialog.
1. Engage as agents of change in campus community through collaboration, mentoring, community conversations, and leadership in campus advocacy groups.
2. Assess and analyze progress.
3. Reflect on the experience.