COMM 45 - Introduction to Public Speaking

    Recent Professors
    Lahey Christopher Thomas Bijan, Rodolfo Shiela Mercado, Johnson Erik Daniel
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2025
    Class Size
    40 students
    Difficulty
    4.7Moderateout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Summer 2025 Sections
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    Transfers To
    Not transferable
    Description
    In this course, students learn and apply foundational rhetorical theories and techniques of public speaking in a multicultural democratic society. Students discover, develop, and critically analyze ideas in public discourse through research, reasoning, organization, composition, delivery to a live audience and evaluation of various types of speeches, including informative and persuasive speeches. Formerly COMM 045.