MyCerritos
Speech Courses Offered
Speech 30: Communication Disorders
This course is designed for students with communication difficulty. Speech Language Hearing problems such as articulation, stuttering, voice disorders, regional or foreign dialects, language impairments due to a hearing loss are dealt with be individual or small group therapy.
Speech 31: Communication Disorders
This course is a continuation of individualized and or small group therapy for students with a communication difficulty, such as articulation, stuttering, voice disorders, regional or foreign dialects, language usage, and speech and language impairments due to hearing loss.
Speech 32: Communication Disorders
Limitation on enrollment: consultation by a certified speech pathologist. This course is for those students who have speech, hearing language difficulties such as articulation problems stuttering, voice disorders, regional or foreign dialects, and speech impairments due to hearing difficulties. This course provides individual of small group therapy.
Speech 45: Speech Communication for Careers
This course is a practicum in speech communication within a career or occupational role. Theory will serve as a basis for the practical application of communication principles. Effective interaction with superiors, co-workers and public is stressed.
Speech AED-46T: Individualized Speech
This courses explores topics in speech communication necessary for successful communication interactions to occur in college or community settings and in the workplace. This course may be taught every semester.
Speech 60: Introduction to Communication
This course is designed for students who need an introductory course in oral communication. It will aid them in conversation, small group interaction, identification of speaking purposes, supporting ideas, and listening skills. Videotape is used as an evaluation tool.
Speech 100: Fundamentals of Oral Communication
An introduction to the field of communication, with emphasis on the history of communication study, theories important to all areas of communication, the contexts in which communication occurs, and the issues that must be faced by students of communication. Also serves as an introduction to the strands of communication study: interpersonal/small group, rhetoric, intercultural, organizational and mass communication.
Speech110: Intercultural Communication
Provides an introduction to communication between people from different cultures. Course content focuses on the application of theory and research to intercultural communication. The topics and activities are designed to develop communication skills that improve competence in intercultural situations.
Speech 120: Interpersonal Communication
Introduction to principles and skills of effective communication between individuals. Study of verbal and non-verbal channels, person perception, conflict resolution, listening and communication barriers. Individual and small group activities.
Speech 130: Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Instruction in public speaking stressing audience analysis, organization and support of ideas. Students prepare and deliver speeches on topics of current concern. Videotaped replays and instructor evaluation provide feedback on performance.
Speech 132: Group Discussion
Introduction to communication skills in task-oriented small groups. Includes focus on planning, participating in, and leading meetings; decision-making and problem-solving methods; forms of discussion; and social dimensions. Small group projects.
Speech 140: Oral Interpretation of Literature
This course focuses on the analysis and interpretation of both prose and verse literature, including study of voice production, structure and content of literature and techniques of effective oral communication of meaning from the printed page.
Speech 145: Storytelling
This course is the an introduction to the history of storytelling and the techniques of listening, preparation, and the presentation of stories to various age groups an in various settings. Students acquaint themselves with various literary genres-folk tales, sagas, epics, legends, myths, poetry, and drama.
Speech 150: Organizational Communication
This course presents theories and principles of communication with an emphasis on application of concepts relevant to workplace communication. This course focuses on variables that influence the communication process within the context of business and organizations. The combined application of speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills in business and professional settings will be emphasized.
Speech 229: Speech Language Development in Children
This course focuses on distinctive features of normal speech and language development in children in multicultural society
Speech 235: Argumentation & Debate
Develops skills of inquiry and advocacy, including critical analysis and rules of evidence. Practice in using, planning, delivering and refuting arguments in a variety of extemporaneous formats.
Speech 236 Beginning Forensics Workshops
Speech 237 Intermediate Forensics Workshops
Speech 238 Advanced Forensics Workshops
Speech 239 Forensics Workshops
Workshops provide students with numerous opportunities to improve oral communication, organizational, and research skills while developing self confidence and reducing speaking anxiety Workshops include competition at intercollegiate speech and debate tournaments and may include on campus and/or community speaking opportunities. Emphasis is on student competition and events development. These courses are recommended for all speech majors.
Speech 271 Voice and Articulation
This course focuses on anatomy and physiology of the speech and hearing mechanism, as well as phonetic transcription skills, the process of normal articulation in English for native and non-native speakers, and voicing techniques.