Course Listings/Descriptions SPC - Speech Communication

SPC 2016 Basic Communication Skills . . . . . 3(F,S,SS)
Formal and informal strategies of human communication. Emphasizes public presentational skills, interpersonal communication, small group communication and problem solving using lecture and experiential learning format. (General Studies Course: HUM/VAL)

SPC 3301 Interpersonal Communication . . . . . 3(F,S,SS)
Emphasizes link between interpersonal communication skills and relationship building in personal and professional contexts. Includes components on self awareness, impression management, rapport building, developing intimacy, managing conflict, ethical use of interpersonal power, diversity issues, leadership, and using technology to facilitate interpersonal communication. Involves hands on, service learning project which provides the opportunity to practice interpersonal skills in a professional setting. Prerequisite: SPC 2016.

SPC 3425 Group and Team Communication . . . . . 3(F)
Focuses on appropriate and effective communication for task oriented teams. Includes components on building cohesion, managing group conflict, valuing diversity, principled leadership, problem analysis, information gathering, and conducting focus group interview. Promotes development of critical thinking, leadership skills, team based problem solving skills and use of communication technologies through hands on student learning project. Prerequisite: SPC 2016

SPC 3594 Practicum in Forensics . . . . . 1(F,S,SS)
Active forensics participation through library research, topic analysis, discussion, practice and travel to intercollegiate tournaments. Permission of instructor is required.

SPC 3602 Advanced Presentational Strategies . . . . . 3(CALL DEPT)
Professional public speaking course emphasizing all aspects of oral communication leadership competencies. Includes development and performance of oral reports, refutable, persuasive, informative, and ceremonial speaking styles. Involves hands on student learning which promotes competent use of technologies used in public presentations. Prerequisite: SPC 2016.

SPC 3605 Speech Writing, Analysis and Delivery . . . . . 3(CALL DEPT)
Practical application in writing, analyzing and delivering speeches for intercollegiate individual events, applied communication research, and alternatives in speech communication including special occasion speaking.

SPC 4621 Contemporary Southern Rhetoric . . . . . 3(CALL DEPT)
Recent South (post-1954) and rhetorical strategy in religion, politics, business, art, music and other forms of Southern life. Offered concurrently with SPC 5625; graduate students will be assigned additional work.

SPC 4634 Rhetoric of the Southern Civil Rights Movement . . . . . 3(CALL DEPT)
In-depth study of the role of public communication in the struggle for civil rights carried on in the South (1954-1968). Offered concurrently with SPC 5635; graduate students will be assigned additional work.

SPC 4710 Intercultural Communication . . . . . 3(F)
Cultural factors which influence communication between representatives of different cultures, either on a dyadic, small-group, or public speaking level. Offered concurrently with SPC˙5715; graduate students will be assigned additional work.

SPC 5625 Contemporary Southern Rhetoric . . . . . 3(CALL DEPT)
Recent South (post-1954) and rhetorical strategy in religion, politics, business, art, music and other forms of Southern life. Offered concurrently with SPC 4621; graduate students will be assigned additional work.

SPC 5635 Rhetoric of the Southern Civil Rights Movement . . . . . 3(CALL DEPT)
In-depth study of the role of public communication in the struggle for civil rights carried on in the South (1954-1968). Offered concurrently with SPC 4634; graduate students will be assigned additional work.

SPC 5715 Intercultural Communication . . . . . 3(F)
Cultural factors which influence communication between representatives of different cultures, either on a dyadic, small-group, or public speaking level. Offered concurrently with SPC˙4710; graduate students will be assigned additional work.

SPC 6238 Communication in Southern Civil Rights Movement . . . . . 3(CALL DEPT)
Focuses on the civil rights movement as a social movement and the role of communication in the movement. Students will relate to social movement theory and the current understanding about persuasion to various campaigns in the civil rights movement in an effort to confirm, modify or reject the conventional wisdom.