Speech (SPE)

SPE 050A Speech Clinic

Instruction, practice and drill, with speech recording and playback equipment to improve a variety of speech difficulties. This instruction may be elected by the student, but it may also be required of certain students upon referral by any member of the faculty. Restrictions/Requirements: Tuition is based on 1 credit equivalency.

SPE 100 Voice and Diction for Non-Native Speakers

For non-native speakers of American English only. An intensive phonetic approach utilizing both classroom and language laboratory. Those students who do not to meet minimum departmental standards may be referred for further work in the Foreign Accent Clinic. (Students placed in SPE 100 must register for the course no later than the semester following placement.)

SPE 100C Speech Communication I

SPE 101C Fundamentals of Speech Communication (CAP)

SPE 102 Speech Communication II

Principles of effective speaking and listening. Students prepare and deliver original presentations to inform and persuade. At least one presentation is videotaped.

SPE 102A Public Speaking - ESL

SPE 102C Speech Communication II (CAP)

SPE 102D Fundamentals of Speaking

SPE 103 Oral Interpretation

SPE 109 Basic Principles of Speech

SPE 110 Speech Improvement: Voice and Diction

Fundamentals of speaking with an emphasis on improvement of voice and diction. Students are given opportunities to gain experience as communicators in a variety of settings while they put to use newly learning therapy techniques designed to correct speech and language anomalies. Videotapes and recordings are used for evaluation and study.

SPE 110A Speech Improvement: Voice and Diction

SPE 110B Speech Improvement: Voice and Diction

SPE 122 Modern Parliamentary Procedure

SPE 123 Psycholinguistics

The nature of the human ability to use language from a linguistic, biologic, and psychological viewpoint. Topics include the structure of language, animal communications, language acquisition, and comprehension, and production strategies.

SPE 125 Listening

Theory and practice of listening techniques as an aid to effective remembering and note taking.

SPE 150A Voice and Speech Science I

SPE 169 American Sign Language: Fingerspelling and Numbers

This course is designed to develop basic receptive and expressive fingerspelling and numbers skills. The course also will provide management strategies to use receptive skills. The course includes fingerspelling styles and numerical definitions in many short narratives with lexicalized fingerspelling and ASL number systems.

SPE 196 Topics in Music and Expression of Sound

SPE 196A Topic in Speech: Speech Production and Perception

SPE 200B Topic: Current Perspectives on Human Interaction

SPE 200C Topic: Censorship and the Media

SPE 200E Topic in Speech: Milestones in Media

SPE 200F Speech Criticism

SPE 200K Topic: Introduction to Hearing Science and Audio Measurement

SPE 200L Topic: Communication and Popular Culture

SPE 203 Persuasive Speaking

An advanced course in the theories and concepts of persuasion. Includes both interpersonal and public strategies and patterns.

SPE 206 Public Speaking

SPE 207 Argumentation and Debate

Modern debate with emphasis on its basic reasoning and strategy. Students participate in case development and in educational and political debates.

SPE 208 Business and Professional Speech

Effective oral presentation of business, technical, and professional reports. Modern trends in the use of visual aids. Contemporary model speeches studied; students write and present original material.

SPE 211 History of Public Address

SPE 214 Interpersonal Communication

SPE 215 Oral Interpretation

The study of techniques that will help the student to develop an ability to recreate orally and respond to the emotional values of great literature. Literary types are analyzed and presented to an audience. Recommended for prospective teachers.

SPE 217 Radio and Television Announcing

Introduction to broadcasting performance as an announcer for news, music, and public interest shows; studio hardware and techniques; student performance in studio setting, feedback, and critique.

SPE 218 Broadcast Lab I

SPE 231 Speech in the Marketplace

SPE 240 Introduction to Communication Disorders

SPE 296 Topics in Speech

Designed for Speech Communication majors and nonmajors. It will deal with a variety of topics of a current or general nature, as listed in the undergraduate course schedule. Certain topics may require a fee in addition to tuition.

SPE 296A Topic: Community Partnership in Learning I

SPE 296B Topic: Community Partnership in Learning II

SPE 296C Topic: Propaganda

Propaganda is inherently neither evil nor virtuous: it is a systematic technique of persuasion of large groups of people using the mass media. This course examines the nature and techniques of propaganda necessary for an understanding of mass communication, history, public opinion, and politics.

SPE 296D Topic: Public Address and Listening

SPE 296E Topic: Basic American Sign Language II

Designed for Speech Communication majors and non majors. It will deal with a variety of topics of a current or general nature, as listed in the undergraduate course schedule. Certain topics may require a fee in addition to tuition.Restriction/Requirement: pre-req or permission of Instructor

SPE 296F Topic in Speech: Male and Female Communication

Do men and women communicate differently? Do they use words differently? Do they understand them differently? And if they do, how did things get this way?

SPE 309 Speechwriting

SPE 321 Professional Speech Workshop

Advanced voice and speech techniques for students who intend to become professional communicators: speakers, teachers, actors, executives, etc. Video and audio tapes are used for student appraisals. Restrictions/Requirements: junior standing.

SPE 327 Debate Practicum

A minimum of 6 hours per week of active preparation for intercollegiate debate competition. Includes: Regular practice debates, research and preparation on the national college debate topic; participation in performance and speaking drills to improve effectiveness as a debater.

SPE 393 Internship in Communication I

Practical experience in communication is provided in cooperation with major communication firms, allied industries, and clinics in the metropolitan area. Internship assignments usually require 20-25 hours per week. Some, but not all, provide compensation. Restrictions/Requirements: Listed prereq or permission of the department Chairperson.

SPE 394 Internship in Communication II

Same course as SPE 393, except SPE 394 must be taken for general elective credit only. Approval of SPE 394 is granted only under special circumstances.

SPE 395 Independent Study in Speech

With the approval of the appropriate faculty member, the department Chairperson, and the academic dean, students may select a topic for guided research that is not included in the regular course offerings. The student meets regularly with the faculty member to review progress. A research paper or project must also be submitted.Restrictions/Requirements: Junior standing, a minimum CQPA of 3.00

SPE 395A Independent Study in Speech (A)

SPE 395B Independent Study in Speech (B)

SPE 395C Independent Study in Speech (C)