This course emphasizes learning through doing. Students work together in small groups to examine and apply course concepts and they speak every class, beginning in the first session: Early speaking efforts, however, are not formally evaluated. Part of each class is given over to workshop practice of verbal, vocal and non-verbal speech delivery skills. Students speak both extemporaneously and in an impromptu manner, serve as chairperson on speech occasions, and evaluate their own and their classmates' presentations using specific criteria developed in the course. They are expected to be familiar with the course text.
Students will be assessed using a variety of methods such as those listed below.
| Quizzes | 10% |
| Written Audience Analysis Assignment | 10% |
| Oral Presentations (including other Impromptu and extemporaneous speeches with presentation aids) | 60% |
| Self and Peer Evaluations | 10% |
| Attendance, Participation, Professional Conduct, and Ungraded Assignments | 10% |
| TOTAL | 100% |
Overarching goal:
By the end of the course, successful students are better equipped to prepare and deliver effective oral presentations in a variety of contexts.
Knowledge:
By the end of the course, successful students are able to:
Skills:
By the end of the course, successful students are able to:
Attitudes:
By the end of the course, successful students gain greater appreciation for:
A course textbook, in current edition, such as one of the following will be selected for the course. Wherever possible a Canadian edition will be chosen.
No prerequisite courses.
No corequisite courses.
No equivalent courses.
This course is not required for any other course.
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
| Institution | Transfer Details | Effective Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU CMNS 185 (3) | 2018/09/01 to - |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU CMNS 1120 (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
| Langara College (LANG) | LANG CMNS 1115 (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | No credit | 2020/09/01 to - |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | DOUG CMNS 1111 (3) & DOUG CMNS 1125 (3) = SFU CMNS 200 (3) | 2004/09/01 to 2011/12/31 |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | DOUG CMNS 1111 (3) & DOUG CMNS 1125 (3) = SFU CMNS 2XX (3) | 2012/01/01 to 2020/08/31 |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | DOUG CMNS 1111 (3) & DOUG CMNS 1125 (3) = SFU CMNS 200 (3) | 2004/09/01 to 2011/12/31 |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | DOUG CMNS 1111 (3) & DOUG CMNS 1125 (3) = SFU CMNS 2XX (3) | 2012/01/01 to - |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU SPEE 150 (3) | 2004/09/01 to 2010/08/31 |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU SPEE 1500 (3) | 2010/09/01 to - |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU COMM 211 (3) | 2004/09/01 to 2016/04/30 |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | No credit | 2005/05/01 to - |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | No credit | 2004/09/01 to - |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | No credit | 2004/09/01 to - |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV CMNS 235 (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC THEA 150 (1.5) | 2004/09/01 to - |