This skills-based course is meant to help you become a better public speaker through theory
and, most importantly, practice. We will learn concepts and models of communication, how
to adapt a speech for different occasions and audiences, how to effectively support your
ideas, how to select and organize materials in preparation for a speech, and how to utilize
multimedia tools in presentations, among other skills. You should become a better public speaker and
listener, while thinking about and maintaining ethical standards.