Speech Communication Program

Chairperson: V. McDonald

Faculty: S. Ayers, K. Brown, S. Browner, J. Cohen, B. Crachiolo, V. Daniels, K. Egerton, L. Jones, D. Martin, A. Onyedike, R. Sears, B. Wade, and B. Wooten

The Department of English, Theatre, and Speech Communication offers courses in literature (American, British, and other literature, including literature in translation), speech communication, composition, creative writing, theatre, and film. The Department offers the following majors and concentrations—English (with concentrations in Literature and Writing), English Education with Secondary Teaching Certification, Grades 8-12, Theatre, and Speech Communication—as well as a minor in Speech Communication.

The Department has two principal responsibilities: advancing the student's skill in writing, speech, theatre, and critical analysis, and furthering the student's insight into the meaning and value of human experience through the study of literature and other art forms and through the student's own creativity.

Upon graduation, majors proceed into graduate or other professional schools, secondary teaching, theatre work, communications, or numerous other occupations.

The purpose of the Speech Communication major is to develop in students the ability to be effective, thoughtful, and critical communicators and consumers of communication. Objectives of the major include developing students’:

1. capacities for critical thinking, reasoning, argumentation, and decision making;
2. skills in oral communication;
3. abilities to construct and present effective arguments, interpretations, and critical assessments orally and in writing;
4. abilities to understand and effectively engage in interpersonal, small-group, and organizational communication contexts;
5. understanding of various theories of communication and rhetoric from the classical to contemporary age; and
6. abilities to be discriminating consumers of messages.

Major and Minor

• B.A. Degree with a Major in Speech Communication
• Minor in Speech Communication

 

English, Theatre, and Speech Communication

Programs

• English Program
• Theatre Program
• Speech Communication Program

Courses

• English Courses
• Theatre Courses
• Speech Communication Courses