In this course, students learn and apply foundational rhetorical theories and techniques of public speaking in a multicultural democratic society. Students discover, develop, and critically analyze ideas in public discourse through research, reasoning, organization, composition, delivery to a live audience and evaluation of various types of speeches, including informative and persuasive speeches.
This section is an in-person class with scheduled meetings at Ocean campus. This section is linked to the TRIO Writing Success Project. A tutor supports students in the class, offers weekly small group meetings on Zoom, and students can connect to additional coaching, advising, and other student support activities. See www.ccsf.edu/wsp for more info.