COMM 1060 Forensics
This course is designed for students who compete in their first and second semester of competition in intercollegiate speech activities such as debate, platform, oral interpretation, and limited preparation events sponsored by the American Forensic Association (AFA), Phi Rho Pi, and National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA). Students enrolled in this course develop and advance their skills in the appropriate strategies for research, literary criticism, communication analysis, speech composition, speech delivery, and critical thinking. Because of the academically rigorous environment in which students will participate, students should expect to dedicate ten to fifteen hours per week for preparation, time of which two to five hours per week will be with the instructor and the remaining hours are outside of classroom. Prerequisite: Consent of the Instructor. (2 lab)