Undergraduate Information

Basic Communication Courses

COMS 130: Speaker-Audience Communication Study of the rhetorical theory and its application to the preparation, presentation, and criticism of oral discourse in audience situations. Special consideration of listening behavior and of the ethical conduct of speech in a free society. This course fulfills the college oral communication requirement. Not open to students with credit in COMS 150/COMS 151. COMS 150: Personal Communication This course in an introduction to the communication theory, process, and skill. The course seeks to increase the student's understanding of communication theory, both interpersonal and public, and of his or her own communicative behavior. Class projects and participation urge students to apply this theoretical knowledge to a variety of settings, including interpersonal and addressing groups and audiences. This course does not fulfill the College Oral Communication requirement. Not open to those who have credit in COMS 130. COMS 230: Fundamentals of Debate Introduction to the principles of debating. Emphasis on debating techniques, analysis of the question, methods of using evidence, refutation, and brief making. This course fulfills the College oral communication requirement.