All courses which meet any of the general education competencies must have on the course syllabi a list of the general education competencies met by that course.
Goal: Students will continue to develop skills taught in Composition, applying them in the context of a particular discipline.
“Students will be able to:
(a) Use writing to explore and gain a basic familiarity with the questions,val ues and analytical or critical thinking methods used in the discipline;
(b) Locate, analyze, evaluate and use source material or data in their writing in a manner appropriate to intended audiences (popular or within the discipline).
SPEE 100 Fundamentals of Communication
SPEE 102 Public Speaking
"Students will be able to:
(a) understand/demonstrate communication processes through invention,
organization, drafting, revision, editing and presentation;
(b) participate effectively in groups with emphasis on listening, critical and
reflective thinking, and responding;
(c) analyze, evaluate, and synthesize in a responsible manner material from
diverse sources and points of view;
(d) select appropriate communication choices for specific audiences;
(e) construct logical and coherent arguments;
(f) use authority, point of view, and individual voice and style in
communications;
(g) employ syntax, usage and analytical techniques appropriate to academic
disciplines and the professional world."
SPEE 310 Performance of Literature
"Students will be able to:
(a) demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in the arts and
humanities;
(b) understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within
an historical and social context;
(c) respond critically to works in the arts and humanities;
(d) engage in the creative process or interpretive performance;
(e) articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities."
SPEE 203 Intercultural Communication
"Students will be able to:
(a) understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities
in the history and culture of the United States;
(b) demonstrate an awareness of the individual and institution dynamics of
unequal power relations between groups in contemporary society;
(c) analyze and evaluate their own attitudes, behaviors, concepts, and beliefs
regarding diversity, racism, and bigotry;
(d) describe and discuss the experience and contributions (political, social,
economic, artistic, humanistic, etc.) of the many groups that shape American
society and culture, in particular those groups which have suffered
discrimination and exclusion;
(e) demonstrate communication skills necessary for living and working
effectively in a society with great population diversity."
SPEE 203 Intercultural Communication
"Students will be able to:
(a) describe, analyze, and evaluate political, economic, humanistic, artistic,
social and cultural elements which influence relations of nations and peoples
in their historical and contemporary dimensions;
(b) demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic
differences;
(c) analyze specific international problems illustrating cultural, economic,
artistic, humanistic, social, and political differences which affect their
solution;
(d) understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world
citizens share for their common global future."
SPEE 300 Ethics and Free Speech
"Students will be able to:
(a) examine, articulate, and apply their own ethical views;
(b) understand and apply core concepts (e.g. politics, rights and obligations,
justice, liberty) to specific issues;
(c) analyze and reflect on the ethical dimensions of legal, social, and
scientific issues;
(d) recognize the diversity of political motivations and interests of others;
(e) identify ways to exercise the rights and responsibilities of
citizenship."
SPEE 220 Forensics
SPEE 310 Performance of Literature
"Students will be able to:
(a) participate effectively in a variety of artistic, educational, political,
recreational, health and public service, or social settings;
(b) interact with others of another culture in its indigenous setting through a
structured experience;
(c) participate cooperatively in group athletic activity or artistic
performance."
All courses which are required of students seeking teaching licensure in English/Speech must display the specific Standards for Effective Practice: Initial Licensure in Communication Arts and Literature which are met by each course. The following courses meet some of these standards:
SPEE 102 Public Speaking
SPEE 315 Effective Listening
SPEE 404 Methods of Teaching Speech
SPEE 430 Directing Forensic Activities
Standards for Effective Practice:
Successful completion of this course signifies that a student has demonstrated
specific components of the Standards for Effective Practice for Initial Teacher
Licensure in Communication Arts and Literature. The specific components of the
Standard which are demonstrated in this course include: A15, B1e, B2d, B3d.
Standards for Effective Practice
Successful completion of this course signifies that a student has demonstrated
specific components of the Standards for Effective Practice for Initial Teacher
Licensure in Communication Arts and Literature. The specific components of the
Standard which are demonstrated in this course include: B4a, B4b, B4c, B4d.
Standards for Effective Practice:
Successful completion of this course signifies that a student has demonstrated
specific components of the Standards for Effective Practice for Initial Teacher
Licensure in Communication Arts and Literature. The specific components of the
Standard which are demonstrated in this course include: A3, A4, A8, A9, A10,
A12, A13, A14, B3a, B3b, B3c, B5a, B5b, B5c, B5d, C1, C2, C3, C5, C9
Standards for Effective Practice:
Successful completion of this course signifies that a student has demonstrated
specific components of the Standards for Effective Practice for Initial Teacher
Licensure in Communication Arts and Literature. The specific components of the
Standard which are demonstrated in this course include: A3, A4, A7, A8, A9,
A11, A16, C4, C6, C7.
