Public Speaking:Persuasion

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

Persuasive Communication is a performance course designed to help you become a more effective, confident, and competent communicator. Specifically this course is organized to help you: 1) Develop the ability to organize a persuasive message effectively by structuring and adapting material to your audience and the rhetorical situation. 2) Develop the ability to convey persuasive messages orally with clarity, credibility, and conviction. 3) Develop critical thinking and analytic skills by examining how persuasive communication impacts our culture and exerts social influence.