GREAT SPEAKERS AND SPEECHES
Significant speeches from throughout history, generally from the United States. Speakers studied include Pericles, Abraham Lincoln, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass, Emma Watson, John F. Kennedy, Barbara Jordan, Nelson Mandela.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore standing or COM ARTS 260 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Read and discuss a wide variety of speeches Audience: Undergraduate 2. Listen to, comprehend, and assess oral discourse Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand and utilize methods of rhetorical criticism when approaching texts Audience: Undergraduate 4. Engage rhetorical theory in your comprehension and assessment of discourse Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Read and discuss a wide variety of speeches Audience: Undergraduate 2. Listen to, comprehend, and assess oral discourse Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand and utilize methods of rhetorical criticism when approaching texts Audience: Undergraduate 4. Engage rhetorical theory in your comprehension and assessment of discourse Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027