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Fact Book, 04-05
Documenting who we are and what we do.
Faculty
- Professor Ray Dearin (rhetorical theory, public address, political communication).
- Associate Professor Amy Slagell (scholarship of teaching & learning public speaking, women's oratory, presidential rhetoric); on leave SY 04-05.
- Assistant Professor Jean Goodwin (rhetorical theory, argumentation, scholarship of teaching & learning argumentation, oratory).
- Assistant Professor Margaret LaWare (visual and material culture and public culture, rhetorical theory and criticism, feminist theory and criticism, rhetoric of war).
- Connie Ringlee, Lecturer (listening, speech education, speaking across the curriculum).
- Paul Kaufmann (ret.)
- Jane Vallier (ret.)
Major
- Required courses:
- Cm St 101. Introduction to Communication Studies
- Sp Cm 212. Fundamentals of Public Speaking.
- Sp Cm 305. Semantics.
- Sp Cm 327. Persuasion.
- Sp Cm 412. Rhetorical Criticism.
- Sp Cm 497. Capstone Seminar.
- Elective courses (offered by the program):
- Sp Cm 110. Listening.
- Sp Cm 312. Business and Professional Speaking.
- Sp Cm 313. Communication for the Classroom Teacher.
- Sp Cm 322. Argumentation, Debate, and Critical Thinking.
- Sp Cm 323. Gender and Communication.
- Sp Cm 324. Legal Communication.
- Sp Cm 416. American Public Address.
- Sp Cm 417. Campaign Rhetoric.
- Elective courses (cross-listed into the program):
- Sp Cm 205. Popular Culture Analysis.
- Sp Cm 325. Nonverbal Communication.
- Sp Cm 350. Rhetoric and the History of Ideas.
- Sp Cm 410. Persuasion in the Athenian Democracy.
Students in major
Term |
# of majors |
# graduating |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fall '05 |
21 |
2 |
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Spring '05 |
24 |
7 |
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Fall '04 |
24 |
3 |
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Spring '04 |
x |
x |
|||
Fall '03 |
20 |
6 |
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Spring '03 |
32 |
9 |
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Students graduated with minor
Term |
# of minors |
|
|---|---|---|
SY 04-05 |
14 |
|
SY 03-04 |
14 |
|
SY 02-03 |
8 |
|
Students in classes, 04-05 School Year (not including Sp Cm 212)
Class |
Total students |
Nonmajors |
|---|---|---|
110S |
197 |
194 |
110F |
199 |
197 |
110Su |
x |
x |
212H F |
20 |
20 |
305F |
29 |
26 |
305S |
x |
x |
305Su |
x |
x |
312F |
x |
x |
312S |
x |
x |
312Su |
x |
x |
322F |
27 |
23 |
323F |
33 |
30 |
323S |
33 |
31 |
323S |
28 |
28 |
327F |
24 |
22 |
327S |
47 |
40 |
327Su |
x |
x |
412S |
12 |
6 |
416F |
x |
x |
417F |
27 |
19 |
497X |
x |
x |
Total |
xxx |
xxx |
Speech Communication 212, Fundamentals of Public Speaking
- Summer, 2005: 12 sections, 7 teaching assistants, ca. 250 students enrolled.
- Spring, 2005: 28 sections, 10 teaching assistants, ca. 615 students enrolled.
- Fall, 2004: 33 sections, 10 teaching assistants, ca. 715 students enrolled.
