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Speech Communication Option Requirements

Humanities Program A.A. Degree

This Option is for students who wish to transfer to a four-year college with a major in Speech Communication or Communication. Career options open to four-year Speech Communication majors include teaching, advertising, sales, corporate training, public relations and broadcast journalism. Students taking this option are urged to participate in Brookdale’s competitive speech team. The combination of theoretical and applied oral communication courses within liberal arts studies allow students to transfer to four-year colleges and universities as Speech, Speech Communication, or Communication majors.

Graduates of this program will be able to:

• Demonstrate rhetorical competence by effectively delivering oral presentations in a variety of contexts
• Utilize critical thinking to create and evaluate oral messages
• Demonstrate information literacy by collecting, analyzing, organizing and evaluating information to create effective oral messages
• Utilize appropriate technology to communicate with others, create and use visual aids, and/or create mediated messages via technology
• Utilize personal development skills by meeting course deadlines, meeting, attendance requirements sand managing communication apprehension
• Utilize effective oral communication skills with culturally diverse and/or multiple audiences
• Practice oral communication skills to work effectively within teams to complete tasks; demonstrate effective conflict resolution skills in both small group and interpersonal settings

REQUIREMENTS

General Education

45 credits as described in the current Brookdale Community College Catalog (p.47). Speech 115: Public Speaking is on the required list of General Education.

Career Studies

3 credits as follows:

SPCH 130 Interpersonal Communication

Career Studies: 9 credits from among the following:

Course                                            Credits             

SPCH 125: Oral Interpretation             3

SPCH 126: Small Group Discussion    3

SPCH 127: Voice & Diction                 3

SPCH 215: Argumentation & Debate    3

SPCH 226: Speech Practicum             3

SPCH 295: Special Project ~Speech    3

SOCI 105: Intercultural Communication 3

Electives

3 credits

Suggested Sequence ~ For students matriculated before July 1, 2007

Humanities Program A.A. Degree

Speech Communication Option:

The following sequence is an example of how this degree can be completed in two years.  This sequence is based on satisfaction of all Basic Skills requirements and prerequisites and presumes a Fall Term start date.  An individual's program may vary depending on transfer institution, career objectives, or individual needs.  See your counselor for other options and to monitor your progress.

Semester I                  Semester II               Semester III                           Semester IV

Spch 115        3       Spch 130        3          Career Studies     3              Career Studies       3         

Eng 121          3       Eng 122          3         Career Studies      3              Cultural & Global    3

Humanties      3      History             3         History                 3               Humanities            3

Comp 129       3     Science            3-4       Social Science     3               Math/Science       3-4

Math              15   Social Science   3         Humanities           3              Elective                 3        

 ________                       __________                         _________                              _________

 15 credits                          15-16 credits                     15 credits                          15-16 credits

TOTAL CREDITS IN PROGRAM = 60-62