Speech Arts (Speech)
1X. Corrective Speech (2)
Required of students whose speech tests suggest need for special help.
May not apply on speech major, minor, or general education. Diagnosis and
correction of the more pronounced speech difficulties, individual conferences.
(hours arranged)
21. Fundamentals of Oral Communication (3)
Satisfies general education speech requirement. Understanding and practicing
the skills of oral communication-observation, organization, reasoning, semantics,
transmission, listening, and problem solving.
22. Fundamentals of Interpretation (3)
Basic techniques of interpretative speech.
23. Oral Reading (3)
Prerequisite: Speech 21. Effective reading of varied types of literary material.
24. Fundamentals of Public Speaking (3)
Satisfies general education speech requirement. Communication of ideas by
means of the informal talk; persuasiveness; clarity of thinking and grammatical
accuracy.
25. Debate (3)
Maximum total credit 6 units. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Theory,
techniques, and experience in intercollegiate debating.
26. Group Discussion (3)
Group investigation of appropriate materials; group discussion techniques;
mature and rational approach to problem solving.
27. Parliamentary Practice (2)
Conducting meetings; practice in chairmanship; organizing societies.
33. Elementary Techniques of Acting (3)
Techniques of dramatic presentation. Concentrated laboratory procedure.
34. Elementary Stagecraft (2 or 3) (Same as Ind Arts 34)
Maximum total credit 6 units. Introduction to the technical theater; scene
construction, scene painting, property, selection, stage lighting, sound
production. Lecture, demonstration; laboratory experience in preparing plays
for public performance.
38. Theater Workshop (2)
Maximum total credit 4 units. Play production. Participation in major
Playhouse presentations; acting and technical work.
40. Introduction to Radio and Television Broadcasting (3)
Radio and television as media of mass communication; practice in application
of oral and visual techniques to the broadcast situation.
41. Elementary Radio Production (3)
Prerequisite: Speech 40. Director's techniques and tools; microphone setups,
sound effects, music, script analysis, casting, control operation, and oral
techniques. Lecture. laboratory.
62. Introduction to Theater (3) (Same as Engl. 62)
Prerequisite: Engl. 1A. Theatrical history and dramatic literature; major
types of drama, analysis of representative examples.
76. Speech Clinic (1 or 2)
For prospective teachers; open to others. Prerequisite: Speech 21. Intensive
drill in voice and reading techniques.
110. Speech Activities (1)
Maximum total credit 2 units. Open only to speech majors and minors. Continuation
of Speech 10.
122. Interpretation (3)
Maximum total credit 6 units. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. For
students desiring to develop appreciation and interpretative ability as
well as for those interested in platform work. Oral interpretation of lyric
poetry, monologues, narratives, and drama.
124. Business and Professional Speaking (3)
Maximum total credit 6 units. Prerequisite: Speech 24. Preparation and delivery
of speeches; speech outlines; form of public address; court room plea, pulpit
address, platform lecture, after dinner speech.
125. Advanced Debate (3)
Maximum total credit 6 units. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Continuation
of Speech 25.
126. Advanced Group Discussion (3)
Prerequisite: Speech 26. Analysis of types and techniques of group discussion
with extensive experience in the organization and preparation of discussions.
129. Motion Picture Evaluation (2-2)
Criteria for motion picture selection; use of reviews and judgment by
critics and organizations; critical observation; appreciation and enjoyment.
130. Verse Choir (2)
Maximum total credit 4 units. Selection of poetry appropriate for verse
choir on various educational levels; role of verse choir in speech teaching;
plotting of voice arrangements.
131A-B. Playwriting (2-2) or (3-3) (Same as Engl. 131A-B)
Prerequisite: Engl. 1A. (a) Theater as a medium; fundamentals of playwriting;
play analysis; exploration of folk material. (b) One-act playwriting; critical
analysis and revision; experimental production of complete scripts.
132. Theater Business Management (1)
Minimum total credit 2 units. Planning for audience reception; theater house
and business management
133. Advanced Techniques of Acting (3)
Prerequisites: Speech 33; permission of instructor. Advanced acting techniques.
Performance in laboratory theater productions.
134. Advanced Stagecraft (1-3) (Same as Ind. Arts 134)
Maximum total credit 6 units. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Theory
and practice in production design.
135. Stage Costume and Make-up (2)
Theory of costume and make-up; laboratory applications in major Playhouse
productions.
136. Methods in Speech Education (3) (Same as Educ. 136)
Prerequisites: junior standing and speech major or minor. Bibliographies,
course outlines, lesson plans, and methods of teaching speech; adaptation
to grade and needs.
137. Dramatization in Elementary Education (2)
(Same as Educ. 137)
Basic techniques for the use of dramatization in elementary education; socio-drama,
dramatization of school subjects, creative dramatic play, preparation of
assembly and public program.
138. Advanced Theater Workshop (2)
Maximum total credit 6 units. Continuation of Speech 38.
139A-B. Play Direction (3-3)
(a) Prerequisite: Speech 33. Techniques of play direction; classroom projects
in picturization and movement. (b) Prerequisite: Art 119B. Supervised direction
of one-act plays for the laboratory theater.
140A-B. Radio and Television Workshop (2-2)
Maximum total credit each course, 4 units. (a) Prerequisite: Speech 41.
Techniques of effective radio production; practice and experimentation in
presentation of programs for broadcast. (b) Prerequisite: Speech 144. Techniques
of effective television production; practice and experimentation in closed-circuit
presentation of program units.
141A-B. Radio and Television Continuity Writing (3-3)
Prerequisite: Engl. 1A. Application of principles of creative writing to
radio and television broadcasting; analysis and writing of radio and television
plays, writing skills and standards of criticism.
142. Radio and Television News Broadcasting (2) (Same as Journ.
142)
Prerequisites: Engl. 1A; Jour. 114. All aspects of radio and television
news broad- casting; analysis and use of the techniques in editing and writing.
143. Radio and Television in Education (2) (Same as Educ. 143)
Philosophy, objectives, and uses of radio and television in education; place
of radio and television in the curriculum, classroom utilization, out-of-school
listening and viewing; advantages and limitations of the media; evaluation
of school broadcasts; program planning.
144. Advanced Television Production (2)
Prerequisite: Speech 44. Organization and planning of the television production.
145. Radio and Television Station Operation and Programming (2)
Prerequisite: Speech 44. Organization, management, and programming of radio
and television stations, correlation of department functions; rules and
regulations governing operation. Experiment in broadcasts; apprenticeships
in local stations.
149. Radio and Television Announcing (2)
Prerequisite : Speech 44. Development of professional radio and television
announcing skills; participation hi radio and television broadma over local
commercial stations. (Lecture-lab)
150. Survey of Methods in Speech Correction (2)
(Former Speech 120)
Speech correction in public schools; classification of speech defects and
disorders; causes; correctional problems.
151. Phonetics (2)
Study of the speech sounds of American discrimination of phonetic elements
and transcription of a variety of speech patterns through use of phonetics.
152. Methods in Correction of Speech Defects (2)
Prerequisites: Speech 150, 151. Development of speech correction methods
adapted to speech-handicapped child in public school program; observation
of clinical practice; Planning materials for clinical and school use.
153. Stuttering (2)
Prerequisite : Speech 150, 152 or permission of instructor. Causes and therapies
in current use; parent-child relationships; therapeutic approaches to improvement
of interpersonal relationships and alleviation of stuttering symptom.
154. Speech Pathology (2)
Prerequisite: Speech 152. Causation and therapy procedures for organic speech
disorders, including cleft palate, cerebral palsy, aphasia, voice disorders.
155. Clinical Practice in Speech and Hearing Therapy (2)
Maximum total credit 6 units. Prerequisite : Speech 152, permission of instructor.
Supervised clinical practice in speech and hearing therapy with a variety
of speech and hearing problems; diagnosis of speech deficiencies, procedures
of referral to other agencies, parent counseling; case records.
160. Audiometry and Hearing Conservation (3) (See Hlth. Ed. 160)
161. Lip Reading and Auditory Training (2) (Same as Educ. 161)
162A-B. Shakespeare (3-3) (See Engl. 162A-B)
172A-B. History of the Drama (3-3) (See Engl 172A)
189A-B-C-D. Projects in Production (2-2-2-2)
Maximum total credit for any combination 6 units. Prerequisite: permission
of instructor. Practical work on all phases of production in laboratory
theater, local radio and television stations and forensics. (A) theatre,
(B) radio, (C) television, (D) forensics.
190. Independent Study (1-5)
(See Course Numbering System.)
Speech Arts (Spceeh)
222. Seminar in Interpretation (2)
Analysis of interpretation as an art and as a skill; problems in reading
famous literary passages; arrangement of interpretative programs and festivals;
techniques in cutting books and plays for review; preparation of poetry
for dramatization.
223. Seminar in Speech Pathology (2 or 3)
Prerequisites: Speech 152, 154. Projects in library research or in experimentation.
224. Seminar in Public Speaking (2)
Great orators of the past; function of public speaking in speech training;
organization of discussion patterns; lecture forum, informal groups, panel,
symposium; principles of cooperation solution of social and economic problems;
analysis of types of briefs and delivery.
239. Advanced Play Production (2 or 3)
Prerequisite: Speech 189A. The selection, casting and direction of a three-act
play for public presentation.
290. Independent Study (1-5)
299. Thesis (2-4)
Note: Students must have earned at least a C in all courses considered as
meeting the prerequisite requirements.