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)
10. Speech Activities (1)
Maximum total credit 2 units. Open only to speecch majors and minors. Orientation
to speech fields,; participation in organized speech arts division activities.
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. Argumentation and Debate (3)
For prelaw students, majors and minors in speech and social sciences, and
first year debate squad. Principles of arguementation and debating; lectures
and practice 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.
44. Elementary Television Production (3)
Prerequisite: Speech 40. Fundamentals of television broadcasting techniques
and program planning.
62A-B. Introduction to Theater (3-3) (Same as Engl. 62A-B)
Prerequisite: Engl. 1A. (a) History of European theater and of its component
arts from ancient Greece through the mid-nineteenth century; analysis of
representative examples. (b) From Ibsen to the present, including the history
of the theater in America.
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. Group Discussion (3)
Analysis of types and techniques of group discussion with extensive experience
in the organization and preparation of discussions.
128. Motion Picture Evaluation (2) (Former Speech 129A)
Criteria for motion picture selection; use of reviews and judgment by critics
and organizations; critical observation; appreciation and enjoyment.
129. Telefilm Production (2) (Former Speech 129B)
Maximum total credit 4 units. Prerequisites: Speech 128; permission of instructor.
Theoretical and practical application of visualization techniques as applied
in the media of television film.
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.
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.
134A-B. Scene Design (3-3) (Same as Ind. Arts 134A-B)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. (A) Theory and practice in production
design, production management, and scene painting. (B) Theory and practice
in stage lighting.
135A. Costume for Theater (3) (Former Speech 135)
Theory of costume for theater; laboratory applications in major playhouse
productions.
135B. Make-up for Theater (2)
Theory of make-up for theater; 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 Rehearsal and Performance (1 or 2)
Maximum total credit 6 units.
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.
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.
147A-B. Radio and Television Direction (2-2)
Maximum total credit each count, 4 units. (a) Prerequisite: Speech 41. Radio
direction: planning and organization of production elements and direction
of radio program for broadcast over local stations. (b) Prerequisite: Speech
144. Television direction: planning and organization of production elements
and direction of television program on closed-circuit and over 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. Introduction to Speech Correction (2)
(Same as Educ. 150) Problems of speech correction in education; classification
of speech defects, common types, causes and therapeutic procedures; development
of normal speech in the child; speech correction in public schools; role
of classroom teacher in speech correction program.
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) (Same as Hlth. Ed.
160)
Fundamentals of acoustics; methods of testing auditory acuity; educational
aspects of deafness; medical aspects and remedial follow-up for acoustically
handicapped children.
161. Lip Reading and Auditory Training (2) (Same as Educ. 161)
Basic principles of establishing communication by observation of visible
effects of speech; methods of teaching lip reading to the acoustically handicapped,
recognition and discrimination of speech sounds and speech skills.
162A-B. Shakespeare (3-3) (See Engl. 162A-B)
172A. The Drama: Aeschylus to Sheridan (3) (See Engl 172A)
172B. The Drama: Ibsen to the Present (3) (See Engl 172B)
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.
244. Advanced Radio and Television Direction and Production (2 or
3)
Prerequisites: Speech 147A-B. Preparation and production of a series of
radio or television programs over a broadcasting station.
247. Seminar in Radio and Television Communication (2)
Prerequisites: Speech 147A-B. Research and reports on literature in the
field.
290. Independent Study (1-5)
299. Thesis or Project (2-4)
Note: Students must have earned at least a C in all courses considered as
meeting the prerequisite requirements.