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COURSES

 

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.

33. Elementary Techniques of Acting (3)
Techniques of dramatic presentation. Concentrated laboratory procedure.

34A-B. Theater Craft (3-3) (Same as Ind. Arts 34A-B)
Maximum total credit 6 units. Introduction to the crafts in technical theater; scene construction, scene painting, property selection, stage lighting, sound production; costume construction and make-up. Lecture, demonstration; laboratory experience in preparing plays for public performance.

38. Rehearsal and Performance (1 or 2)
Maximum total credit 4 units. Play production. Participation in major Playhouse presentations.

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.

46. Radio and Television Workshop (2)
Maximum total credit 4 units. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Radio and television production activity. Participation in radio and television programs for broadcast presentation over local commercial stations.

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.

75. Intercollegiate Debating (2)
Maximum total credit 4 units. For intercollegiate debate squad. Prerequisites: Speech 25, permission of instructor. Current controversial issues. Participation in practice and intercollegiate tournament debating.

76. Mechanics of Oral Expression (2)
For prospective teachers; open to others. 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.

126. Group Discussion (3)
Analysis of types and techniques of group discussion with extensive experience in the organization and preparation of discussions.

127. Mechanics of Group Leadership (2)
Social and economic organizations, their structure and functions; conducting meetings, practice in chairmanship, duties of officers, and techniques of parliamentary law.

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.

146. Advanced Radio and Television Workshop (2)
Maximum total credit 6 units. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Participation in radio and television program for broadcast presentation over local commercial 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.

157. Speech for the Classroom Teacher (3)
Prerequisite: Speech 21. Speech needs of teachers; management of speech activities in the classroom; diagnosis of student speech difficulties and techniques for alleviating deficiencies.

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)

175. Advanced Intercollegiate Debating (2)
Maximum total credit 4 units. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. For the intercollegiate debate squad.

177. Administration of Forensic Program (2)
Prerequisite: Speech 25. Directing competitive speech activities; debate, oratory, oral interpretation, extemporaneous and impromptu speaking, and discussion; organization of forensic tournaments.

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)



GRADUATE COURSES

(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.

224. Seminar in Public Address (2)
Historical survey of rhetoric, ancient and modern; problems of public address; evaluation of traditional and contemporary orators and critics; methodology of rhetorical criticism.

239. Seminar in Play Production (3)
Prerequisite: Speech 139A. Problems in play production; modern and premodern concepts and techniques; coordination of the arts of production.

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.

254. Seminar in Organic Speech Disorders (3) (Former Speech 223)
Prerequisite: Sp Corr 154, 155; permission of instructor. Projects in library research or in experimentation relating to organic speech disorders such as cleft palate, cerebral palsy, aphasia, and organic voice disorders. (3 lecture-lab and arranged hours)

255. Advanced Clinical Practice (2)
Prerequisite: Sp Corr 153, 154, 155; permission of instructor. Supervised clinical practice in diagnosis and therapy of complex speech and hearing problems; causative factors, outlining plan of therapy, counseling parents, referral considerations.

260. Seminar in Audiology (3)
Prerequisite: Sp Corr 164. Projects in library research or experimentation.

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.


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