Also known as Forensics, speech and debate is a competitive activity where students hone their public speaking, argumentation, and critical thinking skills through various events like persuasive speaking, debate formats, and dramatic interpretation. It’s a dynamic way to develop confidence, sharpen communication, and prepare for success in college and beyond.
This course is designed to provide academic credit for participation in community speech activities and intercollegiate speech tournaments, workshops, and intramural speech activities. The student researches, writes, develops programs, works on debate and extemporaneous speech files, and delivers public speaking assignments including but not limited to debates, public speaking activities, oral interpretation of literature, and readers' theatre. (CSU, C-ID COMM 160B)
COM ST 1A Public Speaking or COM ST 2 Oral Interpretation of Literature or COM ST 5 Argumentation and Debate each with a grade of "C" or better.
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“My life’s goal is to become a teacher,” says Delta College Communications Studies major Burke Thompson. Burke says Delta’s “great teachers” inspire him. He feels being a member of Delta’s highly successful speech & debate team transformed him from “a shy hermit crab, to a less shy hermit crab.”
