Arts, Letters and Science — Communication Arts, Letters and Science — Communication School Forensic Tournament, held in February of each year. The tournament is in its thirty-fourth year. Over one thousand students from Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming participate. This is one of the largest tournaments of its kind in the United States. The Signpost—Journalism students have the opportunity to work on the Weber State College weekly newspaper, The Signpost. W.S.C. Broadcasters—Students interested in Radio and Television broadcast operation have an opportunity to prepare and present programs on a regular basis. This activity is open to all students who wish to help provide the volunteer staff for Weber State Radio and production crews for television programing. Radio station KWCR-FM provides "live" broadcast experience. SPEECH Courses of Instruction 1. Principles of Public Speaking—Selection of subjects for specific purposes, fundamental skills of speech preparation and delivery, and basic culture for speech. Scheduled to include 2 hours of lab for students who show special need. A W S (3). Staff 3. Convocation Hour Series—Convocations featuring distinguished speakers and artists in the broad fields of the humanities, sciences, technology, education, the fine arts, and national and world affairs. Each convocation concluding with a question and answer period. A W S (1) Martino 8. Oral Reading—Selection of materials for various oral reading purposes and basic techniques. (Recommended for the general student.) Prerequisite: Speech 1, 10 or permission of the instructor. A W (3) Clegg, Noid 10. Voice and Diction—Mechanics of vo\f%a production and word utterance for better functioning of voice, articulation, enunciation, and pronunciation. A S (3) Clegg, Hunker 11. Phonetics—Basic speech sounds for improvement of English diction or for foreign language or dialect studies. S (2) Clegg 14. Interpretation—Oral reading into more advanced levels of literature with emphasis on techniques of impression and expression. Prerequisite: Speech 8 or permission of the instructor. A S (3) ' Clegg, Noid 15. Speech Composition and Criticism—Projection of student speaking experience with emphasis on subject selection, development in depth, and specific purpose. Includes development of critical skills. A S (3) * Staff 16. Discussion and Parliamentary Procedure—Theory and practical application of the discussion methods used in committees, informal groups, and business conferences: principles and practice in the use of parliamentary procedure, order of business, nominations, elections, constitutions, amendments and by-laws, committees, and motions. A S (3) Hunker, Noid, Hebestreet 21. Argumentation and Debate—Analysis, reasoning, types of evidence, organization, delivery and techniques in logic as applied to forensic situations of speech. Techniques of debate with emphasis on various forms of debate; parliamentary, cross-examination, Oxford, Lincoln-Douglas, with emphasis on logic, analysis and application of various forms of evidence in debate. A S (3) Hebestreet 23. Intercollegiate Debate—Preparation and competition on the national debate topic and participation in individual events. Course may be repeated for credit. (Six units maximum counted toward graduation including Speech 123). A W S (%). Hebestreet 30. Normal Speech and Language Development—The ontogenetic aspects of oral language development in normal children will be examined and compared with the language impediments that commonly accompany various handicapping conditions. W (3). ' Barton 31. Introduction to Speech and Hearing Disorders—A survey of the disorders of speech, language, and hearing. S (3). Barton 70. Introduction to Broadcasting—Open to all students. Lecture material covers the development of broadcasting, history economy, and social impact. Limited laboratory experience. Lab assignments in radio and television. A (3). Sanders 71. Basic Broadcast Announcing—Covers basic reading techniques for various types of broadcast programs in radio and TV. Additional work is spent on developing announcing abilities, pronunciation of foreign language phrases. Both oral and visual recordings of student performances are made for class analysis. Students are expected to spend two hours weekly in actual performances on KWCR-FM. Speech 1 or 8 is recommended as a preprequisite. All students must have permission of instructor to enroll in class. S (3) Sanders 120 121