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SP 400 - Professional Presentations

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits
Course Description
This elective course helps students understand the components of motivating and successful professional presentations. It gives an insight into skills and techniques needed to get a clear and concise point across, target different audiences, best practices of effective incorporation of technology components, opening hooks and closing arguments. Does not replace courses in core curriculum.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Prepare, practice, and present two individual presentations
  • Collaborate with 2-3 other students to create and give a group presentation
  • Detect and analyze your strengths and weaknesses as a public speaker
  • Construct and give feedback to your peers about their presentation skills
  • Watch and critique the presentations of professionals in various fields
  • Draft an effective opening and closing of a presentation
  • Master strategies to improve your voice power, structure of speech, and body language
  • Use facts and figures and construct clear visual aids to enhance your presentations 
  • Uncover and utilize techniques to increase the impact of your presentations
  • Build rapport with an audience, tell stories and lead a question/answer session while giving a presentation

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None 

Course Topics
  • None appended



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