~EGULAR SESSION - University of Oregon

SPEECH 221
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES
Sp 301, 302, 303. Theory and Literature of Rhetoric. 3 hours each term.
Selected readings on the principles of rhetoric and public address from Plato
to modern times. Cohen.
Sp 321, 322,323. Argumentation, Persuasion, and Discussion. 3 hours each
term.
Fall: argumentation; winter: audience motivation and audience response;
spring: principles and practice in various discussion forms. Dahlberg, Leistner,
Montgomery, Nobles.
Sp 331, 332. Advanced Public Discussion. 2 hours each term, winter and spring.
Preparation of speeches to be delivered before public audiences in conjunction
with the University's forensic program. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Nobles.
Sp 407. Seminar. Hours to be arranged.
Sp 416. Speech Composition. 3 hours any term.
Speech forms, types, and techniques; emphasis on application of basic
rhetorical elements. Designed for prospective high-school teachers and other
nonmajors. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Dahlberg, Montgomery.
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES CARRYING GRADUATE CREDIT
Sp 421. Classical Oratory. (G) 3 hours.
Rhetorical criticism of masterpieces of Greek and Roman oratory. Prerequisite:
Sp 301 or equivalent. Aly, Dahlberg.
Sp 422. British Oratory. (G) 3 hours.
British oratory from Pitt to modern times. Prerequisite: Sp 301 or equivalent.
Aly, Cohen.
Sp423. American Oratory. (G) 3 hours.
Study of selected American orations. Prerequisite: Sp 301 or equivalent.
Aly, Nobles.
GRADUATE COURSES
*Sp 501. Research. Hours to be arranged.
*Sp 503. Thesis. Hours to be arranged.
Sp 505. Reading and Conference. Hours to be arranged.
Sp 507. Seminar. Hours to be arranged.
Introduction to Graduate Study.
Argumentation and Debate.
Literature of the Rhetorical Tradition.
Principles of Oral Discourse.
Sp 511. Eighteenth-Century Rhetorical Theory. 3 hours.
The neoclassical interpretation of the canons of ancient rhetorical theory; its
relation to the literary criticism, aesthetics, and logic of the period. Cohen.
Sp 512. American Public Address. 3 hours.
The history of public speaking in the United States, with emphasis on the relation
of historical development to current problems in criticism. Aly.
Sp 513. Recent Rhetorical Criticism. 3 hours.
The revival of the Aristotle-Cicero canon; the impact of contemporary literary
criticism on rhetoric; the relevance of content analysis to rhetorical criticism.
Clark, Nobles.
COURSES OFFERED ONLY IN SUMMER SESSIONS AND EXTENSION
Sp 225, 226. Public Speaking for Business and Professional Men and Women.
2 hours each term.
Sp 424. Speech Forms and Techniques of Group Control. (g) 3 hours.
• No-grade course.