LOPER 3: Oral Communication Skills

FOUNDATIONAL REQUIREMENTS – Skills that every university-educated person needs:

Oral communication skills (minimum 3 hours). Courses must meet all learning outcomes.

Assessed as:

•     Can discern a speaker’s argument or purpose
•     Can evaluate and use sources appropriately and responsibly
•     Can use context-appropriate conventions in speech and non-verbal expressions
•     Can form and support a coherent position
•     Can communicate in a manner appropriate to audience and context