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Celia Mclean
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Fall 2025 - Class structure: • Pretty small class (around ~20-30 people, think high school), which made it less "scary" when delivering speeches; you'll definitely know everyone in the class by the end of the quarter. • Professor is very engaging during her lectures. Sometimes there were impromptu speech activities based on the lecture concepts, in which you get into groups & deliver a very short speech based on your assigned prompt. These were very easy since you could delegate spoken points across your group. • Attendance is apart of your grade & mandatory! I personally missed 1 class, but I let the professor know beforehand & I received a 95% on my attendance by the end of the quarter. Speeches: • The class itself consists of 3 speeches--an introduction speech, an informational speech, a persuasive speech. All speeches are around ~5 minutes, & you can use notes during them. You must submit an outline of your speech (ie. bullet points) & the professor will provide feedback before you present. You also need some sort of visual aid (most people did slides) to accompany your speech. • The last speech is a commemorative speech, which is a little different to the previous speeches--it's only 3 minutes & it consists of receiving/giving an award from/to a classmate. The professor briefs you on this later in the quarter. • Even if you're "bad" at public speaking, the lowest grade I've seen on Bruinlearn for the speeches is a B--as long as you put in effort & demonstrate that you tried, you'll definitely be fine. Final/Midterm: • There's no midterm exam! :) • The final is a multiple choice & short answer exam, entirely based on the study guide provided at the beginning of the course. There's around ~60(?) multiple choices questions, & 15 short answer questions (you only have to answer 11 of them). The short answer questions are pretty flexible--there's no required word count requirement, so long as your answer demonstrates your understanding of the concept. I personally used a Quizlet I found online, it's pretty much just memorization of vocabulary terms/concepts. • Also, the final is taken during week 10, so you have one less final to worry about during finals week which is nice. Overall--pretty easy class! Definitely improved my public speaking skills; as long as you put in the effort & you'll definitely get at the very least a B.
Fall 2025 - Class structure: • Pretty small class (around ~20-30 people, think high school), which made it less "scary" when delivering speeches; you'll definitely know everyone in the class by the end of the quarter. • Professor is very engaging during her lectures. Sometimes there were impromptu speech activities based on the lecture concepts, in which you get into groups & deliver a very short speech based on your assigned prompt. These were very easy since you could delegate spoken points across your group. • Attendance is apart of your grade & mandatory! I personally missed 1 class, but I let the professor know beforehand & I received a 95% on my attendance by the end of the quarter. Speeches: • The class itself consists of 3 speeches--an introduction speech, an informational speech, a persuasive speech. All speeches are around ~5 minutes, & you can use notes during them. You must submit an outline of your speech (ie. bullet points) & the professor will provide feedback before you present. You also need some sort of visual aid (most people did slides) to accompany your speech. • The last speech is a commemorative speech, which is a little different to the previous speeches--it's only 3 minutes & it consists of receiving/giving an award from/to a classmate. The professor briefs you on this later in the quarter. • Even if you're "bad" at public speaking, the lowest grade I've seen on Bruinlearn for the speeches is a B--as long as you put in effort & demonstrate that you tried, you'll definitely be fine. Final/Midterm: • There's no midterm exam! :) • The final is a multiple choice & short answer exam, entirely based on the study guide provided at the beginning of the course. There's around ~60(?) multiple choices questions, & 15 short answer questions (you only have to answer 11 of them). The short answer questions are pretty flexible--there's no required word count requirement, so long as your answer demonstrates your understanding of the concept. I personally used a Quizlet I found online, it's pretty much just memorization of vocabulary terms/concepts. • Also, the final is taken during week 10, so you have one less final to worry about during finals week which is nice. Overall--pretty easy class! Definitely improved my public speaking skills; as long as you put in the effort & you'll definitely get at the very least a B.
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