Comn 215.01  American Public Address
  Spring Semester 2008
 

Undergraduate Bulletin Description:

COMN 215 American Public Address

The course is designed to introduce students to selected speeches and speakers of significance in United States history.  Students will analyze speeches from different historical eras, focusing on the manner in which ideas are made manifest through language, and the impact that such speeches have had and continue to have on life in the United States.  Credits: 3(3-0).
 
Students with Disabilities:

SUNY Geneseo will make reasonable accomodations for persons with documented physical, emotional or learning disabilities. Students should consult with the Director in the Office of Disability Services (Tabitha Buggie-Hunt, 105D Erwin, tbuggieh@geneseo,edu) and their individual faculty regarding any needed accomodations as early as possible in the semester. 

Course Links

In an effort to achieve the dual objectives of utility and simplicity, the Web links found here are selective.  I've chosen only those I've visited or used. Most of the links are themselves networked to countless locations on the Internet.  Think of these links as a portal for examining information related to the history of American public address.

Speech Archives
Other Speech Sources
PBS Great Speeches Archive
Presidential Libraries
Douglass Archives of American Speeches
White House
History Channel -Great Speeches
Presidential Rhetoric
History and Politics Outloud

Historic Audio Archives

American Rhetoric


Course Materials

Course material specific to Comn 215 is accessible by retrieving it from my electronic OUTBOX   which is found on Geneseo's networked servers.  For students enrolled in my course, follow the OUTBOX instructions wherever that term appears on this page. For other visitors, examine the Course Links which are useful pathways for Internet exploration.
 
 
 

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