<p>Take your Speech or Communications class in your first term at school.</p>
<p>When its over you will say,. Thank god I did.</p>
<p>just trust me and take it first,.</p>
<p>dont wait on it.</p>
<p>While we're on the topic of New Freshmen</p>
<p>What are the required courses one must take at any college</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Psycology
Speech
Writing
A 101 class for the school.</p>
<p>their are somemore</p>
<p>but make sure speech is on 1st semester.</p>
<p>oh really?......why is that?....i wanna know why so i could possibly schedule it right away..........its listed in the third semester section of my curriculum-as one of the courses i need to take.......</p>
<p>Well alot of people hate public speaking. It is ranked the #1 thing women are scared of by NY times. worse than rape.</p>
<p>Its just a class that irretates people including me and it was the biggest relief when it was over.</p>
<p>Well the fact that you will hopefully improve speech giving and writing skills may be a good incentive to put it in first semester, but besides that reason...I found the class to be torture so it was great to get it over with.</p>
<p>i don't have to take a speech class at my school UCI yay lol.</p>
<p>its beneficial...IMO but if you don't have to, well yeah</p>
<p>i'm taking speech and intro to comm this semester. and my school has a language requirement. I thought i wuz done with spanish.......</p>
<p>Uh... In most cases, Intro to Comm has nothing to do with Public Speaking... It's a theoretical/research based study of different forms of media. At least, that's what it was at every school I applied to (all of 4 years ago, things may have changed)</p>
<p>I wasn't aware that speech was required at a lot of schools. Glad I don't have to take it :p</p>
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While we're on the topic of New Freshmen</p>
<p>What are the required courses one must take at any college</p>
<p>thanks
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This is going to vary a lot by school. Some schools have no requirements and others have a lot. But I would say that generally you need to fulfill the language requirement, probably take a writing seminar, and have to take at least one math and one science class.</p>
<p>"Uh... In most cases, Intro to Comm has nothing to do with Public Speaking..." </p>
<p>Just going by my own personal experience. My course focused on both the public speaking aspect and the basics of forming arguments.</p>
<p>seriously?</p>
<p>Hmmm... seems odd to me. To me, communications is generally the <em>study</em> of communication (usually mass).</p>
<p>Unearth, I disagree. Lots of people like public speaking! But if you do not like it, why even take the course at all? It's not required at a lot of colleges. The "getting it over with approach" can also backfire. What if a student gets discouraged by the difficulty (or his lack of interest in) the class? </p>
<p>Again, I think every situation is different. I recognize that your advice is offered with good intentions, but I have to say: what's good for one person is not automaticaly good for another.</p>
<p>I havent even heard of a college that doeant require it.</p>
<p>it is standard with any B.S</p>
<p>Sdizzle, when a poll suggests that the majority of women fear public speaking more than rape. That says somthing.</p>
<p>Then again Communications in rated as the #1 thing employers look for and its the most important thing. because if you cant talk then you are worthless.</p>
<p>I hate public speaking. It's a necesary evil for me. I haven't heard of a college that doesn't require it either</p>
<p>I don't mind public speaking at all. You'll have to do for other classes eventually anyway. I can easily go up in front of the class and talk about some subject as long as I prepared good enough. Otherwise, it's hard for me to socialize with random people out of class. Kind of weird but true.</p>
<p>I've never taken a speech class, though I did deliver a speech in 8th grade...
As far as I know, Princeton doesn't require any speech classes.</p>
<p>I'll be going to Bucknell this fall, and it doesn't require public speaking.</p>
<p>Ive never heard of a college not having any communications class.</p>
<p>That would seem pretty bad as its ranked the #1 most important thing by employers for all jobs.</p>
<p>even above math and science skills</p>