Development, preparation, and practice of competitive speaking, argumentation, research, and writing skills specializing in one or more of the following areas: oral interpretation of literature, debate, platform speaking, or limited preparation speaking. Students will be required to participate in intercollegiate speech and debate tournaments and/or community events. NOTE: Students who are taking this course to meet the Area B elective requirement for the Communication Studies AA-T should take this course a total of 3 times to meet the 3.0 unit requirement.