“The river of speech, which flows out of a man and ministers to the intelligence, is the fairest and noblest of all streams.”  Timaeus, in Plato’s Timaeus

This site contains syllabi and other information for my Communication Studies courses at St. Cloud State University.  You can use the links below to jump to the syllabus for each course.  This site also contains editorials and academic essays that I have published, which you can access by following the links at the bottom of this page.

1. CMST 192 -- Introduction to Communication Studies
2. CMST 192 (PSI) -- Introduction to Communication Studies (Personalized System of Instruction)
3. CMST 211 -- Public Speaking
4. CMST 301 -- Ethics in Human Communication 
5. CMST 315 -- Rhetoric of Documentary Film
6. CMST 319 -- Rhetorical Theory
7. CMST 322 -- Argumentation and Advocacy
8. CMST 411 -- Critical Approaches to Public Communication

Requirements for Papers:  A document on writing, format, and documentation of papers for my classes.