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  "edition": "2026-2027",
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  "name": "Public Speaking and Forensics",
  "award": "Certificate of Achievement",
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      "markdown": "#### Description\n\nThis certificate provides students with advanced training in public speaking and debate, with a focus on performances in a public and competitive setting.\n\n#### Program Learning Outcomes\n\nUpon the successful completion of this program, students should be able to:\n\n1.  Pursue and evaluate knowledge through the skills of inquiry, research and critical thinking\n2.  Demonstrate effective skills in written and spoken communication."
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "COMM 2",
          "title": "Oral Interpretation of Literature (Active)",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COMM 20",
          "title": "Persuasion and Communication (Active)",
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          "indent": false
        },
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "COMM 46",
          "title": "Argumentation and Debate (Active)",
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        },
        {
          "type": "course",
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      "markdown": "#### Other Information\n\nDiscipline: Communication, Language & Media\n\nProgram Control Number: 38846\n\nTOP Code: 150600 - Speech Communication\n\nCIP Code: 09.0101 - Speech Communication and Rhetoric"
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