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Forensics, Public Performance and Intercollegiate Speech and Debate

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Spring 2023 Team and Comm 52 Meeting Times: 

Mondays 3PM in Garcia Hall 100
Fill out the interest form and we'll contact you.

 

WHAT IS FORENSICS?

Forensics offers students the opportunity to develop, refine and master communication skills. We mentor new speakers and guide seasoned competitors. In fact, SRJC has a 100-year history of developing first-time speakers and encouraging them to join the team.  Students on the team travel to intercollegiate tournaments locally and across the state.

So if you like to argue, convince, act or perform or if you want to debate or advocate, join us. 

Get transferable and repeatable units (Comm 52A or B), enroll and compete every semester, grow communication and performance skills, play and experiment with ideas, advocate for a better world, make memories and connections, travel to new cities and campuses, expand your worldview, enhance your resume for your career, transferring, and graduate school, and work to be a national champion… all in a supportive atmosphere!

 

Create & perform one or more of the following events:

Prepared Speech (7-10 minutes):

Informative, Persuasive, Humorous/Stand-Up, Communication Analysis/Criticism

 

Performance (7-10 minutes):

Solo: Poetry, Prose/Storytelling, Drama/Acting, Intertextual Program (multiple texts!)

Group: Duo Interpretation (2 people!), Reader’s Theatre (3 or more people)

 

Limited Preparation:

Solo: Impromptu (5 minutes), Extemporaneous (7 minutes)

Group: Debate: Parliamentary, IPDA, Lincoln-Douglas

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON EACH EVENT CLICK ON THE TITLE ABOVE THE VIDEO.

WHAT ARE PREPARED SPEECHES?

If you like to advocate for change, persuade, inform

WHAT ARE LIMITED PREP. SPEECHES?

If you prefer to be spontaneous

WHAT IS PERFORMANCE?

If acting or performing inspires you

DEBATE

If you like to argue and use logic