Team and Comm 52 Meeting Times: Tuesdays 3PM in Garcia Hall 101.
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WHAT IS FORENSICS?
If you like to advocate, perform, travel, and grow, join the SRJC Forensics Speech, Debate, and Performance Team! We offer students opportunities to develop, refine, and practice communication skills. SRJC has a 100-year history of developing new speakers into confident performers, and guiding competitors to intramural tournament success, state titles, and national championships.
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 fun and supportive atmosphere!
Create & perform one or more of the following events: (for descriptions see Phi Rho Pi)
Prepared Speech (7-10 minutes):
Informative Speaking, Persuasive Speaking, After Dinner Speaking (Humorous/Stand-Up), Communication Analysis
Performance/Acting (7-10 minutes):
Solo: Poetry Interpretation, Prose Storytelling, Drama/Acting Monologues, Intertextual Program (multiple texts)
Group: Duo Interpretation (2 people), Reader’s Theatre (3 or more people)
Limited Preparation:
Solo: Impromptu Speaking (5 minutes), Extemporaneous Speaking (7 minutes)
Debate (Coming soon) : Parliamentary, IPDA, Lincoln-Douglas
Examples of Forensics Categories
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON EACH EVENT, CLICK THE SECTION HEADER ABOVE THE VIDEO.
WHAT ARE PREPARED SPEECHES?
If you like to advocate for change, persuade, inform
WHAT ARE LIMITED PREPARATION SPEECHES?
If you prefer to be spontaneous
WHAT IS PERFORMANCE?
If acting or performing inspires you