1. Introduction to social sciences studies. Contribution of the subject "Social communication" for a student of the Faculty of Civil Engineering. Importance for the theory and engineering praxis. Information about Moodle. Activity. 2. Social psychology and its place in personal life. Psychological terminology. Memory, speech and mind. 3. Methods of psychological and communication research. Dialog, questionnaire, anamnesis. Education and self-education. The influence of environment on personality. 4. Personality and its structure. Temperament and character. Types of personality. Personality development. Age periods of personality development. Biological and sociological determination of personality. 5. Nonverbal communication and its types. Gestures, facial expressions, eye glances, haptics, proxemics. 6. Learning, social learning, its importance and types. General mechanisms of learning. Problems of learning in praxis and life. Social learning styles. 7. Stress and coping methods. Psychical hygiene, mechanisms of adaptation. 8. Assertiveness. Effective communication. Communication at high-level standards. Preparing for a job interview. 9. Communication theory, its application to society, to the individual and to the future life career. 10. Rhetoric and communication. Quality of speech. Grammatical and rhetorical principles of public speech. 11. Preparation of content and form of a speech. Communication among people. Czech language in speeches. Presentation academic language. 12. Various types of public, monologue and dialogic speeches in praxis. Coping of nervousness presentation. 13. Analysis of some frequent lapses in communication in public speech.

1. Communication and rhetoric at present, its using in professional praxis and personal life. Prolegomena to social communication. 2. Psychology of personality. Test of temperament and character. 3. Principles of empathy in communication. Social stereotypes, the effect of the first impression. Group activity. 4. Modal orientation of personality. Introduction to firm communication. Psychology of persuasion. Self-empirical exercise. 5. Nonverbal communication, types, examples, models. Nonverbal means and speaker's celebrity. 6. Nonverbal communication, types, examples, models. Nonverbal means and speaker's celebrity. 7. Preparation of content and form of spoken public speech. Diction, respiration, phonation and articulation. 8. Language and stylistic aids. Speaker's personality. Czech language in speeches. Structuring public speech. The quality of public speeches. Ways of coping stage fright. 9. Preparation of a motivation letter, biography and a job interview situation. 10. Trial of acquired knowledge and skills by the test of rhetorical self-reflection and public speeches (with using a video). 11. Public presentations of students. Analysis of successes and failures, feedback. 12. Public presentations of students. Analysis of successes and failures, feedback. 13. Public presentations of students. Analysis of successes and failures, feedback.