Course Details

Communication and Rhetoric

Academic Year 2025/26

BZB006 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-GK Winter Semester 3rd year

Course Guarantor

RNDr. Ing. Jaroslav Lindr, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Social Sciences

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

2 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/289977

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to social sciences studies. Importance for theory and praxis in civil engineering. Contribution of subject "Communication and Rhetoric" for a student of Faculty of Civil Engineering.
  • 2. Social psychology and its place in personal life. Psychological terminology. Memory, speech and mind.
  • 3. Methods of a psychological and communication research. Dialog, questionnaire, anamnesis. Personality formation in environment.
  • 4. Personality and its structure. Temperament and character. Personality types. Age periods of the personality development. Biological and sociological determination of the personality.
  • 5. Nonverbal communication and its types. Gestures, facial expressions, eye glances, haptics, proxemics. Nonverbal expressions and speaker's personality.
  • 6. Communication and rhetoric nowadays, its usage in professional praxis and personal life.
  • 7. Principles of a quality public speech. Diction, respiration, phonation and articulation. Preparation of the content and form of the speech. Communication among people.
  • 8. The types of presentation (informational, persuasive and improvised). Software support of presentations. Visual aids, optimal work with them.
  • 9. Linguistic and stylistic means. Speaker's personality. Czech language in speeches. Presentation academic language.
  • 10. Segmentation of a speech. Quality of public speeches. Effective introduction and conclusion. Ways to stress-coping.
  • 11. Assertiveness. Effective communication. Communication at high standard. Preparing for a job interview.
  • 12. The most common types of public, monologue and dialogic speeches in practical life. Presentation of results for professionals and general public.
  • 13. Practical usage of gained knowledge and skills by means of self-reflexion test and public speeches with using a video.