Pacing

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Public Speaking is designed to be flexible to meet a wide-variety of course designs. If you are designing a 12 or 15 week course, please see the Course Design Notes below this chart. This chart reflects one option for designing condensed courses for 8 and 6 weeks.

8 Weeks 6 Weeks
Week 1

Module 1: Introduction to Public Speaking

Module 2: Ethical Speech

  

Week 1

Module 1: Introduction to Public Speaking

Module 2: Ethical Speech

 
Week 2

Module 3: Listening and Responding

Module 4: Considering the Audience

  

Week 2

Module 3: Listening and Responding

Module 4: Considering the Audience

Module 12: Public Speaking Online
Week 3

Module 5: Choosing and Researching a Topic

Module 6: Organizing and Outlining Your Speech

Module 7: Refining Your Speech

 Week 3

Module 5: Choosing and Researching a Topic

Module 6: Organizing and Outlining Your Speech

Module 7: Refining Your Speech
Week 4

Module 8: Delivering Your Speech

Module 9: Informative Speaking

 Week 4

Module 8: Delivering Your Speech

Module 9: Informative Speaking

Module 14: Small Group Communication
Week 5 

Module 10: Persuasive Speaking

Module 11: Speaking to Entertain for Special Occasions

 

 Week 5

Module 10: Persuasive Speaking

Module 11: Speaking to Entertain for Special Occasions
Week 6 

Module 12: Public Speaking Online

 Week 6 

Module 13: Public Speaking on the Job

Module 15: Creating and Using Presentation Aids
Week 7 

Module 13: Public Speaking on the Job
Week 8

Module 14: Small Group Communication

Module 15: Creating and Using Presentation Aids

Course Design Notes:

16 week Courses
There are 15 modules—roughly one module per week for a sixteen-week semester. You can customize the order of modules in your learning management system.

12 Week Courses
The following modules can combined with other modules. You may also provide this content as optional materials for students.
Module 12: Public Speaking Online
Module 13: Public Speaking on the Job
Module 14: Small Group Communication

Visual Aids
Most teachers assign Module 15: Creating and Using Presentation Aids as a support for the first speech in the course.

Readings, Assignments, and Discussions

We have a capstone assignment, module assignments, and discussions you can customize on our Assignments page.