1. Students will understand the need for effective public speaking skills in 
   contemporary society.
2. Students will develop research, organizational, and delivery skills for the 
   preparation and presentation of speeches.
3. Students will enlarge their ability to listen critically and analyze public 
   speeches.
4. Students will be able to articulate and practice an ethical approach to public 
   speaking.
5. Students will be able to analyze and articulate differing rhetorical situations 
   and create speeches that are appropriate to the situation.
6. Students will complete research assignments which will involve computer-based
   research and paper preparation. 
7. Students will consider the moral and ethical implications of a variety of
   communication situations.

1. Intro to Public Speaking
2. "My name" Speech
3. Selecting appropriate speech topics
4. Conducting research 
5. Responding to speeches
6. Toasts
7. Speech Anxiety
8. Constructing oral stories
9. Outlining speeches
10. Audience Analysis
11. Ethics
12. Listening
13. Informative Speeches
14. Constructing Ceremonial Speeches
15. Speech delivery
16. Speaking on Special Occasions
17. Watching a Speech
18. Guidelines for Motivational Speeches
19. Speaking to Persuade
20. Methods of Persuasion
21. The use of language
22. Guidelines for a Policy Speech
23. Argumentation
24. Using Multi-Media

“Academic honesty is – defined broadly and simply – the performance of all academic 
work without cheating, lying, stealing, or receiving assistance from any other 
person or using any source of information not appropriately authorized or 
attributed” (From the Preamble to “A Culture of Honesty”). The University, the 
Department of Speech Communication, and I personally take academic honesty very 
seriously. Every student at the University of Georgia should be familiar with the 
booklet, “A Culture of Honesty: Policies and Procedures on Academic Dishonesty.” If 
you are not, please obtain one of these booklets and read it carefully. This 
document has a thorough presentation of four types of academic dishonesty, including 
plagiarism, unauthorized assistance, lying/tampering, and theft, as well as the 
procedures that are in place to adjudicate alleged incidents of academic dishonesty.
The policies and procedures described in “A Culture of Honesty” will be 
strictly followed.