| Week 1 | ||
| 1/8 | Welcome! Partner Introduction | |
| 1/10 | Icebreaker Exercise/Introduction to the Syllabus | Chapter 1 and 2 |
| 1/12 | Speech 1 Group 1 + 2 | |
| Week 2 | ||
| 1/15 | Speech 1 Group 3 + 4 | |
| 1/17 | No class. Martin Luther King Holiday | Chapter 4 and Chapter 10 |
| 1/19 | Speech 1 Group 5 + 6 | |
| Week 3 | ||
| 1/22 | Coping with speech anxiety | Chapter 3 |
| 1/24 | Listening (complete Intracultural exercise) | Chapter 5 |
| 1/26 | Audience focused speaking | |
| Week 4 | ||
| 1/29 | Ethical Speaking | Chapter 6 |
| 1/31 | Outlining Cultural Diversity Speech | Chapter 7 |
| 2/2 | Review for Test on Chapters 1 - 5 | |
| Week 5 | ||
| 2/5 | Test | |
| 2/7 | Analyze Speeches | |
| 2/9 | Group workshop, critiques outlines | |
| Week 6 | ||
| 2/12 | Cultural Diversity Speech Group 3 + 4 | |
| 2/14 | Cultural Diversity Speech Group 5 + 6 | |
| 2/16 | Cultural Diversity Speech Group 1 + 2 | |
| Week 7 | ||
| 2/19 | Inventing your message | Chapter 8 |
| 2/21 | Language | Chapter 9 |
| 2/23 | Delivery | |
| Week 8 | ||
| 2/26 | Presentational Aids | Chapter 11 |
| 2/28 | Informative Speaking | |
| 3/2 | Review for Test on Chapters 6 - 10 | |
| Week 9 | ||
| 3/3 | Informative Presentation Group 6 | |
| 3/7 | Informative Presentation Group 5 | |
| 3/9 | Informative Presentation Group 4 | |
| Week 10 | ||
| 3/12 - 17 | Spring Break!!! | |
| Week 11 | ||
| 3/19 | Informative Presentation Group 3 | |
| 3/21 | Informative Presentation Group 2 | |
| 3/23 | Informative Presentation Group 1 | |
| Week 12 | ||
| 3/26 | Current Debates | Chapters 12 + 13 |
| 3/28 | Current Debates continued... | |
| 3/30 | Thinking and Speaking Critically | |
| Week 13 | ||
| 4/2 | Fallacy Feud Exercies | |
| 4/4 | Outline Workshop | |
| 4/6 | Persuasive Speech Group 2 | |
| Week 14 | ||
| 4/9 | Persuasive Speech Group 2 | |
| 4/11 | Persuasive Speech Group 1 | |
| 4/13 | Persuasive Speech Group 4 | |
| Week 15 | ||
| 4/16 | Persuasive Speech Group 3 | |
| 4/18 | Persuasive Speech Group 6 | |
| 4/20 | Persuasive Speech Group 5 | |
| Week 16 | ||
| 4/23 | Final Exam Review | Chapters 14 + 15 |