BYU Public Speaking – TMA 150
I just finished this online self study course w/ BYU. This course is a good alternative to the DSST public speaking course. The course consists of 9 modules:
Module 1: Facing you fear and the power of public speaking
Module 2: Connecting with your audience
Module 3: Getting acquainted with your voice and learning ethics
Module 4: Selecting, research, and organizing your speech
Module 5: The speaker’s language
Module 6: Informative public speaking
Module 7: Persuasion with passion
Module 8: Argumentation, critical thing and ethics
Module 9: Speaking on special occasions
This course was approximately $411 and took me about 5 weeks to finish. It is self paced however I think the maximum number of lessons you can do is three per week. If you work at full speed you can wrap it up in three weeks!
This course has no text book all the lessons are on-line. For lessons 1 and 2 there is a self assessment test at the end of each module. For lessons 3 through 9 you will prepare a speech on cassette tape and mail it in. The speeches range from 5 to 10 minutes.
It was a pretty good course. I ended with an A
