"Speaking Across the Curriculum" (SAC) has become a catch-all label for a variety of programs aimed at teaching oral communication skills to a large body of students in settings other than the typical public speaking class. Such programs offer both threats and opportunities to the speech field. In many programs, faculty in other…

This paper discusses the extent to which epideictic speaking is treated in communication skills courses in the discipline. Noting that the genre receives little emphasis in textbooks and basic courses in the field, the paper questions whether students are being optimally served by current pedagogical practices. The paper first summarizes…

The integration of the undergraduate communication curriculum is a growing national challenge. Mergers of curriculum programs from different subdisciplines have occurred over time because of economic pressures and erroneous judgments about student and university needs. Student interest in the social sciences has declined, and communication…

One of the most significant activities undertaken by members of small college speech departments has been the development of the Essential Undergraduate Curriculum in Speech Communication at the Small College. This paper reviews six aspects of this curriculum: (1) the "statement of domain"; (2) iterdisciplinary aspects; (3) questions of…