TransfermaticCOMM at Santa Barbara City College

    COMM 131 - Fundamentals Of Public Speaking

    Recent Professors
    Donte Newman, Rebekah Rodriguez, Jill Scala, Mika Garard, Steven Kubitza, Alonzo Eldridge, Michael Medel
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024
    Class Size
    30–35 students
    Difficulty
    4.9Moderateout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Summer 2025 Sections
    View Summer 2025 sections of COMM 131
    Transfers To
    Not transferable
    Description
    In this course, students learn and apply foundational rhetorical theories and techniques of public speaking in a multicultural democratic society. Students discover, develop, and critically analyze ideas in public discourse through research, reasoning, organization, composition, delivery to a live audience and evaluation of various types of speeches, including informative and persuasive speeches. ( COMM C1000 formerly COMM 131 prior to Fall 2025.)
    Usually Held
    Thu 6:00pm–9:05pm, Tue Thu 11:10am–12:30pm, Tue Thu 12:45pm–2:05pm, Tue Thu 9:35am–10:55am