COMM C1000 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING

    Recent Professors
    T. Romero, B. O'Donnell, M. Lieberman, M. Alvarado, R. Johnson, L. Houde, M. Rancourt, R. Wash and 20 more
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    30 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 1C · IGETC Area 1C · CSU GE Area A1
    Description
    Part 1: 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. Part 2: Provides students with the foundational knowledge and practice of public speaking in a democratic society, to enable them to successfully communicate ideas of an informative and persuasive nature in the public speaking mode, and to critically evaluate the speeches of others. [D; CSU; UC; C-ID COMM 110] (
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 8:35am–10:00am, Mon Wed 10:10am–11:35am, Mon Wed 11:45am–1:10pm, Tue Thu 1:20pm–2:45pm