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| Communication Studies |
| COMM 1 | Fundamentals of Speech Comm | 3.00 Units | ||
| This course develops a student's skills in creating and presenting speeches to an audience. An emphasis is placed on delivery, audience analysis, and content assembly in order to inform, persuade, or entertain an audience. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1 | ||||
| College: Chabot College | ||||
| Division: Arts, Media & Communication | ||||
| COMM 3 | Group Communication | 3.00 Units | ||
| This class will focus on how to become better participants in small groups, both by learning the theoretical principles and the application of skills and practices thus reducing uncertainty/anxiety in groups. | ||||
| College: Chabot College | ||||
| Division: Arts, Media & Communication | ||||
| COMM 6 | Intro to Performance Studies | 3.00 Units | ||
| Exploration of historically influential activist performances and contemporary performance art/installation pieces. Development of an understanding of basic interdisciplinary performance theories from everyday life, ritual, and on-stage. Emphasis on creating, discussing, and observing performances as tools for social critique. | ||||
| College: Chabot College | ||||
| Division: Arts, Media & Communication | ||||
| COMM 10 | Interpersonal Communication | 3.00 Units | ||
| An introductory course designed to help you develop your interpersonal communication competencies by examining identity, human interaction, and conflict management in personal relationships. Through readings, discussion, and assignments we will examine the power of communication and its effects on our lives and relationships. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1 | ||||
| College: Chabot College | ||||
| Division: Arts, Media & Communication | ||||
| COMM 11 | Intercultural Communication | 3.00 Units | ||
| This introductory course is designed to help you develop an understanding of communication between and within cultures. Emphasis will be placed on self-awareness, perception, interpretations of similarities and differences in culture, conflict management, and intercultural communication competence strategies. | ||||
| College: Chabot College | ||||
| Division: Arts, Media & Communication | ||||
| COMM 12 | Gender, Sexual Identity & Comm | 3.00 Units | ||
| Processes and theories of gender and communication; emergence of sexual identity and orientation in society; the power of language and stereotypes in private discourse and public dialogue; the impact of historical, social, ethical, cultural, and psychological factors on gendered communication in multiple contexts. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1A | ||||
| College: Chabot College | ||||
| Division: Arts, Media & Communication | ||||
| COMM 20 | Persuasion and Communication | 3.00 Units | ||
| Investigation and development of persuasive techniques, strategies, and theories throughout ancient and modern times. Topics will include rhetoric, propaganda, and formal/informal argumentation. Emphasis on the creation, techniques, and analysis of persuasive speaking. Strongly recommended: English 1A and Communication Studies 1. | ||||
| College: Chabot College | ||||
| Division: Arts, Media & Communication | ||||
| COMM 46 | Argumentation & Debate | 3.00 Units | ||
| Analysis of contemporary questions through written and spoken discourse. Analysis, criticism and synthesis of contemporary moral, political, economic and philosophical issues of a diverse, multicultural society, using traditional and modern models of argumentation. Strongly recommended: English 1A. | ||||
| College: Chabot College | ||||
| Division: Arts, Media & Communication | ||||
| COMM 48 | Activities in Forensics | 1.00 to 4.00 Units | ||
| Intercollegiate competition in the areas of public speaking, debate, and oral interpretation. Other activities include performance in workshops, festivals, concert readings and the community. | ||||
| College: Chabot College | ||||
| Division: Arts, Media & Communication | ||||
| COMM 50 | Intro to Communication Studies | 3.00 Units | ||
| Students will explore theories of communication, discovering what communication is, how and why it works, the power of communication, and a view of Communication Studies as a discipline. Students will also learn strategies for improving communication skills. Strongly Recommended: Eligibility for English 1. | ||||
| College: Chabot College | ||||
| Division: Arts, Media & Communication | ||||
| COMM 70A | Intro to Comm. Tutor Training | 2.00 Units | ||
| Introduction to tutor training for the Communication Laboratory. Includes lecture and hands-on tutoring experience. Required: Successful completion of COMM course and instructor recommendation. Prerequisite: COMM 1 or , COMM 2 or , COMM 10 or , COMM 20 or , COMM 46 or COMM 50 (completed with a grade of "C" or higher) and instructor recommendation required. | ||||
| College: Chabot College | ||||
| Division: Arts, Media & Communication | ||||
| COMM 70B | Experienced Comm Tutor Trainin | 2.00 to 3.00 Units | ||
| Training for experienced communication tutors. Includes lecture and hands-on tutoring experience. Prerequisite: COMM 70A (completed with a grade of "C" or higher) | ||||
| College: Chabot College | ||||
| Division: Arts, Media & Communication | ||||
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