# Communication Studies (COMM) courses

Las Positas College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 1 courses

Source: https://laspositas.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/1097/1125/1140

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026, Fall 2026.

### COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** COMM 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 13 sections listed as COMM L1 (/c/las-positas-college/schedule/summer-2026/comm.md); Fall 2026, 24 sections listed as COMM L1 (/c/las-positas-college/schedule/fall-2026/comm.md)
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Grading Option: Optional
- Cal-GETC: 1C
- LPC-GE: 1B

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.