Communication Studies COMM

COMM C1000 Introduction to Public Speaking

Units

3

Hours

54 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

COMM 110

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.

Offered: Summer 2026 (13 sections, listed as COMM L1) · Fall 2026 (24 sections, listed as COMM L1)