# Communication Studies (COMM) courses

Butte College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 2 courses

Source: https://butte.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/25393/28400/27503

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027.

### COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 51 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** COMM 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 30 sections (/c/butte-college/schedule/fall-2026/comm.md); Winter 2027, 4 sections (/c/butte-college/schedule/winter-2027/comm.md); Spring 2027, 24 sections (/c/butte-college/schedule/spring-2027/comm.md)

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. (C-ID COMM 110).

### COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 51 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** COMM 130
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/butte-college/schedule/fall-2026/comm.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/butte-college/schedule/spring-2027/comm.md)

This course covers theory, research, and application of ethical one-to-one communication practices in various and diverse interpersonal relationships including in personal, professional, and social situations. Students will examine how communication influences and is influenced by social identities and institutions (e.g. family roles, workplace contexts, etc.). (C-ID COMM 130).