Communication Studies COMM

COMM C1000 Introduction to Public Speaking

Units

3

Hours

48-54 Lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

COMM 110

Grading: Letter Grade

Credit for Prior Learning: No

TOP Code: 150600

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.

Offered: Summer 2026 (27 sections, listed as COMSTD-2) · Fall 2026 (67 sections, listed as COMM-C1000) · Spring 2027 (57 sections, listed as COMM-C1000)