# Communication Studies (COMS) courses

Evergreen Valley College · 2025-2026 Catalog · 6 courses

Source: https://catalog.evc.edu/course-descriptions-information/course-descriptions/coms/

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

### COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 12 sections (/c/evergreen-valley-college/schedule/summer-2026/comm.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: 1C District GE: 1C
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

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. Formerly COMS 020.

### COMS 010 — Interpersonal Communication

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3
- **C-ID:** COMM 130
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 3 sections (/c/evergreen-valley-college/schedule/summer-2026/coms.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

This course provides students with an understanding of basic principles of general and interpersonal communication. It enables them to develop better interpersonal effectiveness through discussion of both effective and ineffective communication techniques, emphasizing the practice of constructive interactive skills.

### COMS 018 — Introduction to Communication Studies

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3
- **C-ID:** COMM 180
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

Students survey the discipline of communication studies with emphasis on multiple epistemological, theoretical, and methodological perspectives relevant to the systematic inquiry and pursuit of knowledge about human communication. Students explore the basic history, assumptions, principles, processes, variables, methods, and specializations of human communication as an academic field of study.

### COMS 035 — Intercultural Communication

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3
- **C-ID:** COMM 150
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/evergreen-valley-college/schedule/summer-2026/coms.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: 4 District GE: 4
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

Students study communication transactions among members of differing cultures including definitions, perceptions, models, patterns, values, beliefs, customs, and attitudes that affect intercultural communication. Students will examine culture-specific modes of communication and identify factors that impede effective intercultural understanding.

### COMS 040 — Introduction to Argumentation

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3
- **C-ID:** COMM 120
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 4 sections (/c/evergreen-valley-college/schedule/summer-2026/coms.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

This course provides students with an understanding of how to support intelligent decision making by using reasoned discourse. This course will cover instruction in logical analysis of modern controversies, the formulation of propositions for argument, construction of arguments, and application through discussion and debate. This course emphasizes the importance of competent advocacy in a free society.

### COMS 045 — Small Group Communication

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3
- **C-ID:** COMM 140
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/evergreen-valley-college/schedule/summer-2026/coms.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

Students study communication and decision making within the group context. Concepts such as group interaction; leadership, status and power; conflict and cohesiveness; rules and roles; verbal and nonverbal messages and problem-solving will be investigated.