# Communications (COMM) courses

Lake Tahoe Community College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 1 courses

Source: https://ltcc.elumenapp.com/catalog/2026-2027/department/communications

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

### COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 4 hours lecture weekly, 48 contact hours total
- **Advisory:** "Eligibility for college-level composition (ENGLC1000 or ENG101) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate method."
- **C-ID:** COMM 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections listed as COMM-C1000 (/c/lake-tahoe-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/comm.md); Winter 2027, 3 sections listed as COMM-C1000 (/c/lake-tahoe-community-college/schedule/winter-2027/comm.md); Spring 2027, 3 sections listed as COMM-C1000 (/c/lake-tahoe-community-college/schedule/spring-2027/comm.md)
- LTCC- Local General Education Curriculum: Area 1b: Communication
- CSU General Education Curriculum: Area A1: Oral Communication
- IGETC Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum: Area 1C: Oral Communication
- Cal-GETC: Area 1C: Oral Communication
- 25/26 - Local General Education Curriculum: Area 1: English Communication B: Communication
- Cal-GETC: Area 1C: Oral Communication

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.