# Communication Studies (COMM) courses

Victor Valley College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 2 courses

Source: https://catalog.vvc.edu/course-descriptions/comm/

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

### COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 7 sections (/c/victor-valley-college/schedule/summer-2026/comm.md); Fall 2026, 15 sections (/c/victor-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/comm.md); Winter 2027, 6 sections (/c/victor-valley-college/schedule/winter-2027/comm.md); Spring 2027, 14 sections (/c/victor-valley-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. Formerly CMST-109. .

### COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **C-ID:** COMM 120
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules

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. C-ID COMM 120. Formerly CMST 106.