# Communication (COMM) courses

Yuba College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 1 courses

Source: https://yc.yccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Yuba-College-Catalog-26.pdf#page=166

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

### COMM-C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **Formerly:** SPECH-1
- **C-ID:** COMM 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 13 sections (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/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. Students learn to read, listen, speak, and write effectively for various public speaking objectives. Formal class presentations are required in front of a live audience of faculty and students.