194 Chabot College 2024-2026 CREDIT COURSE LISTING, COMM PUBLIC SPEAKING AND FORENSICS Certificate of Achievement This certificate provides students with advanced training in public speaking and debate, with a focus on performances in a public and competitive setting. Career Opportunities Many forensics students go on to receive degrees in Communication and a large number go on to graduate school programs in Communication and Law. These students are more likely to teach and coach forensics, or enter legal careers. Public Speaking skills are valuable in numerous careers and in maintaining civic discourse and democracy. Program Learning Outcomes 1. Pursue and evaluate knowledge through the skills of inquiry, research and critical thinking 2. Demonstrate effective skills in written and spoken communication. Required Courses COMM 1 Fundamentals of Speech Communication 3 COMM 2 Oral Interpretation of Literature 3 COMM 20 Persuasion and Communication 3 COMM 46 Argumentation and Debate 3 COMM 48 Activities in Forensics 4 Total 16 COMMUNICATION STUDIES (COMM)COURSES 1 Fundamentals of Speech Communication 3 Units Emphasis on developing, organizing, researching, and delivering informative, persuasive, or entertaining ideas to an audience. This course also includes developing critical listening, audience analysis, and problem-solving skills for public speech making. Communication theory and best practices for communication to a public are analyzed. Lecture: 54 hours Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1 2 Oral Interpretation of Literature 3 Units This introductory course is designed to improve your confidence, your critical analysis of texts, and improve your performance of these texts, by stressing both your breakdown of the material and development of vocal skills. Texts may include prose (fiction/non- fiction), poetry, and drama. Lecture: 54 hours 3 Group Communication 3 Units Communication in small group situations. Role of communication in various group processes, including norms, roles, leadership and decision-making, with application to modern concepts of organizational communication. Includes participation in simulation exercises and group activities. Lecture: 54 hours 6 Introduction to Performance Studies 3 Units Exploration of historically influential activist performances and contemporary performance art/installation pieces. Development of an understanding of basic interdisciplinary performance theories from everyday life, ritual, and on-stage. Emphasis on creating and observing performances as tools for social critique. Lecture: 54 hours 10 Interpersonal Communication 3 Units An introductory course designed to help students develop interpersonal communication competencies. Students begin by exploring personal identity, including race, culture, gender, and family. Then examine how these individual identities impact personal relationships. Finally, we will identify strategies to reduce miscommunication and conflict in interpersonal relationships. Overall, through readings, lecture/discussion, and assignments we will examine the power of communication and its effects on our lives and relationships. Lecture: 54 hours Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1 11 Intercultural Communication 3 Units This course will focus on the transmission and interpretation of messages between people from different cultures. Particular attention will be paid to beliefs, values, and norms reflected in American culture, specifically the crisscrossing dynamics of race, ethnicity, gender, religion and class. Emphasis on practical application of skills for effective communication between people of different domestic and international cultures. Lecture: 54 hours 12 Gender, Sexual Identity, and Communication 3 Units Processes and theories of gender and communication; emergence of sexual identity and orientation in society; the power of language and stereotypes in private discourse and public dialogue; the impact of historical, social, ethical, cultural, and psychological factors on gendered communication in multiple contexts. Lecture: 54 hours Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1A 20 Persuasion and Communication 3 Units Investigation and development of persuasive techniques, strategies, and theories throughout ancient and modern times. Topics will include rhetoric, propaganda, and formal/informal argumentation. Lecture: 54 hours Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1A and COMM 1.
