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COMM A110: Introduction to Public Speaking

Course Outline of Record
Item Value
Top Code 150600 - Speech Communication
Units 3 Total Units 
Hours 54 Total Hours (Lecture Hours 54)
Total Outside of Class Hours 0
Course Credit Status Credit: Degree Applicable (D)
Material Fee No
Basic Skills Not Basic Skills (N)
Repeatable No
Grading Policy Standard Letter (S)
Associate Arts Local General Education (GE)
  • OC Comm/Analytical Thinking - AA (OA2)
Associate Science Local General Education (GE)
  • OCC Comm/AnalyticalThinking-AS (OAS2)
  • OCC Humanities - AS (OSC2)
California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC)
  • Cal-GETC 1C Oral Communication (1CCG)
Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
  • IGETC 1C Oral Communications (1C)
California State University General Education Breadth (CSU GE-Breadth)
  • CSU A1 Oral Communications (A1)
  • CSU C2 Humanities (C2)

Course Description

Formerly: CMST A110, Public Speaking. 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. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC. C-ID: COMM 110. Common Course Number: COMM C1000.C-ID: COMM 110.

Method(s) of Instruction

  • Lecture (02)
  • DE Live Online Lecture (02S)
  • DE Online Lecture (02X)