The following are a few of the "specialty" Communication courses now being offered: 

• Intercultural Communication (COMM 124) – Meets G.E. requirement for Humanities at Grossmont (Area C.1.) and CSU (Area C.2.).  This course gives International students and native-born U.S. students an opportunity to learn from each other about cultural patterns.  Students learn about each others' cultures while also gaining valuable insight into their own.  Essential for survival in our increasingly diverse and interdependent world!

• Global Communication (COMM 128) – Meets G.E. requirement for Behavioral Sciences at Grossmont (Area D.2.).  This is an exciting online course where students interact directly with students from other universities around the world, including Japan, Mexico and Belize.

• Oral Interpretation (COMM 135) – Meets G.E. requirement for Humanities at Grossmont and at CSU (Area C.2. at both).  Students analyze works from both a literary and a performance perspective, and learn how to present them to audiences.  The course can be particularly helpful to the student who has problems with public speaking, if taken prior to a public speaking course.  It also is good for English, Theatre and Child Development majors, as well as potential writers.  Because it involves analysis of literature, students should be able to write an essay prior to taking the course.

• Critical Thinking in Group Communication (COMM 137) – Meets G.E. requirement for Critical Thinking at CSU (Area A.3.).  This course is especially valuable to help students to succeed in the decision-making and problem-solving group work that they do in their other courses, since so many instructors now emphasize group work and cooperative learning across the curriculum.  It is also valuable for students who are interested in learning more about leadership.

• Argumentation (COMM 145) – Meets G.E. requirement for Critical Thinking at CSU (Area A.3.).  This course is focused on construction of arguments, especially as they relate to contemporary social issues.  Students present, question and defend arguments, with an emphasis on content, form and substance.  The course helps students learn how to structure their thoughts better and get their ideas across effectively and persuasively.

• Intercollegiate Forensics (COMM 240) - Don't be scared off by the course title!  This one isn't about cutting up dead bodies.  It is the class associated with our National and International award-winning Speech and Debate Team.  Students develop and hone their speaking skills in a variety of speech events.  There are opportunities to travel all over the state and beyond.  In May of 2007, two of our debaters participated in the World Debate Tournament in the People's Republic of China; our debaters were undefeated in preliminary rounds, advanced to semi-finals, and placed fifth overall out of 200 teams competing in the tournament.  Sign up for COMM 240 to get involved in this exciting activity!

New pairs of 8-week courses!  We're sequencing 8-week courses to give students opportunities to complete multiple requirements in a single semester.  Here are the pairs:

• COMM 120 Interpersonal Communication and COMM 137 Critical Thinking in Group Communication - complete your Oral Comm requirement and your Critical Thinking requirement.

• COMM 122 Public Speaking and COMM 137 Critical Thinking in Group Communication - an alternate way to meet that same pair of Oral Comm and Critical Thinking.

• COMM 122 Public Speaking and COMM 123 Advanced Public Speaking - this combination is especially great for Communication majors.  It puts you well on your way to completing the preparation for the major for transfer to SDSU's highly popular Communication program.

Updated July 2, 2007