Academic Catalog

Communication Studies (CERT)

Department website: https://www.cerritos.edu/communication-studies/

CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT

By successfully completing the courses for a Certificate of Achievement in Communication Studies, students will gain breadth and depth of communication competence to significantly impact future employment and promotion. Students can satisfy up to four different general education transfer requirements (Oral Communication, Social Sciences, Humanities and Critical Thinking) as well as build practical and theoretical understanding for future Communication Studies work.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

  • Students are better equipped for democratic participation.
  • Students demonstrate greater confidence in their ability to communicate with others.
  • Students demonstrate oral communication competency across a variety of contexts.
  • Students exhibit clear, concise expression of logic and thought.
  • Students improve their interpersonal, small group and organizational communication competence.
  • Students successfully construct and deconstruct arguments.

Program Requirements

Code Number Course Title Units
Division/Department Requirements
Required Core: Select 12 units from the following:12.0
COMM 60
Basics of Speech Communication (3)
COMM 100
Introduction to Communications Studies (3)
COMM 103
Argumentation, Persuasion, and Critical Thinking (3)
COMM 110
Intercultural Communication (3)
COMM 115
Gender, Communication, and the Digital Revolution (3)
or WGS 115
 Gender, Communication, and the Digital Revolution
COMM 120
Interpersonal Communication (3)
COMM 125
Organizational Communication (3)
COMM 130
Public Speaking (3)
COMM 132
Small Group Communication (3)
COMM 140
Oral Interpretation of Literature (3)
COMM 145
Storytelling (3)
COMM 148
Readers' Theatre (3)
COMM 200
Contemporary Communication Topics (3)
COMM 231
Forensics Activity 1 (Competitive Speech and Debate) (1) 1
COMM 232
Forensics Activity 2 (Competitive Speech and Debate) (2) 1
COMM 233
Forensics Activity 3 (Competitive Speech and Debate) (3) 1
Total Units12
1

Up to 3 forensics units may be used toward the Associate of Arts Degree in Communication Studies for Transfer (AA-T)