Chabot College • Summer and Fall 2024 Class Schedule 63 510.723.6600 • www.chabotcollege.edu/welcome24 FALL 2023 COURSES Courses are offered in multiple modalities, such as in-person, online, and hybrid, and multiple formats, such as full-term courses and short-term courses. For the most current class information, scan the QR code for the searchable online class schedule at www.chabotcollege.edu/courses COMM 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION 3 Units This course develops a student’s skills in creating and presenting speeches to an audience. An emphasis is placed on delivery, audience analysis, and content assembly in order to inform, persuade, or entertain an audience. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1 COMM 3 GROUP COMMUNICATION 3 Units This class will focus on how to become better participants in small groups, both by learning the theoretical principles and the application of skills and practices thus reducing uncertainty/anxiety in groups. COMM 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, discussing, and observing performances as tools for social critique. COMM 10 INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION 3 Units An introductory course designed to help you develop your interpersonal communication competencies by examining identity, human interaction, and conflict management in personal relationships. Through readings, discussion, and assignments we will examine the power of communication and its effects on our lives and relationships. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1 COMM 11 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION 3 Units This introductory course is designed to help you develop an understanding of communication between and within cultures. Emphasis will be placed on self-awareness, perception, interpretations of similarities and differences in culture, conflict management, and intercultural communication competence strategies. COMM 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. Emphasis on the creation, techniques, and analysis of persuasive speaking. Strongly recommended: English 1A and Communication Studies 1. COMM 46 ARGUMENTATION & DEBATE 3 Units Analysis of contemporary questions through written and spoken discourse. Analysis, criticism and synthesis of contemporary moral, political, economic and philosophical issues of a diverse, multicultural society, using traditional and modern models of argumentation. Strongly recommended: English 1A. COMM 48 ACTIVITIES IN FORENSICS 1 – 4 Units Intercollegiate competition in the areas of public speaking, debate, and oral interpretation. Other activities include performance in workshops, festivals, concert readings and the community. COMM 50 INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION STUDIES 3 Units Students will explore theories of communication, discovering what communication is, how and why it works, the power of communication, and a view of Communication Studies as a discipline. Students will also learn strategies for improving communication skills. Strongly Recommended: Eligibility for English 1. COMM 70A INTRODUCTION TO COMM TUTOR TRAINING 2 Units Introduction to tutor training for the Communication Laboratory. Includes lecture and hands-on tutoring experience. Required: Successful completion of COMM course and instructor recommendation. Prerequisite: COMM 1 or , COMM 2 or , COMM 10 or , COMM 20 or , COMM 46 or COMM 50 (completed with a grade of “C” or higher) and instructor recommendation required. COMM 70B EXPERIENCED COMM TUTOR TRAINING 2 –3 Units Training for experienced communication tutors. Includes lecture and handson tutoring experience. Prerequisite: COMM 70A (completed with a grade of “C” or higher) COMPUTER APPLICATION SYSTEMS Computer Application Systems can help you advance your career with hands-on computer training. Our degree and certificate programs offers affordable, flexible training that will help you land the job or promotion you are looking for. CAS 50 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER APPL SYSTEMS 3 Units Introduction to computer applications systems as it relates to business and home use. Course introduces software topics in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, internet, World Wide Web, electronic mail, file management, data communications and an introduction to basic computer programming. Hardware topics include PC system components and troubleshooting issues. Other topics include computer-based careers and trends, electronic computing issues, terminology, electronic communication skills, ethics, security, and netiquette in today’s business computing environment. CAS 54 MICROSOFT EXCEL 3 Units This course covers an in depth look at Microsoft Excel, a widely used spreadsheet application program that allows users to complete advanced mathematical formulas and functions, display information through graphs and charts with the use a microcomputer. Students will be prepared to take the Microsoft Certification Exams. CAS 58 MICROSOFT ACCESS 3 Units This course covers Microsoft Access, which is a DBMS (also known as Database Management System) from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and softwaredevelopment tools. Topics such as tables, queries, forms, reports and advanced functions will be covered. This course will prepare students to take the Microsoft Office Specialist Exam for Access. CAS 71 KEYBOARDING & 10 KEY 3 Units Students will master the touch operation on a computer keyboard and 10 key pad. Correct fingering by touch and good posturing techniques will be emphasized along with speed and accuracy. Students will use basic word processing functions on a variety of document types. CAS 74 INTRODUCTION TO LINUX/UNIX 3 Units This course provides hands-on training of the Linux/Unix operating system. Topics include: installation, management, configuration, security, documentation, utilities, DOS, hacking and file protection on workstations in a LAN environment. Strongly Recommended: CAS 50 CAS 75 INTO TO CYBERSECURITY: HACKING 3 Units This course introduces the network security specialist to the various methodologies for attacking a network. Students will be introduced to the concepts, principles, and techniques, supplemented by hands-on exercises, for attacking and disabling a network within the context of properly securing a network. The course will emphasize network attack methodologies with the emphasis on student use of network attack techniques and tools and appropriate defenses and countermeasures. Students will receive course content information through a variety of methods: lecture and demonstration of hacking tools will be used in addition to a virtual environment. Students will experience a hands-on practical approach to penetration testing measures and ethical hacking. Strongly Recommended: CAS 92A
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