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COMM 16H Interpersonal Communication - HONORS 5 Units
(Formerly SPCH 16H.)
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in COMM 16.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5; COMM 1, 1H, 10 or 10H.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
This course examines interpersonal communication principles with an emphasis on developing the self-concept through listening, verbal and nonverbal communication, language, and cultural knowledge, as a means of maintaining effective relationships in an increasingly diverse and interconnected global society. Because it is an honors course, students will be expected to complete additional assignments to gain deeper insight into communication studies.
COMM 70 Effective Organizational Communication 5 Units
(Formerly SPCH 70.)
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in COMM 70H.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
A study of contemporary concepts relevant to the meanings and functions of communication in organizations. Impact of communication, leadership, information technology, ethics, and globalization on organizational effectiveness. Students develop and apply research strategies to analyze a specific organization. Emphasizes development of communication skills useful for working productively in dynamic, collaborative, multicultural work environments.
COMM 70H Effective Organizational 5 Units Communication - HONORS
(Formerly SPCH 70H.)
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in COMM 70.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
A study of contemporary concepts relevant to the meanings and functions of communication in organizations. Impact of communication, leadership, information technology, ethics, and globalization on organizational effectiveness. Students develop and apply research strategies to analyze a specific organization. Emphasizes development of communication skills useful for working productively in dynamic, collaborative, multicultural work environments. As an honors course students will be expected to complete additional assignments to gain deeper insight in organizational communication.
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COMM 77W
COMM 77X
COMM 77Y
COMM 77Z
Special Individual Projects in Communication Studies
1 Unit
2 Units 3 Units 4 Units
(Formerly ICS 5.)
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5. (Also listed as ARTS 2F. Students may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This is a cross-cultural introduction to American art history, with an interdisciplinary analysis of diverse art forms generated by artists of color, including African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Latinx/Chicanx, and Americans of non-European heritage. Significant attention will be given to topics considered important by each ethnicity or group, as well as issues related to racism, gender, social class, and contemporary social and political awareness. Traditions, values, and cultural expressions of diverse societies and their contributions to American visual culture are explored. Emphasis is placed upon the visual arts as a source of student empowerment, self-determination, decolonization and liberation in support of equity, and diversity, in anti-racist work and through civic engagement and activism.
CETH 19 Masculinities in U.S. Culture and Society 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5. (Also listed as WMST 29. Students may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This is an interdisciplinary and intersectional study of masculinities within US culture and society from the post-Civil Rights era to the present. Special attention will be given to how masculinity is constructed along axes of race and ethnicity including African American, Asian American Pacific Islander, Latinx, and Native American, as well sexuality, class, and ability.
(Formerly SPCH 77, 77X, 77Y and 77Z respectively.)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and division dean.
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Three hours laboratory for each unit of credit (36 hours total for each unit of credit per quarter).
Individual special reading, writing, research, presentation, facilitation, teaching assistant, and/or community service/civic engagement leadership projects in Communication Studies as determined in consultation with the instructor.
COMM 78W
COMM 78X
COMM 78Y
COMM 78Z
Special Topics in Communication Studies
1 Unit 2 Units 3 Units 4 Units
(Formerly SPCH 78W, 78X, 78Y and 78Z respectively.)
Advisory: COMM 1, 1H, 10 or 10H.
One hour lecture for each unit of credit (12 hours total for each unit of credit per quarter). Complete a minimum of three hours work outside of class for each unit/ hour in class.
Examination of selected topics relating to the Communication Studies discipline. Subject matter will vary. Some courses may involve a service learning component.
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All courses are for unit credit and apply to a De Anza associate degree unless otherwise noted.
Comparative Ethnic Studies
CETH 8 Women of Color in the USA 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5. (Also listed as WMST 8. Students may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course is an interdisciplinary, multi-perspective, and comparative study of the experiences of women of color in the United States, including African American, Asian American Pacific Islander, Latina, and Native American women. The constructs of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality as they relate to social institutions and national ideologies will be explored. The examination and analysis of the historical, political, and economic influences that have informed the relationships between women of color and white women in the U.S.A., is foundational to this course.
CETH 10 Race, Ethnicity and Inequality 4 Units
(Formerly ICS 4.)
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course is an interdisciplinary examination of major concepts and controversies in the study of racial and ethnic differences in the United States. Students will explore race and ethnicity as historical and contemporary categories of identification in the contexts of social relations of power and inequality while analyzing social movements and policy debates on racial equity.
 CETH 11
Race and Ethnicity: Belonging and Exclusion in the U.S.
4 Units
(Formerly ICS 9.)
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course examines race and ethnicity as systematized practices of social classification used to determine belonging and exclusion of groups in the United States. It includes a thematic emphasis on citizenship and immigration, with historical and contemporary comparisons, and the application of theories, concepts, and frameworks towards the analysis of race and ethnicity in local contexts.
CETH 13
History of Art: Multicultural Arts in the United States
4 Units



















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