Program Map

Persuasive and Rhetorical Communication - Certificate of Achievement

Program Map

Persuasive and Rhetorical Communication - Certificate of Achievement

Certificate of Achievement
Fall 2023
  • Communication, Language & Media

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

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  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks

This certificate develops student skills to become strong communicators by providing a foundation in the available means of persuasion (Rhetoric).

Communication skills are vital in all industries. In particular, students who study Rhetoric often go into legal careers, but many students pursue careers in advertising, public relations, film, tv, and other emerging technological fields. Rhetoric students are often very successful in gaining acceptance into graduate programs, especially in Communication, Business, Law, and Media Studies.

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
9 units
COMM 50
Introduction to Communication Studies (Historical)
3.0
COMM 1
Fundamentals of Speech Communication (Historical)
3.0
COMM 46
Argumentation and Debate (Historical)
3.0
Semester 2
 
7 - 11 units
COMM 20
Persuasion and Communication (Historical)
3.0
COMM 48
Activities in Forensics (Active)
1.0-4.0
List A course
 
3.0-4.0
Choose one course from List A below
List A
 

Choose 1 course from the list below:

23 units
MCOM 40
Introduction to Broadcasting (Active)
3.0
MCOM 41
Introduction to Mass Communications (Active)
3.0
MCOM 43
Advertising Sales & Media Management (Active)
3.0
ENGL 4A
Critical Thinking and Writing about Literature (Active)
4.0
ENGL C1001
Critical Thinking and Writing (Active)
4.0
PHIL 70
Social and Political Philosophy (Active)
3.0
POSC 25
Introduction to Political Theory (Historical)
3.0
Total Units: 16.0-20.0