What's New in the Communication Department?

Over the last few years, the SCC Communication Department has developed courses and programs that has diversified our offerings to intentionally include students not interested in transferring, students not interested in obtaining an AA/AS, and/or working students who desire a four-month, 12-unit Certificate of Achievement to assist them in employment, upskilling, and/or career promotion.

In the wake of the new CALGETC being hammered out and given that "Oral Communication" remains at the center of the debate between UC, CSU, and CCC, we thought it could help non-COMM folx to get a better overview of how Communication as a discipline and department are moving forward. COMM faculty will share up-to-date information concerning the "Oral Comm" requirement in the upcoming CALGETC GE pattern. We will identify and differentiate the various courses that SCC offers that meet this GE requirement (COMM 301, 303, 331, 361, 481).

We will highlight two classes somewhat new to the books:

1. COMM 341: Organizational Communication
2. COMM 369: Gateway to Communication Studies: Personal and Professional Development.

We will identify two 12-unit Certificates designed to be obtainable in one semester:

1. Applied Communication Skills
2. Professional and Workplace Communication

If time remains, we will reveal two classes the department anticipates a 1-1-24 Catalog date:

1. COMM 336: Conflict Management: Mediation
2. COMM 339: Health Communication

Finally, we will look toward the future with two Certificates in the works that may obtain a 1-1-24 Catalog date:

1. Conflict Management
2. Performance Studies (interdisciplinary with Theatre Arts and Music)

Audience

Everyone

Presenter

Kim Church is a fourth-generation Sacramentan who has been teaching students at SCC since 2001. She came on as adjunct faculty while simultaneously teaching at three other local campuses, including Sierra College, Cosumnes River College, and California State University, Sacramento. Kim began coaching competitive forensics in 2002 at SCC, earned a tenure-track line in 2006, and became the Director of Forensics for the Los Rios Speech and Debate Team. Kim is actively involved in grassroots social justice advocacy often concentrating on neighbors living in abject poverty. In 2016, Kim founded a non-profit called ENGAGE, Inc: Engaging Neighbors to Generate Action via Grassroots Efforts which served over 40 neighborhoods across Sacramento County. From 2016-2022, she also established and ran a 100% volunteer effort called Sac Safe Space for Unhoused Youth. She is currently COMM Department Chair at SCC.

Flex Credit

Flex credit is available for this event.

After the event: Professional Learning Evaluation Form

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