Requirements for 

Associate's Degree in Speech 

Completing this major would allow a student to graduate with an Associates degree in Speech Communication (if all other general degree requirements have been met). 

• Core Units

  These classes must be completed by all students pursuing the Speech Communication Degree.

  • Spch 01 Introduction to Speech -   3.0 units
  • Spch 02 Advanced Public Speaking  -   3.0 units
  • Spch 04 Intro to Interpersonal Communication   - 3.0 units
  • Spch 05 Elementary Oral Interpretation - 3.0 units
  • Spch 07 Argumentation and Debate  -   3.0 units
  • Spch 25 Intro to Rhetorical Criticism - 3.0 units
  • Spch 10A   Forensics  - 2.0 units

• Required Additional Courses

  A total of eight units from the following

  • Spch 03 Voice and Diction - 3.0 units
  • Spch 06 Small Group Communication - 3.0 units
  • Spch 16 Reader’s Theatre - 3.0 units
  • Spch 26 Rhetoric of Popular Culture - 3.0 units
  • Spch 56 Business and Professional Speech - 3.0 units
  • Spch 10B  Forensics - 2.0 units
  • CIS 17  Introduction to Power Point - 2.0 units