COMM 8

About this course

This course presents the principles and methods of critical inquiry, advocacy, and debate. Students will develop research skills, critically evaluate evidence, identify fallacies in reasoning and language, advance reasoned positions with consideration to ethical practices and cultural sensitivity, and use critical thinking to defend and refute arguments through analysis, presentation, and evaluation of oral and written communication arguments.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”

Transfer pathways that use COMM 8

ASSIST maps COMM 8 to a requirement in 43 published pathways from De Anza College — 24 shown.

• Leadership StudiesDe Anza → Humboldt State
• Liberal Studies B.A. - Child Development/Elementary Education ConcentrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
• Liberal Studies B.A. - Elementary Education ConcentrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
• Nursing B.S.N. (RN-BSN)De Anza → Humboldt State
• CommunicationDe Anza → Humboldt State
• Communication StudiesDe Anza → San Francisco State
• NursingDe Anza → San Francisco State
• NursingDe Anza → CSU Fullerton
• Communication StudiesDe Anza → CSU Fullerton
• Communication Studies B.A. - Communication and Public Affairs OptionDe Anza → CSU Chico
• Communication Studies B.A. - Organizational Communication OptionDe Anza → CSU Chico
• Nursing, ADN or RN to B.S.N.De Anza → CSU Channel Islands
• Nursing, B.S.N.De Anza → CSU Channel Islands
• COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA, Linguistics Emphasis, B.A. (Transfer Starting Fall 2026)De Anza → UC Merced
• COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA, Media Production Emphasis, B.A. (Transfer Starting Fall 2026)De Anza → UC Merced
• COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA, B.A. (Transfer Starting Fall 2026)De Anza → UC Merced
• Nursing, B.S.: Post-Licensure ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Hayward
• Nursing, B.S.: Pre-Licensure ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Hayward
• Bachelor of Arts Major in CommunicationDe Anza → University of the Pacific
• Liberal Studies B.A. Elementary Teaching Content Preparation ProgramDe Anza → CSU Stanislaus
• Nursing B.S., Pre-Licensure TrackDe Anza → CSU Stanislaus
• CommunicationDe Anza → San Diego State
• Liberal Studies, Emphasis in Elementary EducationDe Anza → San Diego State
• Economics - Emphasis in Public PolicyDe Anza → San Diego State

The other FHDA college

The district declares these courses cross-listed with COMM 8. That is a district equivalence, recorded in the colleges’ own course data — it is not an ASSIST articulation, and whether it satisfies a particular transfer requirement is a separate question shown on the pathway pages.

• COMM 1B: Argumentation & Persuasion