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Program Demographics

Overview

Communication courses involve studying the exchange of information from one person to another. This process can take place in a verbal or written format. GateWay classes are designed to help students build skills in:

  • Listening and speaking
  • Helping students prepare for success in a career
  • Building and maintaining supportive and effective relationships, both personally and professionally

Students are expected to understand and use complex ideas such as culture, values, assertiveness and research relevant information to express information logically, giving a voice to their own beliefs and ideas.

Courses

GateWay offers several different communications courses, including COM100 - Introduction to Human Communication. This course covers the speech communication process and may serve as a prerequisite for understanding higher-level courses that cover:

  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Public Speaking
  • Intercultural Communication

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