“Definitely use the comm lab and sign up for room days before an assignment and/or speech is due. If it turns out you don’t need the room just erase your name, but at least you have the spot reserved. Also answer and ask questions in class. As you are interested in communication, it is best to express yourself a little. A little goes a long way and instructors see the effort. Lastly, I’d suggest going to office hours, but have questions beforehand so you don’t blank out like me.”

"Networking!"

"It’s fun!"

 “It puts light on a current issue among college students and people battling with addiction”

 “Australia, India, Rwanda, South Africa, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Cuba

In my job prior to SBCC I taught programs in: Japan, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada”

"It sounds cliche but it’s the students. It’s because I’m lucky enough to teach the classes for the major, so they’re all motivated, they’re all transfer bound, they all really care about their major, and they’re passionate about their major."

“I hope that it makes them think about the world in a different way, I hope it teaches them to see the world as a problem that they want to solve, and that they can think critically about problem-solving, that’s what I hope happens in the research methods class, and I hope for the communications theories class that they can apply what we talked about, that its really practical and useful and I really do hope it prepares them for success when they transfer.”

“I would give them advice about knowing what they want to do with their major, and then picking classes accordingly, have an idea about what you want to do, because we have the applied track (cal state) and the science track (UCs). I think if you know what you want to do with your major, you’re more likely to pick classes that you like and that speak to you and that you can use. If you’re dead-set on UC’s then you want to pick classes for that science track, if you’re not sure, but you want to be able to apply…

“It’s kind of a trick question. It’s not like our major leads directly to a job, per say, … but on the other hand our major, the doors are wide open, you can do all kinds of things. Usually I find that students who catch up with me after they have transferred or graduated are usually in the service industry, working with people, in business, something about sales, marketing, public relations, usually in the service industry. Like I said, I think the COMM major teaches you how to solve problems. How to organize information, present it to people in a clear way, and see problems that are happening and critically analyze situations.”

“Oh you’re asking me to pick favorites! … I would like to hear what Professor Hock has to say about the mass media class, I hear lots of good things about that, I would also like to take Professor Kistler’s intercultural class, I hear a lot of good things about those classes. That’s because of my own personal interests in media and culture and I’ve heard a lot of good things about those two courses.”

“I think that the importance of communication skills, is something that will not go away. I think in our society with the abundance of technology and information I think that people who can organize information and critically analyze it and disseminate it to another group of people, are valuable people. Those people have valuable skills and that’s what our major does, it teaches those skills.”