CID Descriptor:

COMM 115: Survey of Human Communication

Are you aware of additional resources for COMM 1115? If so, please contact Shagun Kaur.

NEW RELEASE: Survey of Human Communication edited by Elaine Lee is now available. It combines chapters from Public Speaking Project and edited chapters from Communication in the Real World to meet the CID Descriptor for California Community Colleges.

- Testbanks for the book available upon request from LibreText or the author

OER TextBooks

1. Popular Option: Communication in the Real World: An Introduction to Communication Studies [Open Textbook Library and LibreTexts]

- Used By:
  - Lake Tahoe Community College
  - De Anza College
- Multiple formats
- Reviews by discipline faculty

2. A Primer on Communication Studies

- Used By:
  - Los Angeles Valley College

- Available in HTML and PDF format

3. Business Communication for Success [Saylor]

- Clearly defined learning objectives; supplemental resources
- Questions at the end can be used for discussions

4. Introduction to Communication [Payton and Hanh] on Libretext

5. Process of Communication by College of the Canyons

6. Message Processing: The Science of Creating Understanding by Jessica Gasiorek - According to the author, "the text provides an upper-level undergraduate introduction and explanation of the social and cognitive processes involved in human communication, focusing on how people create understanding."

OER Courses

Excluding course final exams, content authored for Saylor Academy's Principles of Human Communication is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. A complete list of terms of use is available here. The course has ancillaries and supplemental readings.