The award-winning Bakersfield College Communication Department offers a solid array of courses to meet the needs of our students and the communities we serve. Communication skills represent the number-one workplace ability sought by today’s employers, and the BC Communication Department provides students with an impressive set of potential skills.

The Communication Department offers:

• Associate in arts degrees
• A lower division transfer program
• Certificates of completion
• Three course options to meet the oral communication requirement for transfer
• Supplemental Instruction led by BC students who have succeeded in our courses
• Sigma Chi Eta National Communication Honor Society
• Courses in:
  • Public Speaking
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Persuasive Communication
  • Rhetoric and Argumentation
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Organizational Communication
  • Small Group Communication
  • Health Communication
  • as well as Leadership and Communication