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Apr 23, 2024
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TC 453 - Intercultural Communication3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
The objective of this course is to develop effective communicators who can recognize, analyze, and resolve intercultural conflicts. With a focus upon increased globalization and the changing nature of the nation’s population, students are taught to adapt to unfamiliar cultures and establish ways and means for effective communication. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand how culture, in and of itself, influences communication and how it interacts with social, psychological and environmental factors to influence communication
- Explain cultural similarities and differences in communication
- Understand cultural issues that affect communication effectiveness
- Recognize ethical issues in communicating with someone from a different culture or ethnic group
- Have improved intercultural communication skills
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
- Course introduction (1 class)
- An approach to the study of intercultural communication (2 classes)
- Cultural influences on intercultural communication (2 classes)
- Sociocultural influences on intercultural communication (2 classes)
- Psychocultural influences on intercultural communication (2 classes)
- Environmental influences on intercultural communication (2 classes)
- Cultural variations in message decoding (2 classes)
- Cultural variations in non verbal communication (2 classes)
- Interpersonal relationships with strangers (2 classes)
- Stranger’s adaptation to new cultures (2 classes)
- Effectiveness in communicating with strangers (2 classes)
- Becoming intercultural (2 classes)
- Building and effective intercultural community (2 classes)
- Chapter presentations (4 classes)
Coordinator
James Friauf
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