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Dec 21, 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.
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
• No prerequisites by topic appended.
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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