BC3 Academic Catalog: 2024-2025
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COMM 215 - Intercultural Communication 3 Credits: (3 lecture)
Course Description
This course introduces the students to the communication patterns within various cultural groups and the breakdowns which occur as members of one cultural group interact with those of another cultural group. It focuses on the skills and knowledge necessary for effective intercultural communication. This course meets the General Education competency of Values, Ethics, and Diverse Perspectives (VE).
Text
Lustig, Myron W. and Jolene Koester, Intercultural Competence: Interpersonal Communication Across Cultures. 8th ed. Pearson, 2018. Digital access only (Revel).
Objectives
The student will be able to:
A. Identify the concepts and theories of the study of intercultural communication.
B. Describe barriers to intercultural communication between cultures, subcultures, and races.
C. Identify the cultural factors affecting communication in a cultural or subcultural situation which they observe/experience.
D. Develop, test, and evaluate guidelines for improving their intercultural communication skills.
E. Demonstrate through exercises knowledge for the values and communication traits of other cultures.
F. Examine ethical problems from a variety of social and professional perspectives with an emphasis on communication.(VE)
G. Examine the complexity of global humanity diversity and the various forces that shape it with an emphasis on communication. (VE)
Content
A. A review of the basic principals of the communication process as it applies to cultural groups, including the application of intercultural communication theory and research.
B. A look at the barriers to effective communication between various national and international cultural groups.
C. A study of the communication barriers of “non-traditional” cultural groups, such as the disabled, the deaf, gays, and women.
D. An analysis of the verbal and nonverbal communication processes in various intercultural settings.
E. An emphasis on application of theory through research projects and role playing exercises.
Student Evaluation
A. Exams and quizzes
B. Essay reflections and individual/group presentations
C. Essay reflections and individual/group presentations
D. Papers, exercises and/or group projects
E. Exercises and/or group projects
F. Papers, exercises and/or group projects
G. Exams, papers, exercises, and essay reflections Bibliography
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Burgoon, J. K. etal. Nonverbal Communication: The Unspoken Dialogue, 2nd ed. Harper & Row, 1996.
Daniels, Roger. Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life. Harper Collins, 1990.
Demott, Benjamin. The Imperial Middle: Why Americans Can’t Think Straight About Class. Morrow, 1990.
Dodd, Carley H. Dynamics of Intercultural Communications, 5th ed. W. C. Brown, 1998.
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Haseltine, Patricia. East and Southeast Asian Material Culture in North America. Greenwood Press, 1989.
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Steele, Shelby. The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America. St. Martin’s Press, 1990.
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