COM 407 - Advanced Intercultural Communication

Description:
In-depth study of theory and practice of intercultural, cross-cultural, co-cultural and sub-cultural communication. Examination of the communication plays in these groups’ interactions with each other and the relevant dominant culture.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: COM 302, and admission to the communication studies major, communication minor, organizational communication minor, or instructor permission.

Credits: (4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Articulate and defend a well-informed definition of intercultural communication.
Analyze the intercultural dynamics among organizational, interpersonal, family, technological and systemic communication.
Apply various structural, interpersonal, cultural, technological and systemic approaches to communication to diagnose and solve intercultural problems.
Apply communication research theory and intercultural communication theory to address problems in carious contexts.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
1/30/14

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