Nonverbal Communication

Catalog description

We constantly communicate without words. We interpret and respond to people around us based on their communication with or without words. How we dress, the eye contact we do or do not make and the reason(s) why, whether we meet "on time" or "noon-ish," how we greet and part company, and many more nonverbals provide numerous, simultaneous channels of information exchange. Nonverbal Communication explores a range of communication types and channels, including kinesic, haptic, proxemic, vocalic, and chronemic forms of communication. Students learn not only how we use and interpret meaning within the nonverbal realm, but also how to more effectively manage their own enactment and impression management across the vast array of signals being sent and received nonverbally. Application of nonverbal communication includes romantic relationships, careers, and media contexts.