Intercultural Comm

Catalog description

This course seeks to improve intercultural communication competence through learning about communication patterns between those with different cultural backgrounds. Concepts covered in this class include nonverbal communication, language, relationships, conflict, and communication in the contexts of business, education, and healthcare. By taking this class, students will understand societal influences that shape cultural identity and perpetuate the dynamics of power, privilege, oppression, and opportunity, as well as, dimensions of social justice in the cultural experiences of immigrants and refugees in the U.S. Further, students will integrate intercultural communication theory with practice and real-life applications as they create and revise a presentation on the distinctive cultural features of one non-Western civilization.