Interpersonal Communication
Prerequisites: COMM 175; Prerequisites waived for PCOM minors.
Students study speech to understand its role in human relationships. This course focuses on self-exploration of communication patterns by asking life's big questions about self and other.
Students will gain competence in interpersonal communication through the development of perceptual accuracy, and clarification of values with regard to relational goals.
Outcomes: Identify characteristics and types of communication and of interpersonal communication; Define communication competence; Discuss the roles of identity and the self in communication; Recognize the relationship between communication and culture/s; Discuss the linguistic, sociolinguistic, and psycholinguistic aspects of communication.
Students study speech to understand its role in human relationships. This course focuses on self-exploration of communication patterns by asking life's big questions about self and other.
Students will gain competence in interpersonal communication through the development of perceptual accuracy, and clarification of values with regard to relational goals.
Outcomes: Identify characteristics and types of communication and of interpersonal communication; Define communication competence; Discuss the roles of identity and the self in communication; Recognize the relationship between communication and culture/s; Discuss the linguistic, sociolinguistic, and psycholinguistic aspects of communication.