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Fall 2021
Apr 23,2024 |
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| COMM 234 - INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION |
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The primary intent of this course is to use a critical lens to examine culture as it influences
our selves, our relations, our media, and our understanding of society. Through this course
students will become familiar with issues like what constitutes culture, whose culture
counts and how these constructions shift over time. Simultaneously, students will be able
to examine, evaluate cross-cultural interactions, and ultimately become more effective in
their own ability to communicate interculturally/ across cultural differences. The media
today is inundated with a multitude of messages that have simplistic explanations tagged
along as analyses of the relations between culture, society, and identity. lt is essential
therefore; that we equip ourselves with the necessary tools for analysis and a better
understanding of multiculturalism in the United States and the global transnational flows of
culture. This course explores cultural experience and meaning across a variety of cultural groups,
including national cultures, ethnic groups, racial groups, economic classes, subcultures, and
genders. We will centralize communication by emphasizing several issues: 1] how
communication creates cultures, 2] communication within a variety of cultures, and 3) our
own communication about others.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Hybrid, Lecture, Online Course All Sections for this Course Communications Department Course Attributes: MN-AFR AMR STD-Hum & Culture, MJ-Africana Studies, MN-Africana Studies, MJ-Amer-Race & Ethnicity, MJ-AMER-Multicultural Studies, Gen Ed 2018, Gen Ed 18-Culture & Creativity, OLD GE-INTERCULT NORTH AMERICA, WRITING INTENSIVE |
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