Course Snapshot for COM220- Intercultural Communication
The information listed below is subject to change. Please review the course syllabus within your online course at the start of class.
Course Competencies
The competencies you will demonstrate in this course are as follows:
- Assess the impact of cultural factors on the human communication process.
- Identify specific forces which create cultural differences.
- Speculate about the impact of cultural diversity on everyday interactions and contexts, such as business, education and interpersonal relationships.
- Theorize about the influence of cultural values and world view on language and thought processes.
- Assess the cultural uses of touch, space, silence, artifacts, body movements and para linguistic cues.
- Illustrate the various factors which may inhibit communication between people of different cultures and suggest means of managing barriers to intercultural communication.
- Demonstrate specific communication skills to improve their intercultural communication.
Module Outcomes Mapped to Competencies
| Outcomes | Competencies | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Define Culture | 2,4,6 |
| 2 | Summarize three approaches to the study of IC | 2,4 |
| 3 | Identify the methods used within each of the three approaches | 4,6 |
| 4 | Identify and discuss the imperatives for studying IC | 2,6 |
| 5 | Explain the strengths and weaknesses of each approach | 2,4,6 |
| 6 | Explore your own implicit bias | 6 |
| 7 | Explore your own open-mindedness | 2,4 |
| 8 | Discuss stages of critical thinking | 4,6 |
| 9 | Discuss vulnerability | 4,6 |
| Outcomes | Competencies | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Define narrative | 1,2,4 |
| 2 | Reflect on and discuss your family's migration story | 1,2 |
| 3 | Distinguish the difference between minority, majority, dominant and normative | 2,4 |
| 4 | Define: race, racism, acculturation, assimilation, and colonization | 2,4 |
| 5 | Define privilege | 4 |
| 6 | Explore cultural self-awareness and its connection to privilege | 2,4 |
| 7 | Discuss how storytelling and narrative have created your identity | 1,2,4 |
| Outcomes | Competencies | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Define the components of nonverbal communication | 1,3,4,5,6,7 |
| 2 | Describe the ways you use nonverbal to express your identity | 1 |
| 3 | Examine the strengths and weaknesses of nonverbal communication | 3,4,5 |
| 4 | Assess the impact of cultural factors on nonverbal communication | 1,2,4,7 |
| 5 | Define cultural Appropriation | 1,2,4,7 |
| Outcomes | Competencies | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Define: sex, gender, masculine, feminine, cisgender, genderqueer, transgender, LGBTQ, heteronormativity | 1,2,3,5 |
| 2 | Distinguish and discuss: sex, gender, masculine, feminine, cisgender, genderqueer, transgender, LGBTQ, heteronormativity | 1,2,3 |
| 3 | Discuss the social construction of gender | 1,2,3 |
| 4 | Discuss the ways in which gender is performed | 2,3,5 |
| 5 | Describe the ways in which you have learned to perform your gender | 1,3,5 |
| 6 | Describe the verbal and nonverbal components of gender performance | 1,2,3 |
| 7 | Discuss Intersectionality | 1,2,3,5 |
| Outcomes | Competencies | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identify one of the following that privileges one culture over another: workplace or school policy, proposed bill or ordinance, local or state law | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
| 2 | Propose a plan about how you could change that policy, bill, ordinance or law | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| 3 | Estimate the process and length of time it will take | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| 4 | Discuss, analyze and critique these plans with classmates | 2,3,4,5 |
| 5 | Offer suggestions for improvement | 6,7 |
| 6 | Demonstrate skills to improve IC (verbal and nonverbal) | 6,7 |
Course Time Commitment and Expectations
The semester schedule for this course may be 15 weeks, 10 weeks, or 6 weeks in duration. Based on the course format, this table shows the approximate amount of time you should plan to spend per week on this course. This includes time to read/listen to the online content, participate in discussion forums, complete all assignments, and study the course material.
For accelerated courses, the amount of time required per week is greater. Note that regardless of course format, the course material is the same and all course competencies, module outcomes, and assignments will be covered.
| Course Credit Hours | Course Format (Duration) | Pace Relative to a 15 Week Course | Course Activity Hours | Student Learning Hours Per Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 15 Weeks | - | 135 | 8.5 to 9.5 |
| 3 | 10 Weeks | 1.5x faster | 135 | 12.5 to 14.5 |
| 3 | 6 Weeks | 2.5x faster | 135 | 21 to 24 |
Aside from typical reading assignments, this course has the following (Please Note: This list is subject to change based on the discretion of the instructor facilitating this course.):
| Assignment | Points | % |
|---|---|---|
| Discussions/Workshops (9 @ 20 points each)/6 @ 45 points each) | 450 | 45% |
| Short Essay (2 @ 50 points each) | 100 | 10% |
| Portfolios (3 @ 150 points each) | 450 | 45% |
| TOTAL | 1000 | 100% |
| A = 90 to 100% | B = 80 to 89% | C = 70 to 79% | D = 60 to 69% | F = 59% and below |
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