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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
COMM 7 | Title:
INTERCUL COMM |
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Full Title:
Intercultural Communication |
Last Reviewed:8/26/2024 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
SPCH 7
Catalog Description:
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A survey course that compares the communication of the following groups within the larger context of United States culture: African, Asian, Chicano, Latino, European, Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, and Middle Eastern. The course will focus on the interaction between members of different cultures. When appropriate, the course will also examine how issues of sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, and deaf culture structure the communication of all people. Meets UC Berkeley American Cultures Requirement.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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A survey course that compares the communication of the following groups within the larger context of United States culture: African, Asian, Chicano/Latino, European, Indigenous Peoples of the Americas,and Middle Eastern.The course will focus on the interaction between members of different cultures. When appropriate, the course will also examine how issues of sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, and deaf culture structure the communication of all people. Meets UC Berkeley American Cultures Requirement.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 1981
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Area: | D G
| Social and Behavioral Sciences American Cultures/Ethnic Studies
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| D | Social Science | Fall 1995 | |
| D3 | Ethnic Studies | | |
| D7 | Interdisc Social or Behavioral Science | | |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| 4 | Social and Behavioral Science | Fall 1995 | |
| 4C | Ethnic Studies | | |
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CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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C-ID: |
CID Descriptor: COMM 150 | Intercultural Communication | SRJC Equivalent Course(s): COMM7 |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Outcomes and Objectives: The students will:
1. Describe, compare, and analyze a variety of culturally-based
communication behaviors.
2. Choose and practice methods for communicating between different
cultures.
3. Describe and compare culturally-based differences in cognitive
styles and world views.
4. Describe and compare the differences within a culture or ethnic
group.
5. Describe and discuss their own cultural communication behaviors.
6. Discuss and practice listening skills related to intercultural
communication.
7. Discuss and practice communication skills related to intercultural
competence.
Topics and Scope
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1. The nature of United States Cultural Groups (African American,
Asian American, Latino American, European American, Indigenous
Peoples of the Americas, and Middle-Eastern American).
2. Communication and Culture.
3. Degrees of Interculturalness.
4. Related Cultural Variables (sexual orientation, age, religion,
disability, and deaf cultures).
5. Intercultural Communication Competence.
6. Forces that Create Cultural Differences.
7. Components of Cultural Patterns (beliefs, values, norms).
8. Taxonomies of Cultural Patterns (Hall, Hofstede, Bond, Stewart).
9. Verbal Codes.
10 Nonverbal Codes.
11 Cultural Variations in Language Use.
12 Application of Intercultural Communication Theories in Different
Areas of Endeavor: Business, Education, Medicine.
13 Obstacles to Intercultural Competence (ethnocentrism, stereotyping,
prejudice, discrimination, and racism).
14 Outcomes of Intercultural Contact (assimilation, accommodation, and
acculturation).
15 Theoretical Underpinnings of Intercultural Interpersonal Communication
(communication accommodation, uncertainty reduction, and layers of
intolerance).
Assignments:
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1. Experiential games and simulation exercises.
2. Participation in various forms of intercultural communication.
3. Field work (study communication behaviors of a culture when
members of that culture communicate with members of another
culture).
4. Objective and essay-type midterm examination based on lecture and
reading.
5. Objective and essay-type final examination based on lecture and
reading.
6. Written analysis of communication behavior in student's own culture,
co-culture, nationality, or ethnicity.
7. Quizzes.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing 40 - 60% |
Reading reports, Essay exams, MINI-ETHNOGRAPHY, SELF STUDY | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 10 - 20% |
Homework problems, Field work, Exams | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 20 - 35% |
Class performances, Field work, ETHNOGRAPHY | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 5 - 20% |
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 5 - 10% |
CLASS PARTICIPATION AND ATTENDANCE. | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Communication Between Cultures, Samovar and Porter (Wadsworth, 1995).
Intercultural Competence: Interpersonal Communication Across Cultures,
Lustig and Koester(Harper Collins, 1996).
Dynamics of Intercultural Communication, C.H. Dodd (Wm C. Brown, 1991).
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