3/13/2025 11:49:11 PM	COMM 7 Course Outline as of Fall 1998	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  COMM 7	Title:  INTERCUL COMM
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
		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:

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:

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	Inactive:
Area:	D G	Social and Behavioral Sciences American Cultures/Ethnic Studies
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	D	Social Science		Fall 1995
	D3	Ethnic Studies
	D7	Interdisc Social or Behavioral Science
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	4	Social and Behavioral Science		Fall 1995
	4C	Ethnic Studies
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
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:

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

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:

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:

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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