COM 200 - Intercultural Communication

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
This course meets the Arts & Humanities General Education Requirement. This course meets the Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirement. This course meets the Diversity Requirement.

Investigate the challenges of communication with individuals from different cultures. Learn to describe and analyze cultural patterns. Study strategies for increasing intercultural communication competency.

Crosslisted: Also offered as COM 200H ; credit is not given for both COM 200 and COM 200H .

Note: Typically offered at MC, AM, and OL; all terms.

Course Outcomes:

Describe the values and expectations of one’s own culture(s).
Describe one’s own culture identity and the ways in which it influences social and personal identity.
Describe patterns of other cultures using intercultural communication theories and culture taxonomies.
Describe the role of cultural patterns, verbal codes, and nonverbal codes in the development of intercultural interpersonal relations.
Utilize specific intercultural communication theories to describe, analyze, and make valid inferences about obstacles to competent intercultural communication.
Exhibit communication skills that reflect competence in intercultural communication.