COM 200H - Intercultural Communication - Honors

3 credits - Three hours weekly; one term
This is an honors course.

This course meets the Arts & Humanities General Education Requirement. This course meets the Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education 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.

Prerequisite(s): Eligibility for Honors courses.

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

Note: Complete and present an honors research project. 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 code, and nonverbal codes in the development of intercultural interpersonal relations.
Describe, analyze, and make valid inferences about obstacles to competent intercultural communication using intercultural communication theories.
Exhibit communication skills that reflect competence in intercultural communication.