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Santa Barbara City College
Communication Department
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Communication 151:
Intercultural Communication
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to communication between people from different cultures. Course content focuses on the application of theory and research to intercultural communication. Specifically, this course is designed to:
- Increase understanding of the relationship between culture and communication;
- Provide an intellectual framework that allows description and understanding of communication between culturally heterogeneous individuals;
- Explain the role of culture patterns, verbal codes and nonverbal codes in the development of interpersonal relationships;
- Describe obstacles to competent intercultural communication;
- Develop communication skills that improve competence in intercultural communication.
Texts
- Communication Between Cultures, by L. Samovar and R. Porter (3rd Edition)
- Intercultural Communication: A Reader, by L. Samovar and R. Porter (8th Edition)
Requirements
| Quizzes (5@ 20 pts. each) | 100 points (10%) |
| Midterm #1 | 200 points (20%) |
| Midterm #2 | 200 points (20%) |
| Presentation | 200 points (20%) |
| Final Exam | 200 points (20%) |
| Attendance | 100 points (10%) |
| TOTAL: | 1,000 points |
Grading
| A | 900-1,000 points |
| B | 800-899 points |
| C | 700-799 points |
| D | 600-699 points |
| F | 599 points and below |
Sample Syllabus for Communication 151
| Week 1 | Course Orientation
Peer Introductions; Definition of Key Terms (discussion) |
| Week 2 | Why study Intercultural Communication?
The Importance of Intercultural Communication;
U.S. Cultural Diversity; Chapter 1 |
| Week 3 | Intercultural Communication - Defined; Chapter 2
Intercultural Communication; Reader pp. 36-44
What is Normal? - Activity |
| Week 4 | What is Culture? Chapter 3
Cultural Universals
Degrees of Interculturalness; Reader pp. 154-163
Intercultural Continuum Activity; Reader pp. 174-182 |
| Week 5 | Co-cultures; Reader pp. 164-173
Ethnocentrism; Chapter 4
Card Game Activity |
| Week 6 | Beliefs, Values, Norms
Overview of Cultural Patterns
Midterm Review |
| Week 7 | Midterm #1
Activity (Panel Discussion - International Students)
Reader pp. 78-88
Discussion of Presentation Assignment |
| Week 8 | Taxonomies of Cultural Patterns; Reader pp. 89-97
Cultural Patterns; Reader pp. 116-124, 107-115 |
| Week 9 | Verbal Codes; Chapter 5
Language, Thought and Culture; Reader pp. 221-226, 235-240 |
| Week 10 | Nonverbal Codes; Chapter 6
Video & Activity |
| Week 11 | Midterm Review
Midterm #2 |
| Week 12 | Delivering an Effective Presentation; Chapter 7
Public Speaking Activity
Culture in Contexts: Health Care, Business and Educational Settings
Reader pp. 98-106, 125-133 |
| Week 13 | Undertainty Reductions; Culture Shock
Reader pp. 289-296, 297-306
Presentations; Reader pp. 307-316 |
| Week 14 | Presentations; Chapters 8 and 9 |
| Week 15 | Presentations; Reader pp. 329-339 |
| Week 16 | Presentations; Reader pp. 340-347 |
| Week 17 | Cultural Relativism (Class Discussion)
Final Exam Review; Chapter 10 |
| Week 18 | Final Exam |
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