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Administrative Unit: Humanities Department
Course Prefix and Number: COMM 313
Course Title: Interpersonal and Small Group Communication
Number of:
Credit Hours 3
Lecture Hours 3
Lab Hours 0
Catalog Description: An introduction to the process of communication as it operates in personal and small group relationships. Prerequisite: COMM 110.
 
Prerequisite(s) / Corequisite(s): COMM 110.
 
Course Rotation for Day Program: Offered even Fall.
 
Text(s): Most current editions of the following:

Small Group Communication: Theory and Practice
By Bormann, Ernest G. (Harper & Row)
Recommended
In Mixed Company: Small Group Communication
By Rothwell, J. Dan (Harcourt Brace Publishers)
Recommended
Looking Out/Looking In
By Adler, Ronald B., & Neil Towne (Harcourt Brace Publishers)
Recommended
Case Studies in Interpersonal Communication
By Braithwaite, Dawn O. & Wood (Wadsworth)
Recommended
 
Course Objectives
  • To provide a thorough grounding for explorations of interpersonal and group communication.
  • To address both the personal and professional aspects of communication with an emphasis on using communication to improve relationships.
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    Measurable Learning Outcomes:
  • Explain theories of interpersonal and small group communication.
  • Explain development of self identity as socially constructed.
  • Demonstrate skills needed to analyze the effectiveness of communication with others in regard to one’s interpersonal goals.
  • Synthesize and evaluate communication strategies and processes in interpersonal and small group situations.
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    Topical Outline:
  • Assessment for this course should consist of examinations, various written assignments, and multiple formal public presentations including small group simulation.
  • A look at interpersonal relationships
  • Identity
  • Perception
  • Language and non-verbal
  • Relational dynamics and climates
  • Groups as systems
  • Group development and climates
  • Roles and leadership
  • Power
  • Decision making
  • Conflict
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    Recommended maximum class size for this course: 20
     
    Library Resources:

    Online databases are available at http://www.ccis.edu/offices/library/index.asp. You may access them from off-campus using your CougarTrack login and password when prompted.
     
    Prepared by: Lisa Ford-Brown Date: November 17, 2005
    NOTE: The intention of this master course syllabus is to provide an outline of the contents of this course, as specified by the faculty of Columbia College, regardless of who teaches the course, when it is taught, or where it is taught. Faculty members teaching this course for Columbia College are expected to facilitate learning pursuant to the course objectives and cover the subjects listed in the topical outline. However, instructors are also encouraged to cover additional topics of interest so long as those topics are relevant to the course's subject. The master syllabus is, therefore, prescriptive in nature but also allows for a diversity of individual approaches to course material.

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