COMM 389A:
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
MWF 10:30-11:20
Prof. Derick Lyngholm Office:
HH208
E-mail:
derick.lyngholm@blc.edu Office
Hours:
Phone Extension: 384 MWF
9-10
AM
1:30-2PM
Course Objectives and Description
- This
course is designed to sharpen awareness of the degree to which our
beliefs, behavior, and expectations reflect cultural conditioning rather
than personal choices.
- The
course explores the variations in cultural value orientations regarding
the individual, the family, society, nature, knowledge, and the
supernatural.
- Students
are to build awareness of behaviors and attitudes, which communicate
cultural insensitivity.
- North
American subcultures will be examined, with an emphasis on ways in which
mass communication, government policy, social norms, and one's individual
behaviors have contributed to discrimination, exclusion, and general
insensitivity.
Students successfully
completing the course should be able to:
1. Demonstrate
awareness of a wide range of cultural values.
a. discuss and give
examples of cultural variations regarding individualism, family roles, and
gender roles.
b. discuss and give
examples of cultural variations regarding human nature, the environment, and
the supernatural.
2. Demonstrate
awareness of the ways in which specific groups within North America have been
discounted, excluded, or attacked.
a. give examples of
government policy, which subjected specific groups to subhuman or second class
status.
b. give examples of
the way the media has excluded or denigrated specific groups
c.
discuss how
they themselves have been the targets of some form of discrimination and how
their own attitudes and concepts enable any of the "isms" within the
broader culture.
3. Demonstrate
knowledge of specific cultural variations in many categories of nonverbal
communication.
4. Demonstrate
knowledge of and an ability to perform communication skills that are inclusive
and culturally sensitive.
a. examine material
(cartoons, literature, policies, videos, conversations) and point out and
explain examples of wording, behavior, or assumptions which exclude and/or
denigrate specific groups.
b. display
sensitivity, insight, and knowledge in preparing for and carrying out an
interview with a person from a cultural orientation vastly different than their
own.
Textbook
Intercultural
Competence, by Lustig and Koester, 6th Edition.
Grading Procedures
Intercultural
Events Paper: 150 points
Chapter
Lead w/ Group 150 points
Personal
Cultural Paper 100 points
Crash
Response Paper 100 points
Intercultural
Interview 100 points
4
Unit Tests (50 pts. each) 200 points
Group
Project 150 points
Attendance
& Participation 50 points
Final
Exam
200 points
Total Points 1200
points
A= 1200-
1080 pts. 90
%
B=
1079- 960 pts. 80%
C=
959- 840 pts. 70%
D=
839- 720 pts. 60
%
F=
719 and Below
Attendance Policy
Attendance and participation in
class are essential to making this class work. Your consistent and active
participation in class are vital to your learning and to the learning of your
classmates. Your attendance in class is expected. Absences will negatively
affect your grade. If you miss more than 5 class sessions you will fail the course.
Make Up Policy
It is expected that all students
will hand in papers, give presentations, and take test on assigned dates. If
for any reason a student does not appear for an assignment and has not
contacted the instructor prior to the class period, they will not be permitted
to make up the assignment. You are responsible for obtaining any materials or
assignments made while you were absent from class.
Academic Honesty
Academic honesty and integrity are
integral to the academic process. Academic dishonesty includes– cheating,
plagiarism, and collusion .It is expected that Bethany students will understand
and adhere to the concept of academic integrity and to the standards of conduct
prescribed by the college’s Academic Honor Code on pg. 6 of the student
guidebook.
It is expected that students will
assume responsibility for their work and that materials submitted in
fulfillment of course, program, and college academic requirements must
represent students’ own efforts. Any violations of plagiarism or cheating will
result in no points for that given assignment. Subsequent acts of plagiarism
may result in failure of the course.
Other Notes
- Out of
respect for you classmates and the instructor, please turn off all cell
phone and pagers during class time. Should your phone ring during class
time, it will be our pleasure as a class to have you answer it for us or
sing us a verse of your favorite song.
- Because
the subject matter we are addressing can at times be very personal in
nature, it is important that we conduct our selves in a respectful manner.
You may hear viewpoints and opinions that you disagree with. Please treat
these opinions and the individuals who hold them with respect. Also, be
respectful when voicing your own points of views.
Tentative Course
Outline Lyngholm,
Spring 2011
Date In-Class Assignment
Jan. 10 Introduction
of course and getting acquainted
Jan. 12 Ch. 1: Introduction to Intercultural Competence
Jan. 14 Ch. 1: Introduction to Intercultural Competence
Jan. 17 Ch. 1: Introduction to Intercultural Competence
Jan. 19 Ch. 2: Culture and Intercultural Communication
Jan. 21 Ch. 2: Culture and Intercultural Communication
Jan.24 Ch. 2: Culture and Intercultural Communication
Jan. 26 Ch. 3: Intercultural Communication Competence Personal
Cultural Paper
Jan. 28 Ch. 3: Intercultural Communication Competence
Jan. 31 Ch. 3: Intercultural Communication Competence
Feb. 2 Ch. 4: Cultural Patterns and Comm.: Foundations Test
#1: Ch. 1, 2 & 3
Feb. 4 Ch. 4: Cultural Patterns and Comm.: Foundations
Feb. 7 Ch. 4: Cultural Patterns and Comm.: Foundations
Feb. 9 Ch. 5: Cultural Patterns and Comm.: Taxonomies
Feb. 11 Ch. 5: Cultural Patterns and Comm.: Taxonomies
Feb. 14 Ch. 5: Cultural Patterns and Comm.: Taxonomies
Feb. 16 Ch .6
Cultural Identity and Biases
Feb. 18 Ch. 6
Cultural Identity and Biases Crash
Response Paper
Feb. 21 No
class- President’s Day
Feb. 23 Ch. 6
Cultural Identity and Biases
Feb. 25 Ch. 7: Verbal Intercultural Communication Test
#2: Ch. 4, 5 & 6
Feb.
28 Ch. 7: Verbal Intercultural Communication
Mar. 2 Ch. 7: Verbal Intercultural Communication
Mar. 4 No
class- Spring Break
Mar. 7 No
class- Spring Break
Mar. 9 No
class- Spring Break
Mar. 11 No
class- Spring Break
Mar. 14
Ch. 8: Nonverbal Intercultural Communication
Mar. 16 Ch. 8: Nonverbal Intercultural Communication
Mar. 18 Ch. 8: Nonverbal Intercultural Communication
Mar. 21 Ch. 9: The Effects of Code Usage in IC Comm.
Mar. 23 No
class- Advising Day
Mar. 25 Ch. 9: The Effects of Code Usage in IC Comm.
Mar. 28 Ch. 9: The Effects of Code Usage in IC Comm.
Mar. 30 Ch. 10: IC Competence in IP Relationships Test
#3: Ch. 7, 8 & 9
Apr. 1 Ch. 10: IC Competence in IP Relationships
Apr. 4 Ch. 10: IC Competence in IP Relationships
Apr. 6 Ch. 11: Episodes, Contexts, and IC Interactions
Apr. 8 Ch. 11: Episodes, Contexts, and IC Interactions
Apr. 11 Ch. 11: Episodes, Contexts, and IC Interactions
Apr. 13 Ch. 12: The Potential for Intercultural Competence
Apr. 15 Ch. 12: The Potential for Intercultural Competence Intercultural
Events Paper
Apr. 18 Ch. 12: The Potential for Intercultural Competence
Apr. 20 Test #4: Ch.
10, 11 & 12 & Group Work Day
Apr. 22 No
class- Easter Break
Apr. 25 No
class- Easter Break
Apr. 27 Group Work
Day
Apr. 29 Final
Presentations Group
#1
May 2 Final
Presentations Group
#2
May 4 Final
Presentations Group
#3
May 6 Review
Day
May 9-12 Finals
Week