Course Description
An introduction to the principles and practices of spoken communication, with special emphasis on the skills needed to communicate effectively in the workplace. Topics include platform techniques, public speaking, interpersonal communication strategies, cross-cultural approaches and small group methods.
This course surveys major concepts, theories, and research approaches in the study of human communication. Students will examine the ways communication shapes our experience of the world, the role of communication in shaping personal identities, and in establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships. The course covers basic human communication processes in the contexts of relationships, groups, organizations, culture, as well as the interface of human and mediated interaction.