COMM-220 Intercultural Communication

Credits 3 / 3 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into ACRD-090, ACRD-091 or ACRD-092, completion of ELAP-110 with a minimum grade of 2.0, or successful completion of ACRD-080; Placement into ENGL-101 on the MCC placement test, completion of ELAP-120 with a 2.5 or higher, or successful completion of the paired ENGL-099/ENGL-101 ALP classes.
This course examines intercultural communication by focusing on theories and methods that relate to the various dimensions of culture and how they impact effective verbal and nonverbal communication. Using an international framework,
this course investigates the role of context, cultural competence, conflict, ethics, perception, and privilege in a variety of personal, professional, and mediated settings.

Course Outcomes
1. Identify and explain basic theoretical and methodological concepts related to the practical application of intercultural communication 2. Analyze the role of culture and identify factors that influence culture(s) by exploring cultural self-awareness in relation to values, world views, perception, interpretation, power, and privilege 3. Investigate the social, cultural, and historical factors that impact intercultural communication encounters in a variety of personal, professional mediated, and international contexts (ex. business, education, healthcare, politics. etc.) 4. Describe the key aspects of verbal communication and explain how they relate to verbal codes, discourse, language and thought, cultural variations. Identity, and contextual rules 5. Identify the types of nonverbal communication and evaluate how they relate to factors like context, nonverbal codes, semiotics, cultural variations, and universal principles 6. Investigate the factors of intercultural competence by exploring cultural values, worldviews, positionality, barriers to effective intercultural communication and identify practical methods to address intercultural conflict and foster ethical intercultural cooperation.