HCS 270 - Intergroup/Intercultural Communication Credits: 3

This performance-based course investigates the processes through which the elements of communication and culture are mutually reinforcing. Students will identify the manner in which cultural values and norms permeate discourse, and analyze the role of communication in (re)creating culture. Special emphasis is place on nonverbal and verbal communicative interaction between members of disparate cultural traditions in order to develop cultural awareness (of the self and other), knowledge, appreciation, and skills essential to intercultural communication.