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HUMAN COMMUNICATION - COMM 1100 (3 Credit Hours)

Description: This course is a broad approach to oral communication skills including intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group, and public speaking. Students in this course will be expected to participate in discussions on a frequent basis, take 12 short online quizzes, complete a variety of unit assignments and take a proctored final exam.

Prerequisites: None

Course Structure:

  • Unit 1 Orientation
  • Unit 2 Why Communication Matters
  • Unit 3 Communication in Practice
  1. Anxiety
  2. Listening
  3. Ethics
  4. Diversity
  5. Unit 4 Interpersonal Communication
  6. Unit 5 Small Group Communication
  7. Unit 6 Public Presentations

Course Objectives:
After completing this course the student will be able to:

  • Identify and describe the basic components of the communication model, the various types of communication, the role communication plays to satisfy needs, and the difference between communication and communications (information technology, satellite engineering, etc.).
  • Utilize critical thinking skills to create communicative appeals that are coherent and well adapted to the receiver, stylistically appropriate, and substantively complex.
  • Describe the different ways in which language defines and frames situations.
  • Recognize how different language strategies (such as the use of vivid, evasive, and equivocal language) enhance or undermine communication effectiveness.
  • Describe and analyze the basic strategies for reducing communication anxiety.
  • Identify, analyze, and discuss common listening habits that interfere with effective communication and strategies for improving listening skills.
  • Analyze the fundamental dimensions of cultural diversity (demographic, regional, and ideological) as they relate to communication.
  • Discuss the ethical aspects of communication.
  • Identify and explain the major theories of human communication and persuasion in interpersonal, small group, and public communication contexts.
  • Observe, explain, and apply the major concepts used to describe interpersonal processes, including the evolution of the self-concept, relational development, listening, and conflict management.
  • Observe, explain, and apply the major concepts used to describe small group processes, including group characteristics, decision making, roles, and norms of interaction.
  • Observe and utilize the recommended strategies for developing and delivering and evaluating effective public presentations.

Other Requirements:
Access to a video recorder and video camera is necessary to complete assignments.
Videos must be recorded using the NTSC format.