Graduate Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form
for Courses Numbered 5000 and Higher
Note: Before completing this form, please carefully read the accompanying instructions.
Submission guidelines are posted to the GCC Web site: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/gcc/index.cfm
1. Course prefix and number:
ANTH 6005
2. Date:
January 21, 2013
3. Requested action:
X
New Course
Revision of Active Course
Revision & Unbanking of a Banked Course
Renumbering of an Existing Course from
from
to
#
Required
x
#
Elective
4. Method(s) of delivery (check all boxes that apply for both current/proposed and expected
future delivery methods within the next three years):
Current or
Proposed Delivery
Method(s):
X
On-campus (face to face)
Expected
Future Delivery
Method(s):
X
Distance Course (face to face off campus)
Online (delivery of 50% or more of the instruction is offered online)
5. Justification. Identify the committee or group (e.g., Graduate faculty of the Department of
English) that conducted the assessment of curriculum and student learning. Explain why the
unit wishes to offer or revise the course. Include specific results from the unit assessment that
led to the development or modification of the course. If applicable, cite any accrediting
agency/ies and reference the specific standard/s.
The Graduate Faculty of the Department of Anthropology, after discussion with the
director of the MA in International Studies Program, voted to approve a cross listing of
INTL 6005 Communication Across Cultures with ANTH 6005 Communication Across
Cultures. INTL 6005 has been taught by a cultural anthropologist since the MA in
International Studies program began in 1997. Its content and methodology is grounded in
the sub-discipline of cultural anthropology. This cross-listing will increase the number of
elective graduate courses offered by the Department of Anthropology without the need
for additional staffing.
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6. Course description exactly as it should appear in the next catalog:
6005. Communication Across Cultures (3) Same as INTL 6005.
P: Consent of instructor. Different modes of human communication as related to varying
cultural contexts.
7. If this is a course revision, briefly describe the requested change:
N/A
8. Course credit:
Lecture Hours
3
3
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
Lab
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Studio
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Practicum
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Internship
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Other (e.g., independent study) Please explain.
s.h.
3
Total Credit Hours
9. Anticipated annual student enrollment:
12
10. Changes in degree hours of your programs: NA
Degree(s)/Program(s)
Changes in Degree Hours
N/A
11. Affected degrees or academic programs, other than your programs: NA
Degree(s)/Program(s)
Changes in Degree Hours
MA in International Studies
0
12. Overlapping or duplication with affected units or programs:
Not applicable
of notification to the affected academic degree programs is
X Documentation
attached.
13. Council for Teacher Education (CTE) approval (for courses affecting teacher education):
X Not applicable
Applicable and CTE has given their approval.
14. University Service-Learning Committee (USLC) approval:
X Not applicable
Applicable and USLC has given their approval.
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s.h.
15. Statements of support:
a. Staff
X Current staff is adequate
Additional staff is needed (describe needs in the box below):
b. Facilities
X Current facilities are adequate
Additional facilities are needed (describe needs in the box below):
c. Library
X
Initial library resources are adequate
Initial resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an
estimate for the cost of acquisition of required initial resources):
d. Unit computer resources
X
Unit computer resources are adequate
Additional unit computer resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief
explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition):
e. ITCS resources
X
ITCS resources are not needed
The following ITCS resources are needed (put a check beside each need):
Mainframe computer system
Statistical services
Network connections
Computer lab for students
Software
Approval from the Director of ITCS attached
16. Course information (see: Graduate Curriculum and Program Development Manual for
instructions):
a. Textbook(s) and/or readings: author(s), name, publication date, publisher, and
city/state/country. Include ISBN (when applicable).
Course Text:
Among Us: Essays on Identity, Belonging, And Intercultural Competence by Myron W. Lustig
and Jolene Koester. Allyn and Bacon. New York: Pearsons. 2006 ISBN: 0205453538
Intercultural Competence: Interpersonal Communication Across Cultures, 7/E By Myron W.
Lustig and Jolene Koester. Allyn and Bacon, New York. 2012 ISBN: 0205211240
Articles:
From Annual Editions in Anthropology 12/13 Elvio Angeloni, editor. Thirty Fourth
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Edition. New York: McGraw Hill
Arranged Marriage in India by Serena Nanda Pp. 103-107.
Body Ritual Among the Nacirema by Horace Minor Pp.
Eating Christmas in the Kalahari by Richard Lee Pp. 22-25.
Death Without Weeping by Nancy Scheper-Hughes Pp. 98-102.
Where Fat is a Mark of Beauty by Ann M. Simmons Pp. 120-121.
The World of Shamans by Mark Plotkin Pp. 142-151.
Shakespeare in the Bush by Laura Bohannan Pp. 60-63.
Understanding Islam by Kenneth Jost Pp. 158-162.
Unpacking Cars: Doing Anthropology At Intel In AnthroNotes: Museum of Natural
History Publication For Editors. Volume 32 Number 32 2011
Chapters from Doing Cultural Anthropology Waveland Press, Long Grove Illinois
2007.
In Depth, Open-Ended Interviewing Chapter 6, Pp. 71-82.
Semi-Structured Interviewing Chapter 7, Pp. 83-90.
Immigrating, Acculturation, and Adaptation by John W. Berry
Are Italians White?: How Race Is Made in America by Jennifer Guglielmo and
Salvatore Salerno. Routeledge New York 2003 (Introduction and Chapters 1-4).
Sometimes English, Sometimes Spanish: Language Use Among Rural Mexican
Chicanos In Language and the Socially Constructed Self. Kira Hall and Mary Bucholz
eds. Routeledge New York 1995.
Reactions To The New Minorities of Western Europe by Thomas F. Pettegrew In The
Annual Review of Sociology 1998 24:77-103.
Cuba: The Process of Socialist Development by Ken Cole In Latin American
Perspectives 2002 22:40-56.
b. Course objectives for the course (student – centered, behavioral focus)
If this is a 5000-level course that is populated by undergraduate and graduate students,
there must be differentiation in the learning objectives expected.
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Evaluate individual cultural identity in intercultural communication settings.
2. Analyze the dynamics of cross-cultural and intercultural communication.
3. Compare and contrast barriers to effective cross-cultural and intercultural
communication and develop strategies for dealing with these barriers.
4. Demonstrate the basic skills and information needed to communicate with
people from other cultures.
5. Discuss contemporary events that illustrate the need for improved crosscultural and intercultural communication skills.
6. Synthesize issues of culture, difference, communication, and reconciliation.
c. Course topic outline
The list of topics should reflect the stated objectives.
1. Anthropology, The concept of Culture, and Intercultural Communication
 Terminology
 Communication Applicability to various cultural settings
 Cross-cultural Perspectives
2. Cultural variation and its influences on Communication
 Communication and Context
 Development of Intercultural Competence
 International perspectives
3. Culture and the Individual
 Individual Identity and Identity Formation
 Values, Beliefs and Decision Making Processes
 Culture, subcultures, and Identity
 Identity and Communication
4. Gender, Ethnicity, and Race
 Beliefs, Values, and Norms
 Language Variation
 Marginalization
5. Culture and Ethnography
 Ethical and theoretical considerations
 Ethnographic methods
 Culture Shock
6. Cultural Patterns and Intercultural Competence
 Hofstede’s Cultural Taxonomies
 Hall’s High Context and Low Context Cultures
 Rules of Interaction
 Structure of Conversations
 Talk and Silence
 Non-Verbal Communication
7. Intercultural Communication in Critical Settings
 Medical Settings
 Security, Law, Police
 Natural Disaster
8. Intercultural Communication in Daily Life Settings
 Business
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

Education
Travel and Tourism
d. List of course assignments, weighting of each assignment, and grading/evaluation system
for determining a grade
Grades will be based on student performance in the following categories:
 Students are expected to attend all lectures and to participate in all course
assignments through active engagement (10%)
 Cultural Background Report. Write a 5 page description of your own cultural
background. (10%)
 Identity Exercises. Create and identity box, present it to the class, write a 600800 Blog post. (10%)
 Blog. You are required to contribute to our Blog page each week BEFORE our
class meetings on Tuesday. ( 10%)
 Paper One Proposal, Bibliography, and Interview guide. In preparation for
Paper One, students must write a 1-2 page description of their Intercultural
Workplace. You must include a bibliography and your interview guide for
approval. (5%)
 Paper One. Intercultural Workplace Interview. Learn about intercultural
interaction at the workplace of your choice. (15%)
 Intercultural Exchange Using Technology. We will have the opportunity to
dialogue with students from other countries through video conferencing by
using the Global Classroom. You are required to attend each link, actively
participate in the discussion putting your intercultural communication skills to
the test. (10%)
 Research Paper (15%) and Presentation (15%) on a topic of your choice.
Final write up research paper is maximum 15 pages long including
bibliography. (30%)
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Grade Scale:
The total number of points possible is 100.
Point Range
90 to 100
80 to 89
70 to 79
Below 70
Grade Percent Range
90 to 100%
80 to 89%
70 to 79%
below 70%
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Letter Grade
A
B
C
F