COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Title: Interpersonal Communication
Date
submitted:
Department: Humanities
Spring 2014
(AAC: 14-25)
Curriculum: Communication
Course Code: (eg. ACC 101)
COM*172
Course Type:
L/D
A: Clinical B: Lab D: Distance Learning
I: Individual/Independent L: Lecture N: M: Seminar Internship
Practicum U: Studio
X: Combined Lecture/Lab Y: Combined Lecture/
Clinical/Lab Z: Combined Lecture/Studio
Course
Descriptors:
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course descriptors are
consistent with college
and Board of Trustees
policies, and the
current course
numbering system.
Elective Type:
G/HU/LA
E: English FA: Fine Arts HI: History HU: Humanities LA: Liberal Arts
FL: Foreign Language M: Math
S: Science SS: Social Science
G: General
Credit Hours:
Developmental: (yes/no)
Contact Hours:
Topical Outline:
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outline format.
Corequisites:
No
3
Clinical:
0
Lab:
0
Studio
0
Other:
0
TOTAL:
3
Semesters Offered:
Catalog Course
Description:
3
Lecture:
Class Maximum:
Ability-Based
Education
(ABE)
Statement:
P:
Prerequisites:
C- or better in Integrated Reading and
Writing II (ENG*075) OR Introduction to
College Reading & Writing (ENG*093) OR
Introduction to College English (ENG*096)
OR Reading & Writing VI (ESL*162), or
placement into Composition (ENG*101)
[including embedded ENG*101]
25
F/S/Su
None
Other Requirements:
None
At Tunxis Community College students are assessed on the knowledge and skills they have learned. The
faculty identified the General Education Abilities critical to students’ success in their professional and
personal lives. In every class, students are assessed on course abilities, sometimes program abilities,
and, in most classes, at least one General Education Ability. Students will receive an evaluation of the
degree to which they have demonstrated or not demonstrated that General Education Ability.
Students are introduced to fundamental theories of communication, perception and listening, verbal and
non-verbal communication, the role of conflict in relationships, and the impact of media and other
technologies. In a workshop environment, students will apply these theories and principles to enhance
their interpersonal communication.
1. The Process of Communication
2. Perception and Communication
3. Verbal Communication
4. Nonverbal Communication
5. Effective Listening
6. Communication Climates
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Outcomes:
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skills or knowledge that
students should be
able to demonstrate as
evidence that they
have mastered the
course content.
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Communication in Diverse Cultures and Communities
Communication and Personal Identity
Communication in Personal Relationships
Group Communication
Organizational Communication
Mass Communication
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following:
COURSE:
1. identify principles and theories of effective interpersonal communication
2. analyze verbal and nonverbal behavior and their effects on personal relationships and organizational,
group, and mass communication
3. utilize critical thinking and listening skills to evaluate communication practices in a variety of contexts
PROGRAM: (Numbering reflects Program Outcomes as they appear in the college catalog)
GENERAL EDUCATION: (Numbering reflects General Education Outcomes as they appear in the college catalog)
10. Social Phenomena - Students will develop an increased understanding of the influences that shape a person’s, or group’s
attitudes, beliefs, emotions, symbols, and actions, and how these systems of influence are created, maintained, and altered by
individual, familial, group, situational or cultural means.
Demonstrates: Accurately and sufficiently explains factors that influence and shape a person’s or group’s attitudes, beliefs,
decisions, and actions.
Does Not Demonstrate: Inaccurately or insufficiently explains factors that influence and shape a person’s or group’s
attitudes, beliefs, decisions, and actions.
Evaluation:
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outcomes will be
assessed.
Assessment will be based on the following criteria:
1. evaluation of interpersonal communication in journals and/or essays
2. exams
3. quizzes
Instructional
Resources:
List library (e.g. books,
journals, on-line
resources),
technological (e.g.
Smartboard, software),
and other resources
(e.g. equipment,
supplies, facilities)
required and desired to
teach this course.
Textbook(s)
Required:
Desired:
Choose one of the following textbooks or provide alternate selection to Department Chair for approval:
Communication Mosaics by Julia T. Wood
Understanding Human Communication by Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman
Essentials of Human Communication by Joseph A. DeVito
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