EMGT 533 - Intercultural Communication
- Credit Hours: 4R-0L-4C
- Term Available: -
- Graduate Studies Eligible: Yes
- Prerequisites: None
- Corequisites: None
This course presents the Constructivist theory of communication and its application. The culture concept is applied at ethnic (~70%) organizational and interpersonal levels. The course balances theory and application and students write analysis of videos to apply course concepts. Students use Spradley鈥檚 Ethnoscience approach to conduct interviews and write an ethnography for their term paper. The course helps students to better: develop interpersonal relations, improve their interviewing skills, analyze cultures, and understand diversity across ethnic & gender differences. Concepts include: Culture Shock, Empathy, The Social Construction of Reality, Non-Verbal Communication, High & Low Context cultures, M-time & P-time cultures.