Communication 397AV - ST-Intercultural Communication

Spring
2016
01
3.00
Alena Vasilyeva
TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM
UMass Amherst
63447
This course examines how language and culture (broadly defined) are implicated in our everyday communication. We will investigate how preconceived beliefs, taken for granted cultural norms, and the language we speak shape how we experience the world and thus shape our "reality." We will examine how a person communicatively accomplishes cultural identities as well as implications of divergent communicative norms and practices for interacting across cultural boundaries.
Open to Senior and Junior Communication majors only.
Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.