Mar 28, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2017-18 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2017-18 [Archived Catalog]

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COMS 4077 - Communicating with Diverse Students


This course is designed to explore issues relevant to enhancing communication competence and effectiveness between individuals of diverse backgrounds. Specifically, the class will address interactions between people from a variety of backgrounds including gender, age, religious, geographical, ethnic or racial differences. The focus will be on examining the impact of variables such as communication apprehension. Students will have the opportunity to explore the underlying patterns that influence their own, as well as others’, communication behaviors and discuss strategies to improve understanding of, and appreciation for, differences. Taught in intensive format only during summer session.

Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 35.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I



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